All Episodes

#162: Thurston County Assessor Candidates

#161: Thurston County Clerk Candidates

#160: Timberland Regional Library Levy

#159: 2026 Primary Election Review

#158: How Does Lakefair Fit in Olympia?

#157: Live with Sofie Landis, Sam Miller and Olympia’s Kid Mayor

#156: The 2026/27 Olympia School District budget

#155: O-POP and the New Olympia

#154: Crisis at the Library

#153: 2026 Primary Election Ballot Rundown

#152: Pride Storytelling

#151: Evergreen Pool and the Future of Aquatics

#150: Sine Die 2026 with Beth and Claire

#149: What do we think about when we think about closing schools

#148: Neighborhood Associations

#147: Planning for a Better Olympia

#146: How to Understand the Fine Grain of Olympia Schools

#145: Intercity Transit

#144: Olympia School District Tech, Safety and Facility Replacement Levy 2026

#143: Legislative Preview

#142: 2025 Holiday Special

#141: Sarah DeStasio looks back at 2025

#140: Justin Stang Exit Interview

#139: The Last 2025 Election Episode

#138: Did I-5 Kill Downtown Tumwater (the definitive debate)

#137: Ballot 2025 Roundup

#136: Berendt vs. Geiger (Position #7)

#135: Workers’ Bill of Rights (Prop 1)

#134: Vanderpool v. Stang (Position 6)

#133: Olympia City Council Position #4 (Gilman, no Carlson)

#132: Renee Fullerton and Rhyan Smith (Olympia School Board)

#131: Gil Lamont and Emily Leddige (School Board)

#130: How cities grow and the podcast for the 2025 general election campaign

#129: Reparations and Olympia

#128: Live with FC Olympia!

#127: Primary Results Review

#126: Starbucks Union

#125: Heal Olympia

#124: Parking or housing, pick one.

#123: Olympia’s story told in museum form

#122.1: Mea Culpa, Renee Fullerton

#122: Olympia School District primary rundown

Bonus: OSD4All Candidate Forum (July 12, 2025)

#121: Reading “Facing the soft xenophobia of Emmett Watson”

#120: Fourth of July Man

#119: We should be able to dispose of any statue we want

#118: Olympia ’57 and the Arts Walk we always needed

#117: What happened to Tumwater

#116: Rep. Lisa Parshley and Sine Die

#115: Aaron Van Tuyl, the best local news podcast and local journalism

#114: Jim Cooper and the next city council

#113: Reading “Exile Ourselves”

#112: What to do with Olympia’s court

#111: Don’t think of an Olympia

#110: Gil Carbone and the City of Tomorrow

#109: Public Comment 101

#108: Out of town corporate single family home ownership

#107: Season 2 Episode 1 (thanks for hanging in there)

#106: Sine Die with Sam Hunt

#105: Do we want to close Madison and McKenny schools?

#104: New City Council member Robert Vanderpool

#103: The Multifamily Tax Exemption and You

#102: Jess Tourtellotte-Palumbo (with Howard Rosenfeld)

#101: We’re Doing It Live!

#100: What is Olympia doing about homelessness?

#99 Where are all the state offices going?

#98: Sine Die with a Housing Twist

#97 Housing history in Olympia and setting the stage for the state legislature

The Lacey Standard

#96: Maria Flores, Talauna Reed and the Olympia School Board

#95 Olympia Strong and building an economically resilient city

#94 OlyWA Days of Change

#93: Inspire (the) Olympia (Standard)

#92: Update on right wing protests

#91: Facing Racism at Capital High School

#90: Special Bonus Election 2021 Episode: Wendy Carlson and Sarah DeStasio!

#89: 2021 Election – “Be curious, not judgemental”

#88: The 2021 Primary Election

#87: Legislative Update with Jessica Bateman

#86: Black History in Thurston County

#85: Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland

#84: Give the State Heck

#83: A new member on the Olympia City Council

#82: Economic Crisis and Recovery

#81: Our 2021 Agenda

#80: Building on racial justice in the New Year

#79: An update on local Democrats

#78: kwedigwsaltxw: Walk with Gratitude

#77: 2020 Election Recap

#76: The Ballot for the 2020 General Election

#75: Women of Color on your Local Ballot

#74: An Indigenous View on Climate Change

#73: A Future of Economic Justice

#72: A look into Olympia high schools

#71: Safety and Justice in Public Schools

#70: A Public Defender Talks Justice

#69: Voting for Judge and Commissioner

#68: Your Primary Ballot

#67: Talking Trash

#66: Who are the people with guns?