I had the privilege and delight of joining Crystal Fincher as a cohost on Hacks and Wonks last Friday. Hacks and Wonks is a policy and politics podcast for Washington State. While I had been an interviewee before, I’ve never cohosted, and I loved it.

Listen here or wherever you listen to your podcasts (here are links to the episode in most podcast apps).

Topics We Covered:

🌲 Public Lands candidate takes stance on I-2117

🤩 Overlook Walk opens to widespread acclaim

🏫 School closure update

🏘️ Suarez out of touch on housing

📸 Seattle police bonuses and surveillance approved

📊 Tacoma’s refreshing budget approach

🌀 Hurricane-caused IV fluid shortage

🕵️ Inspectors given access to Tacoma ICE facility

Many thanks to Crystal for having me on, and for Shannon Cheng for her amazing work preparing me and producing the show!