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• October 2, 2023Olympia Schools

  #102: Jess Tourtellotte-Palumbo (with Howard Rosenfeld)

  Today we hear from Jess Tourtellotte-Palumbo, a candidate for Olympia School board. Interviewing Jess is Howard Rosenfeld, an old friend of the podcast who is stepping in this season to […]

• September 14, 2023General Interest

  #101: We’re Doing It Live!

  We brought back host emeritus (and newly crowned friend of the podcast and I suppose city council member) Dani Madrone! We were also joined by Olympia city council member Dontae […]

• August 23, 2023Homelessness, Housing

  #100: What is Olympia doing about homelessness?

  In the primary part of this episode, we visit with Darian Lightfoot, who is leading the City of Olympia’s response to the homelessness crisis. She talks about the One Olympia […]

• June 21, 2023Downtown, General Interest, Housing, Legislature, Transportation

  #99 Where are all the state offices going?

  In the first half of this episode, we sit down with Yvonne Knutson (Office of Financial Management) and Maurice Perigo (Department of Enterprise Services) to talk about how state offices […]

• May 29, 2023Housing, Legislature

  #98: Sine Die with a Housing Twist

  Today we’re doing our traditional Sine Die (end of the legislative sesssion) episode, but with a Housing Twist. The Olympia Standard sits down with Representative Jessica Bateman (D-Olympia) to talk […]

• March 19, 2023Housing, Legislature

  #97 Housing history in Olympia and setting the stage for the state legislature

  The state legislature is about to act on statewide zoning reform that would adopt much the same policy that we’ve been passing in Olympia for years now. To take a […]

• March 7, 2023General Interest

  The Lacey Standard

  You can download the episode here. Speaking of which, here are two posts I wrote last year where Ken and I severely disagreed, which I referenced in the episode. We […]

• January 5, 2023Olympia Schools, Racial Justice

  #96: Maria Flores, Talauna Reed and the Olympia School Board

  The Olympia School Board filled a vacancy in November by choosing Talauna Reed, a vocal activist and candidate for mayor last year city council last year. In this episode, we […]

• August 6, 2022Downtown, General Interest, Housing

  #95 Olympia Strong and building an economically resilient city

  You can lend your voice to Olympia Strong now by filling out the city’s survey here. Download the episode here.

• June 23, 2022Downtown, General Interest

  #94 OlyWA Days of Change

  Between 1960 and 1980, Olympia and Thurston County went through a massive change. From a sleepy timber town with a state capitol building, Olympia grew (and continues) to grow by […]