Michael Sullivan knows the history of all things Tacoma. He blogs regularly at tacomahistory.live. On today’s podcast he shares fascinating stories and nuggets from Tacoma’s history. Today’s episode covers (roughly) Tacoma’s history from the 1970s to...

Today we talk to Seth Kirby, campaign chair with Washington Won’t Discriminate about the “Decline to Sign” movement against state Initiative 1552. Seth is also the Executive Director of the Oasis Youth Center, an organization...

Today we talk to Erik Hanberg, a Metro Parks Tacoma commissioner, about what it’s like to run for an elected office. What does it take to run for office? It’s more than just yard signs...

This is the recording from our second Adult Civics Happy Hour event. (We have no podcast version of the first event, but you can watch the Facebook livestream here.) Adult Civics Happy Hour (#ACHH253) is an...

Welcome to Citizen Tacoma. Our inaugural guest is Tacoma’s own Mayor Marilyn Strickland. We talk about what’s at stake in this year’s mayoral election, her legacy, and plenty about schools, methanol, and what makes Tacoma...

Four guests (yes it was a full room) join Marguerite to discuss the recent candidate filings. This is an honest conversion with a progressive view of politics in Tacoma. The guests are all active in...

Four guests (yes it was a full room) join Marguerite to discuss the recent candidate filings. This is an honest conversion with a progressive view of politics in Tacoma. The guests are all active in...

Hunter George, who works for Metro Parks Tacoma and is a City Councilmember in Fircrest. He comes to the podcast to talk about the park system in Tacoma, being South Sound Proud, and the other...

Director of Content Matt Martinez and Director of Development Mary Dunaway talk about how KPLU became KNKX and what it means for news and radio in the Tacoma and Puget Sound area.

In the first episode of the Nerd Farmer Podcast, the guest is interview journalist Anika Anand. Anika gives her “soul answer” to how she got into journalism. The obvious answer is journalism in grad school,...