2025 Election

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

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  May 24, 20252025 Election, City Council

  #114: Jim Cooper and the next city council

  This week, we dive into the heart of Olympia politics with a special guest: Jim Cooper, who is retiring after 14 impactful years on the Olympia City Council. We chat […]