Nerd Farmer Podcast

I couldn’t bring myself to do a year in review episode. Besides, it is beyond cliche to complain about 2020 being hot trash. So instead, we decided to look ahead. On this episode we talk...

On January 7th, a day after the coup and fascist insurrection at the nation’s Capitol, a Confederate flag suddenly appeared on the wall of a student in a virtual classroom in Tacoma, WA. Natalie Bowman,...

Even if you aren’t from Tacoma, homelessness is likely an issue in your community. Tacoma Housing Now is a recently created community coalition committed to engaging in direct action protests in order to pressure local...

After an appropriate period of mourning, it’s time to put a bow on the 2020 MLS season and the Sounders run to MLS Cup. It was a weird year. If we’re being honest, I’m not...

In November, Chris Reykdal was re-elected to a second four-year term leading OPSI, the state’s department of K-12 education. Chris was elected in 2016 and he and his deputy, Dr. Michaela Miller, have spent much...

One of my favorite things to do on the show is have someone who is way smarter than me walk me through a topic I am curious about. This episode we’re looking at post-conflict states...

Julie Anderson is the Pierce County Auditor. She oversees elections and voter registration for Pierce County. On this episode she explained the election security procedures in Washington State, how ballots will be tabulated, and why...

Derek Kilmer is the US Representative for 711,000 people in most of Tacoma and the entire Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas. He was elected to Congress in 2012. In this conversation we talked about what will...

For better or worse, housing is a commodity. Let’s be honest — it’s for the worse.  In the decade since the 2008 housing collapse, housing prices have exceeded the pre-crash highs and more than doubled...

Sarah Frier is a technology reporter for Bloomberg. Her book No Filter is purportedly a history of Instagram, but it reads (to this reader) as an indictment of Facebook the corporation and its Founder Mark...