Mechanical Freak

Greg, Brian, and Colin discuss patriotism, a great barbecue boycott debate at Jack’s featuring Spek, the Hoffather, and Jason Rantz, great developments in race science and the prospect of stolen elections from Safe Seattle, and a new piece in the Picayune, “Seattle and Its Discontents.”

Concern about property values, pearl clutching about crime, and vicious hatred of the poor did not arrive in Seattle with right wing grifters like Christopher Rufo and Eric Johnson. Follow Seattle Sucks co-host Brian Platt on a journey through time as he explores moral panics over urban poverty and “crime.” In Seattle, the defenders of order have burned homeless encampments, have bulldozed them, and yet the problem of homelessness and urban poverty has never gone away. Will Seattle’s pearl clutching owning class be able to resolve this contradiction through mass internment on a prison island today?

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk to the delightful Bjørn, a.k.a Fleksor, to talk about the city’s beloved and benign murals, and a call for a return to wonderment from the art collective known only as Electric Coffin. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin are joined by the hilarious and talented Bjørn, a.k.a. Fleksor, to talk about a failing municipality on Lake Washington’s Golden Coast and the concomitant threat of taxation the failure imposes, and Mayor Jenny Durkan delivers more Jobs to the alter of Technology (in Apple, and Expedia).

Follow Bjørn on Twitter @fleksor, on Instagram @fleksor and for the dank memes @usercenteredmemes, and listen to his music on SoundCloud

Check out Big Top Fleksor (a.k.a., Fleksor’s Wild Ride)

Greg, Brian, and Colin fall logic first into an infinitely dense and completely smooth Herzog Hole, talk about the many successes of the Sweetened Beverage Tax, and a recent spat about bike lanes in the city. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk Wallyhood, a recent Seattle Times editorial detailing the extraordinary bravery and generosity exhibited by local philanthropists and business towards helping the homeless, and Mayor Durkan’s war on RVs.

Greg, Brian, and Colin continue their conversation with Dr. Kevin McKenna to talk about the pink washing of American imperialism, the corporate capture of Pride, and the impulse of modern Liberals to co-opt the success of political movements when convenient. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin are joined by recent PhD recipient, Dr. Kevin McKenna, to talk about the history of LGBTQ political movements in Seattle and how they intersect with broader city politics.

Greg, Brian, and Colin are joined by Brynn and Marena to talk extraterrestrials discovering Charles Mudede, the company party that a small business owner and connoisseur of feces attempted to throw at Woodland Park, the refusal to materially punish Officer Poblocki, and sage advice from a Boomer elder in the Seattle Times opinion section. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin are joined by Brynn and Marena to talk sexism in the craft brewing industry, with a particular focus on Marena’s upcoming documentary, Girl Beer.

Follow Marena on Twitter @MDomingoyoung

Learn more about Marena’s documentary Girl Beer, and be sure to follow the project on Twitter @GirlBeerDoc

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk the stunning defeat of an employee backed climate change mitigation initiative brought before King Bezos at the annual Amazon shareholder meeting, MacKenzie signs the Giving the Pledge, and the Seattle Times covers the consecration of a hallowed machine of death, a Boeing B-52 Superfortress, by Washington’s own Jim “Mad Dog” Mattis at the Museum of Flight’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park.