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#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 […]
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#92: Update on right wing protests
Download the episode With a large right wing protest planned for the Capitol Campus this weekend (Saturday, March 5), it is a good time to check in with David Neiwert. […]
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#85: Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland is our new representative in Congress, along with the rest of the 10th district; from Shelton to Puyallup, and Tenino to part of Tacoma. We chatted with […]
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#84: Give the State Heck
Denny Heck is no longer serving us as our representative in Congress, but he is serving every person in Washington as our Lieutenant Governor. We chatted with Denny about his […]
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#83: A new member on the Olympia City Council
With one of the members of the Olympia City Council moving up to the Legislature, a new person was recently appointed to represent us. In this interview, Yến Huỳnh introduces […]
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#82: Economic Crisis and Recovery
Right before the pandemic shut down our community, we spoke with Mike Reid, the Economic Development Director of Olympia, about how our local economy was faring (episode #58). Two weeks […]
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#81: Our 2021 Agenda
What will 2021 bring on The Olympia Standard? This episode is what we hope to talk about the in the year to come. We’ll continue to bring racial justice conversations […]
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#79: An update on local Democrats
Until the moment this podcast was posted, Victor Minjares has been serving as the chair of the Thurston County Democrats. We talked with him about the impact of national politics […]
