All Episodes
Nerd Farmer Podcast — 103 episodes
A Violent Masterpiece – Jordan Harper, Novelist – #266
The Messiness of the 2026 World Cup — Charlie Boehm, National Soccer Writer — #265
What Gen Z is Saying – #264
War Crimes and 4Chan Memes – #263
An Update from Gulf War III – #262
The 2026 Best Picture Power Rankings – Chase Hutchinson and Andrew Hammond – #261
A Dispatch from the US War on Iran – #260
Leaving the US and ICE in Minneapolis – Tom Rademacher, Teacher & Author – #259
The Gilded Age Then & Now – Professor Douglas Sackman, University of Puget Sound – #258
The Meaning of Ramadan — Amy Daraiseh — Best of Nerd Farmer
Black Deported Veterans – James L. Smith & Rob Young – #257
2026 Legislative Session – Sen Marko Liias, Chair Senate Transportation Committee – #256
Morally Motivated Online Mobs – Professor Nick Brody, University of Puget Sound – #255
Attacks on Philanthropy and Not-for-Profits – Cole Leiter, Americans Against Government Censorship – #254
Grokipedia and the Musk Disinformation System – Jason Wilson, The Guardian – #253
Republicans Have Shut the Government Down – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland – #252
A Tacoma Audio Voters’ Guide – A Crossing Division Crossover – #251
Armenia and Azerbaijan: A Lasting Peace? – Sevinc Osmanqizi – #250
Community Natural Hazard Preparedness – Dave Clark, Factal – 249
Chris Langston, Proof – Tacoma Small Biz Series Vol. 6 – 248
“How to Stand Up to a Dictator” Bookclub – Halley Knigge & Trayton Otto – 247
A Peek Inside the School Board – Lisa Keating, Tacoma School Board Director – 246
A Crime Novel Kingpin — Jordan Harper, author of “She Rides Shotgun” — 245
Addressing Washington’s Housing Shortage – Senator Jessica Bateman – 244
AI and Data Privacy – Bill Fitzgerald, Privacy Activist – 243
Past, Present, and Future of Ukraine – Diana Kuprych, London School of Economics – 242
On the 2025 Washington State Legislative Session – Melissa Santos, Axios – 241
Radical Evangelicalism and the Second Trump Presidency – Tori Williams Douglass – 240
A 125% “Tariff on China” is a 125% Tax on You – Abdullah Al Bahrani, Northern Kentucky University – 239
The 2025 Housing Market – Marguerite Martin, Move to Tacoma – 238
Creating the Seattle Green Book – Amanda Williams, Denkyem Finance – 237
Previewing the 2025 Oscars – Chase Hutchinson and Andrew Hammond – 236
How the Middle East Sees the New US Administration – Willy Lowry, The National – 235
Fresh Imperial Ambitions – Zoltan Grossman, Evergreen State College – 234
The Consequences of Abandoning School Integration – Karin Chenoweth, Author – 233
Russia’s Global Position and the Second Trump Presidency – Jeff Hawn, London School of Economics – 232
The Exploitation of Foreign Fishermen on US Flagged Vessels – Cyrus Donato, International Transport Workers’ Federation — 231
The Future of Public Schools is on the Ballot – Anne Lutz Fernandez, author of “Schooled” – 230
The Civil War and Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan – Professor Sherifa Zuhur – 229
Tacoma Audio Voters’ Guide, Part I – Evelyn Lopez, Crossing Division and Nathe Lawver, Pierce County Labor Council – 228
Building Movement for Hourly Wage Workers and Tenants – Ty and Zev, Tacoma for All – 227
Running a Small Biz in Tacoma, Part 5 — Mario Amaya, Balcon X — 226
Running a Small Biz in Tacoma Series, Part 4 — Quincy Henry, Campfire Coffee — 225
Remembering Matt Driscoll
The Movies of 2024 – Chase Hutchinson, Film Critic – #223
The Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump and the Political Fallout
The (Worrying) State of the Sounders: On-the-field and Off — Dave & Carol, Hands-Free Footy — #221
The Vibes Are Off, For Sure—But the US Economy is Doing Better Than You Think — Cameron Harwick, SUNY Brockport — #220
How Corporate Landlords are Driving Up Rents — Emmett O’Connell, Olympia Time — #219
Navigating the Moral Minefield of AI — Randy Girdner, Artist & Filmmaker — #218
Everything in Real Estate Just Changed — Jasmyn Jefferson, Designated Broker and Co-Owner of Windermere Abode Lakewood — #217
Muslims Around the World Are Fasting: A Ramadan Reflection – Jasmine El Shear – #216
Revolutions Take Generations – Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, University of Southern California – #215
“Should Biden Step Aside?” and Constitutional Issues Around the 2024 Election – Michael Artime, PLU – #214
How Journalists Cover Moral Panics and Contrived Scandals – Matt Driscoll, The News Tribune – #213
Social Diversification, Blogging is Back, and How to Combat Disinformation – Dave Clark – #212
A Tacoma-Centric Year in Review, Part II – Erik Hanberg, Citizen Tacoma and Evelyn Lopez, Crossing Division – #211
A Tacoma-Centric Year in Review, Part I – Erik Hanberg, Citizen Tacoma and Evelyn Lopez, Crossing Division – #210
Time for Closing Arguments in the Case of the Murder of Manuel Ellis – Peter Talbot, The News Tribune – #209
A Blueprint for Progressive Activists to Fight & Win – David Galazin and Michael Whelan, Tacoma for All – #208
Launching a Reader Supported Soccer Journalism Project – Jeremiah Oshan, Editor-in-Chief Sounder at Heart – #207
An Update from the Trial of the Police Officers that Killed Manuel Ellis – Peter Talbot, The News Tribune – #206
The End of the Conflict Over Nagorno-Karabakh? – Sevinc Osmanqizi – #205
Republicans in Washington D.C. Can’t Govern and the Country is Being Held Hostage — Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland — #204
A Guide for People Thinking About Teaching Overseas — Brian Lettinga, Search Associates — #203
Writing a Multigenerational Crime Masterpiece — Brian Panowich, author of “Bull Mountain,” “Like Lions,” and “Hard Cash Valley” — #202
A 2023 Sounders Mid-Season State of the Union — Jackson Felts, KJR Radio — #201
On the Culture of Conspiracy in America — Sarah Kendzior, author of “They Knew” and co-host “Gaslit Nation” — #200
A $47 Trillion Dollar Hole in the US Economy — Carter Price, the Rand Corporation — #199
Running a Small Biz in Tacoma Series, Part 3 — Cassandra Williams, Love by the Slice — #198
Nerd Farmer Live: “Episode 200” – Lessons from the Last Five Years – Jenna Hanchard, Will James, Melissa Santos, and Matt Driscoll
Running a Small Biz in Tacoma Series, Part 2 — Umi Wagoner, eTc — #196
Running a Small Biz in Tacoma Series, Part 1 — Russ Heaton, Doyles Public House — #195
Reporting on a White Supremacist Hate Group in Centralia — Isabel Vander Stoep, The Centralia Chronicle — #194
A Call for a Tenant Bill of Rights — Zev Cook and David Galazin, Tacoma 4 All — #193
The Proud Boys are Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy — Brandi Buchman, Emptywheel — #192
Are Your Deposits Safe in Regional Banks? — Austin Patjens — #191
On Cormac McCarthy & “Blood Meridian” — Israel Calera — #190
Understanding Washington State’s Extremely Regressive Tax System — Melissa Hellmann, Center for Public Integrity — #189
Understanding the Conflict Between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh — Sevinj Osmanqizi — #188
“Dopesick” by Beth Macy — Nerd Farm Reads Audio Book Club — #187
The Art of the Southern Noir Novel – Eli Cranor, “Don’t Know Tough” – #186
Tacoma Neo-Nazi Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Violent Hate Crime – John Murphy, Tacoma Against Nazis – #185
Sounders Club World Cup and Season Preview — Dave Clark, Sounder at Heart — #184
Understanding the Housing Market in Pierce County — Marguerite Martin, Move to Tacoma — #183
LIVE: Adult Civics Happy Hour, Previewing the 2023 Legislative Session – #183
LIVE: Adult Civics Happy Hour, the Troyer Trial – Kari Plog, KNKX and Jared Brown, TNT – #182
He Was One of Us – Pierce County Council Chair Derek Young, an Exit Interview – #181
The US Housing Market is Not Okay – Nicole Beauchamp, Engel & Volkers NYC – #180
The Midterm Congressional Results & the Washington Secretary of State Race – Melissa Santos, Axios – #179
Grappling with Chronic Inflation and Rising Interest Rates – Cameron Harwick, SUNY Brockport – #178
Michael Lewis’ “The Premonition” #NerdFarmReads Bookclub – Derek Young and Halley Knigge – #177
A Post-Mortem on the Seattle Teacher Strike – Dahlia Bazzaz and Monica Velez – Seattle Times – #176
WTF Did I Just Watch??? A (Spoiler-Filled) Hour on True Crime – Hope Teague Bowling and Megan Holyoke – Hosts, Interchangeable White Ladies Podcast – #175
The Case Against Ed Troyer, Part 2 – Justin Camarata – Reviewing Evidence from the Public Record – #174
The Case Against Ed Troyer, Part 1: Troyer and the Black Community – Jamika Scott – Tacoma Action Collective – #173
Mass Incarceration & Restorative Justice at San Quentin – Katherin Hervey, Writer & Director of “the Prison Within” – #172
How to Resist Amazon and Why — Danny Caine, Author & Bookseller — #171
Understanding the Worst Inflation in 40 Years — Bill Dickens, BJNJ – #170
Police Unions and Enabling Politicians – Aaron Brickman, Labor Relations Specialist – #169
On the Rightward Lurch of the US Supreme Court and the Threat to Our Rights – Summer Stinson, Economic Opportunity Institute – #168
The January 6 Hearings, Christian Nationalism, and the Campaign Against the LGBTQ Community – Professor Will Horne, Activist History Review – #167
A Mid-Season Sounders and Defiance Check-in — Dave Clark, Sounder at Heart — #166