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45:17

Revolutions Take Generations – Nathan Perl-Rosenthal,...

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2024/03/11

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is an historian of the eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Atlantic world. He focuses on the political and cultural history of Europe and the Americas in the age of revolution, with a emphasis on...

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50:49

“Should Biden Step Aside?” and Constitutional Issues...

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2024/02/26

We invited Professor Michael Artime from Pacific Lutheran University back on the show to discuss the upcoming election. In this conversation we covered several topics: Ezra Klein’s suggestion that Biden step-aside as the Democratic nominee...

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57:21

How Journalists Cover Moral Panics and Contrived...

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2024/01/29

Over the winter holiday, Matt Driscoll, columnist and opinion editor at The News Tribune, reached out to talk about the firing of Claudine Gay from her role of President of Harvard University. Gay was brought...

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49:09

Social Diversification, Blogging is Back, and How to...

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2024/01/08

Happy New Year and go Huskies! This week’s episode is a discussion about navigating the internet in an era of misinformation. Our guest is Dave Clark, founder of Sounder at Heart. He also writes at...

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34:31

A Tacoma-Centric Year in Review, Part II – Erik...

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2023/12/29

Happy New Year! Recorded live in the Moonyard Studios in gorgeous North Tacoma, this episode is the second of our two part 2023 Year in Review. If you missed Part I, you can find it...

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47:57

A Tacoma-Centric Year in Review, Part I – Erik...

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2023/12/26

Happy Holidays! Recorded live in the Moonyard Studios in gorgeous North Tacoma, this episode is the first of our two part 2023 Year in Review. We were joined in the studio by Erik Hanberg, President...

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35:35

Time for Closing Arguments in the Case of the Murder...

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2023/12/11

Peter Talbot from The News Tribune has been covering the trial of the Tacoma Police Officers who murdered Manuel Ellis on March 3, 2020. We spoke with Peter in October as the state was making...

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43:05

A Blueprint for Progressive Activists to Fight & Win...

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2023/11/20

Earlier this month, voters in Tacoma passed a Tenants Bill of Rights, creating among the most sweeping tenant protections in the country. The initiative was specifically designed to combat displacement in the community. This effort...

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51:30

Launching a Reader Supported Soccer Journalism...

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2023/11/07

Jeremiah Oshan is a recovering newspaper journalist and the editor-in-chief of Sounder at Heart. Sounder at Heart is the most read blog in US club soccer. The website was previously a part of Vox’s SB...

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41:17

An Update from the Trial of the Police Officers that...

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2023/10/30

Manuel Ellis was murdered by Tacoma Police on March 3, 2020. The long-delayed trial of the police officers that killed him is underway and this week we’re checking in with Peter Talbot from the News...

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42:25

The End of the Conflict Over Nagorno-Karabakh? –...

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2023/10/16

In March, on episode 188, we welcomed Azeri journalist Sevinc Osmanqizi on the show for a conversation about the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. On September 19, that conflict...

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41:06

Republicans in Washington D.C. Can’t Govern and the...

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2023/10/10

Representative Marilyn Strickland is a former member of the Tacoma City Council, the former Mayor of Tacoma, and two-term member of the US House of Representatives. She joined us to discuss the recent dismissal of...

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43:51

A Guide for People Thinking About Teaching Overseas —...

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2023/09/25

In 2019, my wife and I departed the US to begin our overseas teaching career. When I made the transition, I used a service called Search Associates. They helped me navigate the application process and...

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49:56

Writing a Multigenerational Crime Masterpiece — Brian...

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2023/09/09

I belong to a group chat. It used to be about the Seattle Sounders but as they began struggling last season it became more about crime novels, in the vein of Elmore Leonard. We now...

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43:56

A 2023 Sounders Mid-Season State of the Union —...

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2023/08/29

The Seattle Sounders are possibly the least convincing third place team in the history of world football. They’re about three fourths of the way through what can best be described as a Jekyll & Hyde...

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57:45

On the Culture of Conspiracy in America — Sarah...

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2023/08/22

Our guest, Sarah Kendzior, is a scholar with an focus on authoritarian Central Asian states. She leverages her academic background in her work as a journalist and commentator, offering unique insights about anti-democratic tendencies and...

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51:38

A $47 Trillion Dollar Hole in the US Economy — Carter...

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2023/08/14

Carter is a co-author of the paper Trends in Income From 1975 to 2018 along with Kathryn A. Edwards. The paper lays out how the average American’s wages would be $50,000 higher if income growth...

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45:11

Running a Small Biz in Tacoma Series, Part 3 —...

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2023/07/31

This summer we are hosting a series highlighting small businesses and their struggles and triumphs in Tacoma. In part three, we have a conversation with Cassandra Williams, the owner and proprietor of Love by the...

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Nerd Farmer Live: “Episode 200” – Lessons from the...

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2023/07/17

In June, over a hundred friends and members of Channel 253 gathered for Channel 253 Fest, an evening of live podcasting from the Press Room in downtown Tacoma. It was a great event and this...

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51:09

Running a Small Biz in Tacoma Series, Part 2 — Umi...

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2023/07/11

This summer we are hosting a series highlighting small businesses and their struggles and triumphs in Tacoma. In part two, we have a conversation with Umi Wagoner from eTc, the Tacoma-based rareware retailer and design...

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