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August 23, 20252025 Election

#127: Primary Results Review

We welcomed Erika Lari from OSD4All and Rob Richards, political consultant, to walk through the results of the 2025 August Primary. While we talked a little bit about non-Olympia stuff, […]
August 16, 2025General Interest, Labor

#126: Starbucks Union

In this episode of the Olympia Standard, we delve into the burgeoning movement to unionize Starbucks locations in Olympia. With two more Westside locations, Cooper Point and Black Lake B, […]
August 9, 2025City Council, Downtown, General Interest

#125: Heal Olympia

Daniel Garcia is a planning commissioner and internet phenomenon (at least locally). He runs Heal Olympia, which is driving a vital conversation about the future of Olympia’s built environment. We […]
August 2, 2025City Council, Climate Change, Downtown, Housing, Transportation

#124: Parking or housing, pick one.

Host emeritus and city council-member Dani Madrone rejoins the podcast for a discussion about housing, parking, parking minimums and how we’re going to turn empty parking lots on the Westside […]
July 26, 2025General Interest, Olympia History

#123: Olympia’s story told in museum form

This week we welcome back former Olympia Mayor Cheryl Selby to talk about the new AHA Olympia Museum downtown and the future of Olympia’s history. Olympia Arts and History Alliance
July 18, 20252025 Election, Olympia Schools

#122.1: Mea Culpa, Renee Fullerton

In the Olympia School District primary ballot rundown episode last weekend we incorrectly described Renee Fullerton’s position on school vouchers. So, we’re running her entire answer the voucher question at […]
July 16, 20252025 Election, Olympia Schools

#122: Olympia School District primary rundown

Note: In this episode, we incorrectly described Renee Fullerton’s position on school vouchers. So, we’re running her entire answer the voucher question at the OSD4All Forum now so you have […]
July 13, 20252025 Election, Olympia Schools

Bonus: OSD4All Candidate Forum (July 12, 2025)

This is not a regular episode of The Olympia Standard, this is a bonus episode! We’re sharing the audio from yesterday’s Olympia School Board candidate forum from OSD4All. We will […]
July 12, 2025General Interest

#121: Reading “Facing the soft xenophobia of Emmett Watson”

We take a hard look at the soft xenophobia embedded in the jokes of beloved Seattle columnist Emmett Watson and the eco-soundbites of Oregon Governor Tom McCall. What starts as […]
July 4, 2025General Interest, Racial Justice

#120: Fourth of July Man

This episode explores the legacy of Judge George H. Boldt and the lasting impact of the 1974 Boldt Decision, which reaffirmed tribal fishing rights in Washington. Featuring a recording from […]