In Episode 22 of Stumptown Soundcheck, we tune in to the raw, unfiltered passion that Kate Becker brings to building and sustaining Seattle-area arts. Once a scrappy rabble-rouser, she’s now the head honcho at the King County Office of Economic Opportunity and Creative Economy. (Yes, that’s a mouthful.) Host Jamie Dunphy teases out how Seattle’s music ecosystem rose from sweaty teen all-ages shows to major government investment—and what that could mean for arts advocates in Portland. Hear about the joys, the tears, and the policy dramas that shape one of the West Coast’s most dynamic creative economies.