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April 19, 2025General Interest

#109: Public Comment 101

In this episode of The Olympia Standard, we dive into the city’s now-dormant effort to revise its Memorandum of Understanding with neighborhood associations and explore how representative those groups really […]
April 12, 2025Homelessness, Housing

#108: Out of town corporate single family home ownership

I take a look back at a couple of blog posts I’ve written in the last couple of years about corporate home ownership in Thurston County and include some updates […]
April 6, 2025General Interest

#107: Season 2 Episode 1 (thanks for hanging in there)

Hey! If you’re reading these show notes, I want to thank you a ton! We both got through 2024! And you in particular didn’t cull this podcast from your feed. […]
April 3, 2024Legislature

#106: Sine Die with Sam Hunt

We are joined by Senator Sam Hunt to review the legislative session just past and talk about what Olympia got from Olympia. We also delve into his political history and […]
March 7, 2024Olympia Schools

#105: Do we want to close Madison and McKenny schools?

We have been slow rolling through a very large discussion on school closures since last summer. We sit down with three different community members on how we got here, where […]
February 15, 2024General Interest, Housing

#104: New City Council member Robert Vanderpool

Robert Vanderpool just started his job on the Olympia City Council. So, to get to know Olympia’s new policy-maker, we asked him some questions about himself, about where he’s coming […]
January 10, 2024Climate Change, Downtown, Housing

#103: The Multifamily Tax Exemption and You

We conducted a couple of interviews about how the Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) impacts the city in terms of growth, housing affordability and finances. We sat down with Darian Lightfoot […]
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 […]