The Overcast
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The Overcast by The Seattle Times brings you in-depth interviews with Pacific Northwest newsmakers and takes you behind the scenes with top journalists. Smart conversations about local news and politics, hosted by Jim Brunner and Daniel Beekman.
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Ep. 123: Reporter Steve Miletich on "A police officer's lie, a Seattle man's suicide"
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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Ep. 122: Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis on evictions, policing and taxing big businesses
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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Ep. 121: 'Outsiders' podcast brings lessons from a year of reporting Olympia's homelessness crisis
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Ep. 120: Investigative reporter Daniel Gilbert on problems at WA's private psychiatric hospitals
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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Ep. 119: Bundyville podcaster Leah Sottile on investigation of Washington lawmaker Matt Shea
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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Ep118: Reporter Paige Cornwell on changing Seattle suburbs, historic elections & runaway goats
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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Ep117: Rep. Denny Heck's inside view of Trump impeachment inquiry
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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E116: Monisha Harrell on what could happen in Seattle's City Council elections
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Oct 26, 2019 |
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E115: Boeing reporter Dominic Gates on the 737 MAX saga
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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E114: The case for letting Washington's new affirmative-action law take effect
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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E113: Why some voters want to repeal Washington's new affirmative-action law
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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E112: Rehashing the Seattle City Council primary election
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Aug 10, 2019 |
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Ep. 111: Breaking down Seattle's crowded City Council primary races
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Jul 16, 2019 |
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Ep. 110: Journalist and author David Neiwert on the rise of "Alt-America"
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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Ep. 109: Incrementalism is 'killing the Democratic Party' says state Sen. Joe Nguyen
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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Ep. 108: Transportation reporter Heidi Groover on shareable electric scooters in Seattle
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May 24, 2019 |
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Ep. 107: Washington Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz on wildfires and more
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May 09, 2019 |
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Ep. 106: Reporter Vianna Davila on breaking the cycle from homelessness to jail and back
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May 02, 2019 |
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Ep. 105: Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes talks drugs, homelessness and 'Seattle is Dying'
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Mar 31, 2019 |
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Ep. 104: Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Medicare for All and the progressive agenda in Congress
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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Ep. 103: On the presidential campaign trail in Iowa with Jay Inslee
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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Ep. 102: State Rep. Nicole Macri on the push in Olympia for eviction reforms
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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Ep. 101: Reporter Hal Bernton on the tragic, final voyage of the crab boat Destination
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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Ep. 100: Howard Schultz's presidential aspirations and Seattle's school-district levies
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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Ep. 99: The hidden history of Washington's 'forgotten prison'
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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Ep. 98: The politics and planning for Seattle's impending 'Viadoom'
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Jan 10, 2019 |
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Ep. 97: Will Seattle follow Minneapolis in banning single-family zoning?
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Dec 20, 2018 |
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Ep. 96: Can Gov. Jay Inslee contend in 2020 presidential race?
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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Ep. 95: What does Amazon’s HQ2 decision mean for the company, Seattle and the business world?
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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Ep. 94: Did Washington contribute to blue wave? Dissecting Tuesday's elections
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Nov 09, 2018 |
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Ep. 93: A southwest Washington congressional race grabs attention
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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Ep. 92: Opponent of Washington's carbon fee Initiative 1631 says it lacks oversight
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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Ep. 91: Looking at Washington's carbon fee Initiative 1631
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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Ep. 90: Education reporter Neal Morton on Washington state's teacher-contract chaos
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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Ep. 89: Pediatrician Kim Schrier on running against Dino Rossi in WA-08
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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Ep. 88: Could a blue wave leave GOP with just one House seat in Washington?
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Aug 10, 2018 |
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Ep. 87: Seattle Times whale tracker Lynda Mapes on grieving orca
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Aug 02, 2018 |
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Ep. 86: Burien Deputy Mayor Austin Bell on immigration politics in a Seattle suburb
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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Ep. 85: Police-reform expert Lisa Daugaard on the pick for Seattle's next police chief, Carmen Best
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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Ep. 84: Seattle Times data columnist Gene Balk talks "mean world syndrome," neighborhood crime rates
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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Ep. 83: Billionaire Tom Steyer explains his $40 million campaign to impeach President Trump
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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Ep. 82: Washington state Democratic Party chairwoman Tina Podlodowski on 2018's big races
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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Ep. 81: New Washington state GOP chairman Caleb Heimlich on 2018's upcoming elections
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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Ep. 80: the politics and repercussions of Seattle's new head tax
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May 18, 2018 |
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Ep. 79: Downtown Seattle Association's Jon Scholes on Amazon and the case against city 'head tax'
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May 04, 2018 |
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Ep. 78: Seattle Councilmember M. Lorena González on a proposal to tax large employers for housing
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Apr 27, 2018 |
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Ep. 77: Prison abolitionist Dean Spade explains King County's No New Youth Jail campaign
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Apr 19, 2018 |
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Ep. 76: Traffic Lab reporter David Gutman on Seattle's streetcar and congestion-pricing plans
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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Ep. 75: Freedom Foundation's Maxford Nelsen on his organization's fight with public-sector unions
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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Ep. 74: Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda on rent laws, a head tax and domestic workers
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Mar 30, 2018 |
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Ep. 73: J.T. Wilcox, Washington's new House Republican leader, on Seattle and the rest of the state
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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Ep. 72: Andrè Taylor on the Legislature’s agreement to change Washington's police deadly-force law
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Mar 12, 2018 |
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Ep. 71: Washington Policy Center's Todd Myers on Washington's carbon-tax question
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Mar 02, 2018 |
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Ep. 70: Sightline Institute's Kristin Eberhard on the path to Washington taxing carbon
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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Ep. 69: SEIU leader David Rolf on labor's WA agenda and reshaping the union movement
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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Ep. 68: State Sen. John Braun rebuts Reuven Carlyle on property taxes, plus more
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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Ep. 67: State Sen. Reuven Carlyle on property taxes and more
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Feb 02, 2018 |
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Ep. 66: Reporter Paige Cornwell on what 250 readers told her about consent
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Jan 19, 2018 |
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Ep. 65: Transportation reporter Mike Lindblom on Seattle's "Period of Maximum Constraint"
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Jan 11, 2018 |
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Ep. 64: Sharon Nelson on what the state's newly-empowered Democrats will and won't get done in 2018
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Jan 04, 2018 |
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Ep. 63: Ranking the biggest politics stories of 2017 and predicting the biggest stories of 2018
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Dec 22, 2017 |
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Ep. 62: From Seattle to Miami, a push for more diversity in school programs for gifted kids
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Dec 15, 2017 |
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Ep. 61: Why Seattle needs a new police chief and why it matters, with reporter Steve Miletich
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Dec 08, 2017 |
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Ep. 60: An exit interview with 51-day Seattle City Councilmember Kirsten Harris-Talley
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Dec 01, 2017 |
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Ep. 59: Launching Project Homeless, a deep dive into a crisis in the Seattle area
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Nov 02, 2017 |
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Ep. 58: Mike O'Brien pitches business tax to battle homelessness, money to study congestion pricing
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Oct 27, 2017 |
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Ep. 57: Understanding Seattle's mayoral candidates and their race to lead the city
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Oct 20, 2017 |
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Ep. 56: Environment reporter Lynda Mapes on missing martens and salmon and a fish-farming disaster
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Oct 13, 2017 |
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Ep. 55: Former WA GOP chair Chris Vance on leaving the party for a new centrist movement
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Oct 06, 2017 |
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Ep. 54: A tragic death and persistent problems in Washington's child-welfare system
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Sep 29, 2017 |
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Ep 53: Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell on becoming mayor... for less than a week
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Sep 22, 2017 |
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Ep 52: Amazon seeks second headquarters and Ed Murray resigns as Seattle mayor
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Sep 15, 2017 |
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Ep. 51: Debate over safe-injection sites in Seattle, King County heads to court
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Aug 25, 2017 |
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Ep. 50: Local politicians on Charlottesville and Monisha Harrell on Seattle's mayoral primary
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Aug 18, 2017 |
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Ep. 49: Homelessness and people living in vehicles – a revived debate
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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Ep. 48: Seattle's next mayor will be a woman, but which one?
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Aug 02, 2017 |
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Ep. 47: Sidewalk interviews with voters about the race for Seattle mayor
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Jul 28, 2017 |
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Ep. 46: New information on decades-old sexual-abuse allegations against Seattle Mayor Ed Murray
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Jul 21, 2017 |
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Ep. 45: Seattle's Mexican consul, Roberto Dondisch, on Trump, trade and immigration
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Jul 14, 2017 |
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Ep. 44: Olympia reporter Joe O'Sullivan on the Legislature's secret talks and midnight budget
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Jul 07, 2017 |
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Ep. 43: Debating the wisdom - and legality - of a Seattle income tax
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Jun 29, 2017 |
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Ep. 42: Pundit-o-rama on the Seattle mayoral race with Monisha Harrell and Marco Lowe
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Jun 22, 2017 |
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Ep. 41: Should landlords get to screen for criminal history?
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Jun 16, 2017 |
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Ep 40: Seattle Times investigative reporter Mike Baker on double-booked surgeries
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Jun 09, 2017 |
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Ep. 39: Rep. Pramila Jayapal on five months in Congress, and why she'd consider impeaching Trump
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Jun 02, 2017 |
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Ep 38: Seattle soda tax? A health advocate and a burger boss debate city's proposal
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May 26, 2017 |
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Ep 37: State Attorney General Bob Ferguson talks Trump's travel ban, coal trains and chess
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May 19, 2017 |
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Ep 36: A suddenly wide-open race for mayor of Seattle after Ed Murray ends his re-election campaign
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May 12, 2017 |
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Ep 35: Tyrone Beason on Portraits of Homelessness, a new Seattle Times project
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May 04, 2017 |
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Ep 34: Who's to blame for the budget impasse in Olympia?
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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Ep 33: Nikkita Oliver on Seattle politics and her campaign for mayor
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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Ep 32: Delving into the sex-abuse allegations against Ed Murray
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Apr 14, 2017 |
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Ep 31: Seattle Times reporter Steve Miletich on a police reform milestone in the Trump era
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Apr 06, 2017 |
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Ep 30: UW researcher Caleb Banta-Green on opioid addiction and Seattle safe-injection sites
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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Ep29: State Sen. Mark Miloscia's crusade to block Seattle safe-injection sites
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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Ep 28: Reporters Mike Lindblom and David Gutman on car-tab fees and Trump transit cuts
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Mar 17, 2017 |
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Ep 27: Seattle's Kshama Sawant on Ed Murray, Trump's election, homelessness and taxes
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Mar 10, 2017 |
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Ep 26: Transit Riders Union on new "Trump Proof Seattle" campaign for a city income tax
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Mar 03, 2017 |
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Ep 25: Mayor Ed Murray on the state of Seattle, homelessness and resisting Trump
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Feb 24, 2017 |
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Ep 24: Gov. Inslee on resisting Trump, his own political future and taxes for schools
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Feb 17, 2017 |
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Ep 23: Debating Seattle's proposal to upzone the University District for apartment and office towers
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Feb 10, 2017 |
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Ep 22: Understanding Trump's immigration orders and analyzing potential impacts on Washington state
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Feb 03, 2017 |
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Ep 21: Unhappy Democrats consider new leadership; two GOP lawmakers shape Trump's EPA
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Jan 27, 2017 |
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Ep 20: Previewing the Womxn's March on Seattle and listening to first-time protesters
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Jan 20, 2017 |
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Ep 19: Stealth inequities in public schools and Seattle's plans for the Trump inauguration
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Jan 13, 2017 |
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Ep 18: Seattle's apartment boom, explained, and Gov. Jay Inslee's tax plan for schools, disputed
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Jan 06, 2017 |
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Ep. 17: The biggest stories of 2017 and New Year's resolutions for 2017
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Dec 30, 2016 |
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Ep. 16: Will Trump's tough talk on China hurt Washington? And Hamilton electors flame out
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Dec 23, 2016 |
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Ep 15: "Hamilton Elector" explains anti-Trump plot and Jay Inslee wants $4 billion in new taxes
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Dec 16, 2016 |
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Ep. 14: Seattle's $108 million new dump and schools clinging to the edge of a levy cliff
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Dec 09, 2016 |
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Ep. 13: What Trump means for legal pot, and how Washington trails Oklahoma on drug-crime reform
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Dec 02, 2016 |
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Episode 12: What you need to know about carbon taxes, timber jobs and Seattle's new budget
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Nov 25, 2016 |
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Episode 11: Will Trump threaten Amazon? Plus a look at how WA Republicans fared this election
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Nov 18, 2016 |
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Episode 10: Talking Trump and local election results with columnist Jerry Large
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Nov 11, 2016 |
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Episode 9: Reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline, debating ST3 and an $18 million food fight
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Nov 04, 2016 |
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Episode 8: Sonics arena politics, and pollster Stuart Elway breaks down WA races & 'rigged' polls
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Oct 28, 2016 |
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Episode 7: Kim Wyman rips Trump's voter fraud talk, Inslee & Bryant on police shootings
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Oct 21, 2016 |
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Episode 6: the latest on tunneling machine Bertha. New protections for hotel workers?
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Oct 14, 2016 |
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Episode 5: Should Washington vote for a carbon tax? Bob Ferguson & Seattle taxpayers lose the week
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Oct 07, 2016 |
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Episode 4: Gubernatorial rivals pan state income tax, Jayapal and Walkinshaw debate
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Sep 29, 2016 |
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Episode 3: Seattle's beleaguered bike-share system, #BlockTheBunker activists expand demands
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Sep 23, 2016 |
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Episode 2: Seattle's 'secure scheduling' law, Mayor Ed Murray fails on homelessness
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Sep 16, 2016 |