Housekeeping: Next Book Club A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns Feeling a need for light and levity, Nate and this week’s guests recommend films. Jamika has us think and Katy has us thinking…
The mid-term elections are coming up and this time they feel a tad more dire than most years. Y’all need to vote. Hell, in Washington State we vote by mail and you can register online….
Silong, a refugee arrived in Tacoma in 1981. He’s that dude Shelly, wife of Cambodian Genocide survivor. Ally. Ivory, daughter of Khmer Rouge survivor. Future student at Lincoln High School. In this episode, Nate takes…
With Book Club Guests: Hope Teague Bowling – ELA Teacher, Pod-Spouse, Interchangeable White Lady Kenny Coble – Tacoma’s Book Seller, Avid Tweeter, Activist, INFJ 5:00 Why should we read this? 8:00 Is diversity for white…
This week’s guests talk with Nate about running for office and what life is like on the other side. First up is Deputy Mayor, Anders Ibsen. Anders ran for office of Pierce County Conservation District…
Tacoma teachers are currently at a labor impasse with the Tacoma School District. Because the school district has the home phone number and home email address for every family they serve, there’s an information asymmetry….
This week’s guests are three members of Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club. The three men who come from vastly different backgrounds have insightful opinions and interesting perspectives. History Lesson: John Brown was a radical…
Note: the second half of this episode references the Thompson Group. Since recording, we’ve learned more about their long list of local clients. For more info check their website. In Part II of our look at Northwest…
In part one of our deep dive into The Northwest Detention Center, we had a conversation with Lewis Kamb and Monserrat Padilla. The NWDC, a detention center created to hold undocumented migrants, is the largest private prison…
Housekeeping: Buy the fall #NerdFarmReads Book, We Gon Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang This week the pod takes on Social Emotional Learning in schools. Danielle Gonzalez of the Aspen Institute begins…