The Tower Talks Podcast

The Spokesman-Review's government editor Jonathan Brunt interviewed Spokane City Council District 3 candidates Zack Zappone and Christopher Savage at the Shadle Park Library on Wednesday, October 29th, with most of the questions centered around resolutions to the homelessness crisis in Spokane.

Join The Spokesman-Review's Emry Dinman for a live podcast conversation with Spokane District 2 City Council candidates, Kate Telis and Alejandro Barrientos in their district's public library: South Hill/Perry Branch.

Spokane Clean Air Agency Executive Director April Westby and Communications and Outreach manager Lisa Woodard joined reporter Nick Gibson to talk about the agency's impact and what everyday people can be doing better to preserve Spokane's air quality amidst the risk of wildfires and daily pollution.

Spokesman-Review city reporter Emry Dinman engages the candidates for Spokane City Council District 1, incumbent Jonathan Bingle and challenger Sarah Dixit, in a conversation about the issue of homelessness in Spokane.Recorded at the Spokane Public Library in their own district, Hillyard branch on October 16, 2025.

Spokesman-Review reporter Emry Dinman guides a tense conversation on the homelessness crisis in Spokane with Dawn Kinder, the City of Spokane's Director of Neighborhood, Housing and Human Services, and the Discovery Institute's Robert Marbut, the senior fellow at their Center on Wealth and Poverty.

Todd Myers, the Vice President of Research for the Washington Policy Center, caught up with the Spokesman-Review's Jonathan Brunt and Mitchell Roland to talk about the process and principles behind the Policy Center's operations.

For over 17 years, Gavin Cooley served as the city of Spokane’s chief financial officer, serving five mayors. Today, Cooley is looking to other cities leads, and within, to find an answer for the influx of homeless people needing services in downtown Spokane.

Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs stops by the Spokesman-Review's media suite while in town to show off the Washington State Constitution at the Spokane Central Library - the first time it's been outside Olympia since it's 1889 ratification. Jonathan Brunt and Mitchell Roland conduct the interview and also ask about election security, even-year elections, and Washingtonian's private information at risk of being turned over to the federal government.

The Spokesman-Review health reporter Amanda Sullender meets with Washington state Secretary of Health Dennis Worsham as he shares his appraoch about the state's reaction to changing federal policy and what he's doing to act on behalf of the community's health needs.