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Dr. Dominic Corva: Founder, and Executive Director at the Center for the Study of Cannabis and Social Policy. 

Dr. Corva has a PhD in Political Economy of Drug Policy from the University of Washington. He has been on faculty at Sarah Lawrence and Humboldt University. He leads The Cannabis Alliance‘s legislative committee to vacate cannabis convictions. This episode is a continuation of the conversation we had in episode 55 with Dr. Ingrid Walker, the author of High.

The Rundown

7:00 Events that serve the industry and how it’s legal.

10:00 Pot-trepeneurs and what that means

18:00 Why are persons-of-color incarcerated for cannabis and white folks are the frequenters of the business? (we all know, but I had to ask)

20:00 Is the industry really making money hand-over-fist?

27:00 What are your thoughts on the implementation of marijuana laws in Washington state?

40:00 What is the percentage of the legal marker of cannabis? 

44:30 Medical versus recreational and how the disconnect happened

46:00 Which state does it the best and what does a more equitable regime look like?

50:00 The answers to tax questions with mostly more questions.

The Wind Down

1. What should we read to go further?
2. What is one thing we should listen to? 
3. What is one thing everyone should watch?

Going Further

Episode 55: Ingrid Walker & US Drug Policy 

Against the Grain 

Project CBD 

Socials

@CorvaDr Twitter

@corvad IG  

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Megan Oyster is a defender with Reign FC and has made two appearances on with the US National Team. She’s a UCLA graduate and joined Reign FC in 2018. Previously she played for the Boston Breakers, Washington Spirit, and the Newcastle Jets in Australia’s W-League.

The Rundown

2:30 Oyster path from childhood to Reign FC

7:00 Thoughts on youth development in women’s soccer–how are we doing creating pathways to the pros?

12:30 Megan gets to play prognosticator and discuss the US’ performance in m at the World Cup 

16:00 Megan’s experience moving to Tacoma and Estadio Cheney

21:00 Who do you try to emulate when you play? 

28:00 Megan’s thoughts on why men don’t buy into NWSL and women’s soccer

The 5ish

1. Something to Read
2. Something to Listen to
3. Something to Watch
4. What is one thing everyone loves that you know is trash?

Going Further

Educated by Tara Westover

Just Women’s Sports IG 

JustWomen’sSports.com

Socials

@MeganOyster Twitter 

@meganoyster IG 

@reignfc IG

@ReignFC Twitter  

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This summer the US National Team is competing in the World Cup in France. Susie covers soccer for Sounder at Heart and co-hosts Coffee & Valkyries, a Reign FC focused podcast on the Sounder at Heart Podcast Network. Jake is the VP of the Royal Guard, the supporters group for Reign FC (you’ll notice Jake stans hard for England).

We wanted to get the skinny on the National Team and some of the top players in the tournament. We discussed the most likely to advance teams in each group, players from the NWSL (our domestic league) to watch, and we made the guests put on their prognostication hats and predict who’ll advance to the finals.

Look for more Channel 253 coverage of the Women’s World Cup with an episode in from Paris with the Flounders B-Team later this month. And as promised the South African Team entrance into their opening match.

Guests:

Susie Rantz, Sounder at Heart

Jocelyn Jake Houghton, Royal Guard

Coming Soon:

The #NerdFarmReads Bookclub Discussion of “How Democracies Die” by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

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This podcast is rooted in the belief that local politics and elections matter. Going all the way back to episode number two, Stop Worrying About Trump and Get Active Locally, with Pierce County Councilman Derek Young, we have advocated for folks to pay more attention to local government here in Tacoma. Filing Day has passed and the 2019 primary will go down in August. In November, we’ll elect City Council Members, Port Commissioners, and School Board Directors. It’s time to get informed about who is running now.

Our friends over at Citizen Tacoma will have in-depth interviews with each of the candidates after the primaries. In the meantime, this episode is what we do best on Nerd Farmer–a barbershop chop-up about who is running this election cycle: Evelyn brings the PDC reports and Desiree brings the real talk.  

*Note: this episode begins with a very special personal announcement, #YNWA

Guests:

Desiree Finch, FUSE Washington

“Auntie” Evelyn Lopez, co-host of Crossing Division & writer of True Tacoma  

Coming Soon:

ACHH XV,  the Real State of the City: June 17 at 6pm at Pacific Brewing

The #NerdFarmReads Bookclub Discussion of “How Democracies Die” by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

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Philip Cowan has been the Executive Director of the Grand Cinema for nearly 13 years. The Grand Cinema is a nonprofit community gathering spot for independent, international, and local films.

The Rundown

8:00 How does a film go from being independently produced to being on the big screen in Tacoma?

15:00 How do you know which movies you’re going to have at the Grand?

20:00 How do you choose which movie screens in which theater?

26:00 Can we talk about the film Hail Satan for a minute?

30:00 First films, favorite films, oddest films?

The 5-ish

1. What should our listeners watch, one thing to read, one thing to listen to?
2. What is something that everyone loves that you know is pretty terrible.

Get in touch with The Grand:

philip@grandcinema.com

grandcinema.com  

Become a Member of The Grand:

https://www.grandcinema.com/membership/  

Movies Mentioned in this Episode:

RBG

Won’t You Be My Neighbor

Kenny

Sorry to Bother You

High Flying Bird

Hail Satan?

Kandahar

Juno

Grizzly Man

The Brink: Steve Bannon Documentary

Maiden

The Hate U Give  

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This week Nate was joined by former CIA agent and author of The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House, Nada Bakos. This episode a follow-up to episode 56, when we talked to Washington Post Reporter, Joby Warrick, the author of Black Flags. Nada discussed her work with the CIA, leading the hunt for the leadership of ISIS.

Rundown

12:00 What is a “Targeter” and how Nada got into intelligence work?

20:00 Nada discusses trailblazing a path for women in the CIA. What did it look like to seek Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?

24:00 Discussion about policymakers and intelligence.

29:00 Life after the CIA and the transition to civilian life

32:00 What are the similarities between foreign terrorist organizations and white nationalists?

34:00 Nada discussed the fight against ISIS in 2019 and how the Trump Administration is managing the fight.

The 5-ish

What to watch? Killing Eve

What to read? Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network Against Hitler

What to listen to? Fresh Air

What is something everybody loves that you think is awful?

Bonus watch from Doug: The Prisoner

Twitter

@nadabakos

Read On

The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House

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We realize it’s really early to start thinking about this, but we decided to do an episode on the 2020 Democratic Party primary field. We each brought our Top Five candidates to the conversation and talked through their pros and cons. We also talked about who we do not support (no 75+ year-olds), and who we’d like to join the race: there’s policy, there’s frivolity, and there is some straight-up nonsense.

Guests:

Steve Ketelsen, 27th LD Treasurer, host of the Flounders B-Team Podcast on Channel 253

Hope Teague-Bowling, host of Interchangeable While Ladies on Channel 253, spouse of the pod

Megan Holyoke, AP Government teacher at Lincoln HS, apparent devoted Pete Buttigieg supporter

Hosts note: I don’t want to replace the oldest president in US history with an even older person, so Bernie and Biden didn’t get a lot of love on this episode. Speaking of Bernie, if you’re all “I love Bernie’s policies” but are a “hell naw” about Sen. Warren… I have some questions for you.

Going Further

Pete Buttigieg interview with Ezra Klein

John Delaney interview with Axios and Medicaid for All Plan

Jay Inslee CNN Townhall & Pod Save America

Beto O’Rourke 2018 Senatorial debate with Ted Cruz

Megan’s Interchangeable While Ladies interview

Muffet McGraw press conference on gender equity

The Five-ish

To read: The Three Body Problem

To watch: Queer Eye

To listen to: Charlamagne tha God interviewing 2020 candidates

The Socials

Hope: @espionfire & @IWL

Steve: @podfish & @FloundersBTeam

Megan: @megan_holyoke  

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As you know from last week’s episode, Reign FC will be calling Tacoma Cheney Stadium home this season. This episode we welcomed the most consequential US soccer player of all-time (man or woman), Megan Rapinoe and the majority owner of Reign FC, Bill Predmore.

The Rundown

3:00: Bill and Megan on why Reign FC are moving to Cheney Stadium?

6:00: Megan’s first reaction to “We’re moving!”

12:00: Reign FC roster talk: who should we be looking out for this season?

16:00: Rapinoe’s takes on playing for Vlatko Andonovski

19:00: A discussion about women the coaching ranks of both men’s and women’s soccer

20:00: Why we should all go to these games–besides to boo Portland…

26:00: Candid thoughts on the #SheBelievesCup performance and the pending lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation

45:00: Listener Questions

The Five-ish (we’re looking for a new name for this segment–if you have ideas, shout)

Pinoe and Bill: One thing to watch, one thing to read, one thing to listen to.

What is something that everyone loves that you know is trash? (Dick’s Burgers and Kombucha)

The Socials

Twitter @ReignFc

Instagram @MRapinoe

Twitter @mPinoe  

Get Tickets–no really, do it!

ReignFC

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Bev Yanez: midfielder of the Reign FC

Casey Catherwood: Tacoma’s Sporting PT Barnum and Ringmaster

Aaron Artman: President of Tacoma Rainiers

On episode 34, Casey and Aaron came on the pod to talk about the launch of S2. A lot has happened since then: S2 are now called Tacoma Defiance, the Reign have relocated to Tacoma, and both teams will call Cheney Stadium home while working on building a soccer stadium nearby. Suddenly, the folks in Rainiers Land are busier than ever. Folks around town are left asking “what in the hell is happening at Cheney?”

“This is the best women’s sports league in the world–right here in Tacoma.”

8:00: Bev on the state of the NWSL and the arrival of Regin FC to Tacoma.

14:00: Bev talks about the roster, the club, and the environment, and her path to professional club soccer.

24:00: What does the future of the Rainers, Cheney, and the stadiums look like?

30:00: From Casey: the most accurate description of a Rainiers game ever.

35:30: How Defiance and the Reign FC are reaching out to the Latino Soccer community?

The 5

1. Greatest soccer player in the world now or ever?
2. First thing you read, listen to, or watch each day?
3. What is your dream halftime or 7th inning stretch performance?
4. Last book you read or book you think folks should read?
5. What is something everybody loves that you think is awful?

The Socials

Tweet: @beverlygoebel

IG: @bevyanez  

Tweet: @CaseyCatherwood

IG: @caseycatherwood

Tickets, Merch, Schedules Websites

Rainers

Reign FC

Defiance  

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