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April 3, 2024Uncategorized

#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, 2024Uncategorized

#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 […]
June 21, 2023Downtown, 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 […]
May 29, 2023Housing, Legislature

#98: Sine Die with a Housing Twist

Today we’re doing our traditional Sine Die (end of the legislative sesssion) episode, but with a Housing Twist. The Olympia Standard sits down with Representative Jessica Bateman (D-Olympia) to talk […]
March 19, 2023Housing, Legislature

#97 Housing history in Olympia and setting the stage for the state legislature

The state legislature is about to act on statewide zoning reform that would adopt much the same policy that we’ve been passing in Olympia for years now. To take a […]