Latest Seattlegovernment Podcast Episodes
Leah Griffin, Candidate for 34th LD State Representative
Hacks & Wonks - May 31, 2022 22:00 - 42 minutesOn this midweek show, Crystal chats with Leah Griffin about her campaign for State Representative in the 34th Legislative District - why she decided to run, how the last legislative session went, her priorities, and her thoughts on addressing issues such as housing affordability and zoning, home...
Week In Review: May 27, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - May 27, 2022 22:23 - 50 minutesOn this Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Crystal is joined by defense attorney, abolitionist and activist, Nicole Thomas-Kennedy. After reflecting on a tough news week across the country, Crystal and Nicole turn back to local happenings with a look at last-minute entries into Seattle judicial races...
Jeff Manson, Candidate for 36th LD State Representative
Hacks & Wonks - May 24, 2022 22:00 - 43 minutesOn this midweek show, Crystal chats with Jeff Manson about his campaign for State Representative in the 36th Legislative District - why he decided to run, how the last legislative session went, and where he stands on issues such as COVID response and recovery, housing affordability and zoning, h...
Week In Review: May 20, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - May 20, 2022 21:05 - 45 minutesOn this Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Crystal talks with Seattle political consultant Heather Weiner. They start by reviewing the news from filing week. Crystal and Heather discuss one campaign in particular, Jim Ferrell’s bid for King Co. Prosecutor, that just lost access to the Democratic vo...
The State of Public Safety in Seattle with Senior Deputy Mayor Monisha Harrell
Hacks & Wonks - May 17, 2022 22:00 - 1 hourOn this midweek show, Senior Deputy Mayor Monisha Harrell joins Crystal for an extensive conversation about public safety in Seattle. Their discussion ranges from how to handle an officer shortage with a long hiring pipeline, the Harrell administration’s approach to encampment sweeps, how safety...
Week In Review: May 13, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - May 13, 2022 20:55 - 34 minutesOn this Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Crystal is joined by the former Director of Progressive Majority who has now transitioned into public service but remains involved in numerous political efforts across Washington, EJ Juarez. EJ and Crystal start off by discussing the Washington Supreme Cou...
Nicole Gomez, Candidate for 36th LD State Representative
Hacks & Wonks - May 10, 2022 22:00 - 42 minutesOn this midweek show, Crystal chats with Nicole Gomez about her campaign for State Representative in the 36th Legislative District - why she decided to run, how the last legislative session went and her thoughts on addressing issues such as housing affordability and zoning, homelessness, COVID r...
Week In Review: May 6, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - May 06, 2022 21:16 - 50 minutesOn this Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Metro News Columnist and Opinion Editor for The News Tribune, Matt Driscoll, co-hosts with Crystal. They begin by diving into the impact of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, frustration with the response from many elected...
Katie Wilson and the Raise the Wage Tukwila Initiative
Hacks & Wonks - May 03, 2022 22:00 - 30 minutesOn this Hacks & Wonks midweek episode, Katie Wilson, General Secretary of the Transit Riders Union, answers all of Crystal’s questions about the Raise the Wage Tukwila initiative. They cover how minimum wage in one of the most diverse cities in the state lags behind neighboring jurisdictions, wh...
Week In Review: April 29, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - April 29, 2022 23:19 - 40 minutesOn this Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Crystal is joined by former Seattle mayor and current Executive Director of America Walks, Mike McGinn. The show starts off with news that covid cases are on the rise in Washington and an estimated 75% of children have been infected, and Mike shares his pers...
Julia Reed, Candidate for 36th LD State Representative
Hacks & Wonks - April 26, 2022 22:00 - 40 minutesOn this midweek show, Crystal chats with Julia Reed about her campaign for State Representative in the 36th Legislative District - why she decided to run, how the last legislative session went and her thoughts on addressing issues such as housing affordability and zoning, homelessness, public sa...
Week In Review: April 22, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - April 22, 2022 20:47 - 52 minutesOn today's Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Crystal is joined by Associate Editor of The Stranger, Rich Smith. They kick off the episode with news of a driver involved in a pedestrian collision and road rage incident at Pike Place Market and an increase in police patrols in south King County with t...
Evaluating the Role of Incarceration in Public Safety with Criminologist Damon Petrich
Hacks & Wonks - April 19, 2022 22:00 - 56 minutesOn this Hacks & Wonks midweek show, Crystal has a robust conversation with Damon Petrich about his research at the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. As lead author of the seminal work “Custodial Sanctions and Reoffending: A Meta-Analytic Review,” Damon performed an exte...
Week In Review: April 15, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - April 15, 2022 20:02 - 47 minutesOn this Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Crystal is joined by journalist from The Seattle Times, Heidi Groover. They begin the show by discussing a zoning change in Shoreline that would allow for more duplexes and triplexes, and the broader issue of housing affordability in Washington and across th...
Catching Up with Newly-Elected Burien City Councilmember Hugo Garcia
Hacks & Wonks - April 12, 2022 22:00 - 45 minutesOn this midweek episode, Burien City Councilmember Hugo Garcia and Crystal catch up on how his first term as a brand new elected is going. They discuss an action-packed onboarding period, including building relationships with fellow councilmembers and an important vote extending Burien’s evictio...
Week In Review: April 8, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - April 08, 2022 21:40 - 50 minutesOn today’s Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Crystal is joined by co-founder and General Secretary of the Seattle Transit Riders Union and former Crosscut columnist, Katie Wilson. They discuss the social housing initiative and Councilmember Tammy Morales' community engagement in preparation for the ...
Week In Review: April 1, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - April 01, 2022 21:47 - 44 minutesOn today’s Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Crystal is joined by Co-Founder and Editor of PubliCola, Erica Barnett. They start by discussing the impact of redlining on the City of Seattle today, housing affordability, and the initiative that would create social housing in Seattle. Then, they unpack...
Supporting Educators with Djibril Diop of the Washington Education Association
Hacks & Wonks - March 29, 2022 22:00 - 29 minutesDjibril Diop, Director of Government Relations at the Washington Education Association, joins Crystal for a conversation about WEA’s advocacy work to support educators statewide. They dig into how protecting the interests of their members leads to better education, thereby benefiting all student...
Week In Review: March 25, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - March 25, 2022 21:09 - 51 minutesOn this Hacks & Wonks week in review, Crystal talks with activist, community leader, former mayor of Seattle, and Executive Director of America Walks, Mike McGinn about labor news, the downsides of car-centric planning, and alternative 911 responders. They discuss the first worker victory at a S...
Robyn Denson, Pierce County Council Candidate
Hacks & Wonks - March 22, 2022 22:00 - 36 minutesRobyn Denson, candidate for Pierce County Council Position 7, joins Crystal to discuss what’s at stake in her run for a critical seat in regional government, including the thin Democratic majority on the Pierce County Council. As a deeply-engaged community member and current Gig Harbor City Coun...
Week In Review: March 18, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - March 18, 2022 21:16 - 51 minutesOn this Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Crystal’s co-host is criminal defense attorney, abolitionist and activist Nicole Thomas-Kennedy. They discuss how a powerful lobbying group used a focus on local control to sink statewide housing reform, and how to overcome that in the next session, a rundow...
Transforming Systems of Harm with Sean Goode & Rebecca Thornton of Choose 180
Hacks & Wonks - March 15, 2022 22:00 - 35 minutesSean Goode and Rebecca Thornton from Choose 180 stop by to share how to transform systems of harm and injustice - by supporting young people impacted by them as well as their own staff in doing this work. They discuss a better world where neighborhoods are resourced, generative programs are co-c...
Week In Review: March 11, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - March 11, 2022 20:14 - 38 minutesOn today’s Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Crystal is joined by Pierce County Council Chair, Derek Young. They reflect on the triumphs and tragedies of this legislative session including a transformative transportation package, the failure to pass the climate and missing middle housing bills, roll...
Navigating the Move Ahead Washington Transportation Package with Ryan Packer
Hacks & Wonks - March 08, 2022 23:46 - 37 minutesOn this midweek show, Ryan Packer, senior reporter at The Urbanist, stops by to cover the ins and outs of the $16 billion Move Ahead Washington transportation package currently moving through the State Legislature. Ryan and Crystal talk about revenue for the transportation budget, including inte...
Week In Review: March 4, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - March 04, 2022 23:00 - 42 minutesOn today’s week-in-review, Crystal is joined by Seattle political reporter, editor of Publicola, and author of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery, Erica Barnett. They discuss a proposed bill that passed the Senate that would create an office to address highway encampments, why ...
How to Win as a Progressive with Newly-Elected Renton City Councilmember Carmen Rivera
Hacks & Wonks - March 01, 2022 23:00 - 42 minutesNewly-elected Renton City Councilmember Carmen Rivera shares with Crystal how she prevailed as a progressive in the November 2021 election despite fearmongering and misrepresentation of her campaign. They talk about the evolution of her beliefs and values through her experiences growing up as th...
Week In Review: February 25, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - February 26, 2022 02:24 - 52 minutesFor the last week-in-review of February, Crystal is joined by Executive Director of America Walks and former mayor of Seattle, Mike McGinn. They discuss why the plan to hire more officers to address public safety is impossible in the short term and Plan B is needed to keep people safe now, how l...
Marc Dones and the Honest Truth about Ending Homelessness
Hacks & Wonks - February 22, 2022 23:00 - 38 minutesMarc Dones, CEO of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, and Crystal have an in-depth, honest conversation about addressing homelessness. They talk through the critical need to acknowledge the lack of appropriate housing supply, the harm our system has traditionally perpetuated on tho...
Week In Review: February 18, 2022
Hacks & Wonks - February 18, 2022 23:22 - 35 minutesOn today’s week-in-review, Crystal is joined by Executive Director of The Urbanist, Doug Trumm. They discuss the death of the missing middle housing bill in the legislature and why creating affordable housing requires creating more housing, the legislative worker sickout in response to their Dem...
Anna Zivarts and Paulo Nunes-Ueno: How to Think Outside the Car
Hacks & Wonks - February 15, 2022 23:00 - 35 minutesOn this midweek show, Crystal welcomes Anna Zivarts of the Disability Mobility Initiative and Paulo Nunes-Ueno of Front and Centered to talk about transportation advocacy. The three dig into the importance of centering the non-driver experience, a Transportation Bill of Rights, and how a just tr...
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