2025 Election

• October 25, 20252025 Election, City Council, Olympia Schools

  #137: Ballot 2025 Roundup

  Emmett is joined by Erika Lari and Daniel Garcia to make a complete rundown of your Olympia ballot for this election. Erika and Daniel dissect the interviews we’ve been running […]

• October 19, 20252025 Election, City Council

  #136: Berendt vs. Geiger (Position #7)

  Daniel Garcia returns to interview Paul Berendt and Caleb Geiger for Position #7 on the Olympia City Council.

• October 14, 20252025 Election, City Council, Labor

  #135: Workers’ Bill of Rights (Prop 1)

  Mayor Dontae Payne and Caleb Geiger debate the pros and cons of the Workers’ Bill of Rights (Prop 1), which will be on your ballot this week! This discussion was […]

• October 11, 20252025 Election, City Council

  #134: Vanderpool v. Stang (Position 6)

  Daniel Garcia from the Heal Olympia project is back on the podcast, this time sitting down with Robert Vanderpool and Justin Stang, who are competing for the Position 6 seat […]

• October 4, 20252025 Election, City Council

  #133: Olympia City Council Position #4 (Gilman, no Carlson)

  This episode was supposed to feature Daniel Garcia from Heal Oly sitting down with two city council candidates for a conversation. But at the last minute, we had to cancel. […]

• September 27, 20252025 Election, Olympia Schools

  #132: Renee Fullerton and Rhyan Smith (Olympia School Board)

  Erika Lari from OSD4All again takes the wheel to talk with Renee Fullerton and Rhyan Smith, who are facing off for the position in District 3 on the Olympia School […]

• September 20, 20252025 Election, Olympia Schools

  #131: Gil Lamont and Emily Leddige (School Board)

  Erika Lari from OSD4All rejoins the podcast to talk with Gil Lamont and Emily Leddige, who are facing off for the position in District 5 on the Olympia School Board.

• September 13, 20252025 Election, City Council, General Interest, Olympia History

  #130: How cities grow and the podcast for the 2025 general election campaign

  In this episode, I’m sharing a story from my blog about how neighboring cities shape each other and the surprising ways that history still affects us today. I dive into […]

• 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, […]

• 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 […]