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#46: City Council, Position 3
Abby Spegman joins us again as a guest host to interview Matt Goldenberg and Dani Madrone, candidates for position 3 on the Olympia City Council. Our questions…
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#45: City Council, Position 2
On this episode of The Olympia Standard, Abby Spegman comes on the show as a guest host to interview Jessica Bateman, who is running for re-election for…
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#44: The State of Emergency Healthcare
One of our listeners asked us to cover the state of emergency healthcare in Olympia. We have heard about emergency rooms that are beyond capacity and…
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#43: An Update on Criminal Justice
With the public discourse that arose from last year’s election of the Thurston County Prosecutor, our listeners have asked us to keep tabs on issues of…
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#42: Vaccines and Public Health in Olympia
With measles outbreaks occurring in several counties in Washington state this year, we wondered: what would happen if we had an outbreak in Olympia? How…
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#41: City Government Structure
On this episode, we explored the structure of city government, the reason we have the system we have, and what a different system looks like in a neighboring…
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#40: Port of Olympia Update
The Port of Olympia has new leadership and is undergoing a long-term visioning process. We spoke with Sam Gibboney, the new executive director, about the…
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#39: Legislative Update with Beth Doglio
Here is our annual legislative update! As we did last year, we sat down with Representative Beth Doglio to talk about what Olympia brought to the recent…
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#38: The Future of Transportation
With all the talk about having a walkable, bikeable, transit-friendly city, what does it look like to get there? The city of Olympia is in the process of…
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#37: Downtown Olympia and City Government
To wrap up our series on downtown Olympia, we invited two city employees who focus on downtown planning. Amy Buckler is the downtown programs manager and Max…
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#36: EGYHOP in Downtown Olympia
EGYHOP (Emma Goldman Youth and Homeless Outreach Project) has been around for over 20 years providing services to homeless people in downtown Olympia. As part…
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#35: Thurston Conservation District Update and Election
Last year, the Olympia Standard broke the story on serious issues within the Thurston Conservation District (check out episode 10). Since then, two board…
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#34: Feeding the Hungry in Downtown
The main hub for the Thurston County Food Bank is located in an area downtown that has a high concentration of tents. We spoke with their executive director…
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#33: Concerns about Downtown
Continuing our series on perspectives of downtown Olympia, we interviewed Brianne. She loves to come downtown, but lately doesn’t feel that it is a safe…
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#32: Downtown Business
This is the second episode on our series of perspectives on downtown Olympia. We interviewed two business owners, Jacob David of Nineveh Assyrian and Nathan…
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#31: Living in Downtown Olympia
This episode is the first of a series about perspectives of downtown Olympia. We recorded an interview with two residents, Kento Azegami and David Scherer…
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#30: Our 2019 Agenda
For our last episode of 2018, we solicited topics and questions that our listeners would like to hear about in the next year. We reviewed the most intriguing…
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#29: Timberland Regional Libraries
We interviewed Cheryl Heywood, director of Timberland Regional Libraries to talk about the past, present, and future of our library system. We discussed the…
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#28: City Budget 101
The city is close to finalizing their budget for 2019. We sat down with councilmember Jim Cooper, chair of the finance committee, to talk about the basics of…
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#27: 2018 Election Recap
What happened in the 2018 election? We reviewed all the items that were on the ballot for the city of Olympia. How did voters in our county fall on the…
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#26: Ballot Review: 2018 General Election
This episode is a complete review of everything that appears on the 2018 general election ballot for voters in the city of Olympia. We talk about each…
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#25: Thurston County Commissioner Race
We interviewed Thurston County Commissioner candidates Bud Blake and Tye Menser. Other than three-letter folksy nicknames… what do these candidates have…
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#24: County Prosecutor Candidates
On this episode of The Olympia Standard, we sat down with the candidates for Thurston County prosecutor, Jon Tunheim and Victor Minjares. We asked about…
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#23: County Auditor Candidates
On this episode of The Olympia Standard, we interview the candidates for Thurston County Auditor, Mary Hall and Stuart Holmes. Learn more about the role of…
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#22: Public Transit Tax
On this episode of The Olympia Standard, Olympia voters will see one local tax proposal on their ballot for the general election, a sales tax for public…
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#21: 2018 Primary Results
On this episode of The Olympia Standard, we recorded an analysis of this year’s primary, what that means going into the general election, and what we…
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#20: Malika Lamont and the Opioid Epidemic
On this episode of The Olympia Standard, we talk to Malika Lamont about the opioid crisis. Why are people becoming addicted and what impact does it have…
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#19: Independent Candidates in Thurston County
On this episode of The Olympia Standard, we talk about the rise of independent candidates in local elections. Our guests are Olympia City Councilmember Renata…
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#18: Congressman Denny Heck
On this episode of The Olympia Standard, we interviewed Congressman Denny Heck. We talked about the nature of the 10th district, what people in Olympia can do…
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#17: Andy Haub and Sea Level Rise
On this episode of The Olympia Standard, we talk about sea level rise in downtown Olympia with Andy Haub, Water Resources Director for the city. What’s…
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#16: Dr. Karen Johnson and the Black Alliance of Thurston County
We interview Dr. Karen Johnson about her work with the Black Alliance of Thurston County, how policing in Olympia has changed (and still needs to change), the…
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#15: Olympia Schools
The Olympia Standard interviewed Patrick Murphy, the new superintendent of the Olympia School District, and school board member Joellen Wilhelm. We discussed…
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#14: Meg Martin and Selena Kilmoyer on Homelessness
The Olympia Standard interviews Meg Martin and Selena Kilmoyer – Joyful Crone, about the state of homelessness in Olympia. We discussed how homelessness…
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#13: Kathy McCormick and the Missing Middle
We recorded our next episode with Kathy McCormick, retired planner turned housing activist. We talked about the history of growth management in our area, where…
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#12: State Representative Beth Doglio on the 2017 Session
We interviewed Representative Beth Doglio on the recent legislative session. What happened at the state that will impact the people of Olympia? And…
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#11: Ron Thomas and Downtown Development
We interviewed Ron Thomas of Thomas Architecture Studios. His firm is involved with most of the new development projects downtown, as well as others in the…
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#10: Thurston Conservation District
We interview Joel Hansen, associate board member for the Thurston Conservation District. In this episode, we learn about the little known election that is…
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#09: 2018 City Council Agenda
We interview Mayor Cheryl Selby and new city council member Renata Rollins about the agenda that Olympia’s city council has set up. It is a lively and…
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#08: Housing, Housing, Housing!
In this episode of The Olympia Standard, we talk to friend-of-the-podcast Jessica Bateman and Janae Huber about housing issues in Olympia, particularly The…
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#07: The Olympian’s John Dodge and Hypothetical Histories
We interview retired reporter for The Olympian, John Dodge. We are given a history of the newspaper and reflections on its changes over his long career. Then…
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#06: Two Party Episode
We interview three members of the Thurston County Democrats and talk about the last election, the state of the party, and some drop some local dirt. Okay, not…
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#05: 2017 Election Results
Our response and analysis for the 2017 election results here in Olympia. You can see all the results yourself at this website. Download this episode  
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#04: Prop 1, Olympia School Board Race, and Listener Feedback
We discuss Prop 1, the Olympia School Board race and react to listener feedback. Plus we put forth the Ballot Party Challenge! Download this episode
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#03: Port of Olympia Race
We talk about what the Port of Olympia is, what it does and why it is a part of this election. We go through the candidates of each race for the 2017 election…
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#02: Questionnaire Response with Councilmember Jessica Bateman
We react to the written responses all of the candidates for city council give to the questionnaire we sent them about what sort of representative they would…
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#01: Post Primary Rundown
We talk about the results of the 2017 primary election in Olympia, giving our thoughts on the candidates and issues. Download this episode