Live sports are an important part of my life and this show. Before we departed the states we were season ticket holders to Tacoma Defiance, Sounders FC, and Husky football and had half season passes…
Mohammed Kloub is the engagement editor at Crosscut, a Seattle based news outlet, in partnership with KCTS 9. Moh, who previously held a similar position at the Seattle Times Education Lab, is one of the…
T’wina Nobles is a member of the University Place School Board and a candidate for the State Senate in the 28th legislative district. She is challenging Senator Stave O’Ban, the long-time GOP incumbent. T’wina is…
Sharlett Mena is challenging Representative Steve Kirby, the long-time Democratic incumbent, in the 29th legislative district. The 29th covers much of South & East Tacoma, Parkland, and Lakewood. If elected she would join past show…
You can draw a fairly straight line from mass incarceration, to the war on drugs, to police militarization and misconduct, to the protests we are seeing across the US today. This episode traces that line….
While we are all rightfully paying attention to the protests against police violence, the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the State of Washington and the nation. The fastest growing outbreak in Washington is in Yakima…
How to Fix a Drug Scandal, directed by Erin Lee Carr, is a Netflix Docu-series about a drug lab scandal that rocked the State of Massachusetts in 2013. In the series we learn about two…
Cast of Characters James Miller: Director of Admission, Seattle University Kim Thomas: Equity facilitator, freelance college admissions consultant (First of Her Name) Carinna Lee Tarvin: AP World History Teacher, Lincoln High School The Covid-19 outbreak…
In September, on NF Episode #73 we discussed the book “How Democracies Die” by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky as part of our Nerd Farm Reads Book Club (#nerdfarmreads). This week in light of events…
This week Channel 253 is launching a new show called Gimme the Mic. They’re six-pack podcasts from folks in Tacoma sharing their unique stories and points of view on matters that impact all of us….