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A podcast about education, civics, economics, life, and shade in the South Sound. Hosted by Nate Bowling, 2016 Washington State Teacher of the Year.

This week, for the first time, I’m sitting down for an episode with a current student. I’ll call her “T” since, as we all know, people on th...

This is our third special episode discussing the US war on Iran and the wider regional complications. Here are the headlines from the episod...

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Professor Nick Brody teaches Communications at the University of Puget Sound. His research focuses on digital communication, cyber bullying,...

Leiter joined us to discuss the growing pressure nonprofits are facing amid escalating threats and enforcement signals from the federal gove...

Guardian correspondent Jason Wilson joined us to discuss his reporting on Elon Musk’s new Grokipedia. The service, an online encyclopedia an...

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We’re closing out the summer with another edition of the Tacoma Small Business Series. This episode features Chris Langston of Proof, a new-...

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Jordan Harper is an award winning writer, born and raised in the Ozarks, now based in Los Angeles. Most widely known for award-winning novel...

Senator Jessica Bateman represents the 22nd District in the Washington State Legislature. She is the chamber’s most outspoken housing advoca...

Bill Fitzgerald is a privacy activist and vociferous critic of the data protection practices of Big Tech. In this week’s episode Bill came o...

After seventeen emails, dating back to December, we finally have the conversation I’ve been chasing with Diana Kuprych. Diana is a Ukrainian...

Melissa Santos is a reporter for Axios covering Seattle and the State Legislature. We’ve been podding with Melissa since 2017. She is a regu...

Tori is an anti-racist educator and writer. She grew up in a deeply conservative evangelical family and is now an out-spoken critic of racis...

This is a conversation about tariffs—with an economist who is an expert in making it plain. We’re starting with the basics: Tariffs are taxe...

Marguerite Martin is a co-founder of Channel 253 and creator of Move to Tacoma. This is an update to her and my ongoing conversation about h...

Amanda Willams is a former teacher in Seattle Public Schools and is the creator of the Seattle Green Book, an online listing of Black Owned...

This week’s episode is a change of pace for the show. Film critic Chase Hutchinson joined us for a conversation about the upcoming 97th Acad...

Following the inauguration of Donald Trump last month, reactions in the U.S. ranged from jubilation to alarm—depending on one’s political le...

In this episode, we discuss the US’ renewed expansionist ambitions with Zoltan Grossman, a professor of Geography and Indigenous Studies at...

One of the least discussed stories in US public education is our decision to walk away from what worked. School integration in the US peaked...

The war in Ukraine is a functional stalemate with the Russian death toll nearing 200k. Growth is down in the Russian economy and inflation a...

Hundreds of fishermen laboring on U.S.-flagged ships in American waters face a harsh reality: wage theft, exploitative conditions, and littl...

In this episode, we sat down with Anne Lutz Fernandez—former investment banker, retired teacher, and co-author of Schooled—to discuss educat...

The Civil War in Sudan is arguably the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. The fight to control the government in Khartoum has reportedl...

This is Part One of a Tacoma Audio Voters’ Guide. In this conversation, we talked through the Congressional races, statewide initiatives, st...

In spite of an avalanche of outside money, Tacoma voters recently adopted a sweeping Bill of Rights for tenants that provides relocation ass...

Mario Amaya is the owner and operator of Balcon X, a taco and pupusa (and putaco) restaurant located on Sixth Ave. Balcon X is named after h...

Quincy Henry is the co-owner and proprietor of Campfire Coffee, located at 1554 Market Street. He joined us for Part 4 of our ongoing series...

Last week Tacoma lost one of its brightest lights. Matt Driscoll was a columnist for The News Tribune and the editor for the paper’s Opinion...

Chase Hutchinson is a Tacoma-based freelance journalist and movie critic. He came on the show to talk about the year in movies. For our conv...

In today’s irregular edition of the podcast, we discussed Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Trump and the political fal...

Dave and Carol are longtime Seattle Sounders season ticket holders and former hosts of the Hands-Free Footy podcast. They decided, for a hos...

Cameron Harwick is a professor at State University of New York Brockport. He previously joined us in 2022 for a conversation about the cause...

Emmett O’Connell is a recovering journalist, who writes the blog Olympia Time and hosts the podcast Olympia Standard. He recently published...

In this episode, we are joined by Randy Girdner, an educator, filmmaker, and the comic artist creator of the web comic Maurice the Beaver. T...

In this episode, we dove into recent shifts in real estate with Jasmyn Jefferson, Designated Broker and co-Owner of Windermere Abode Lakewoo...

This month observant Muslims around the world are fasting in observance of Ramadan. Jasmine El Shear is an Egyptian-American school counselo...