General Interest
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#111: Don’t think of an Olympia
On this episode, I read my blog post “Don’t think of an Olympia” from Olympia Time, revisiting one of my longest-running gripes: the use of “Olympia” as a lazy shorthand […]
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#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 […]
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#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. […]
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#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 […]
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#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 […]
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Downtown, 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 […]
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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 […]
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Downtown, 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.
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#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 […]
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#93: Inspire (the) Olympia (Standard)
We have a small election coming up, so here is your small-ish episode about what people in Olympia will have to vote on. We talk to one of the people […]
Recent Epsiodes
- #113: Reading “Exile Ourselves” May 17, 2025
- #112: What to do with Olympia’s court May 10, 2025
- #111: Don’t think of an Olympia May 3, 2025
- #110: Gil Carbone and the City of Tomorrow April 26, 2025
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