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Seattle Nice
It’s getting harder and harder to talk about politics, especially if you disagree. Well, screw that. Seattle Nice aims to be the most opinionated and smartest analysis of what’s really happening in Seattle politics available in any medium. Each episode dives into contentious and sometimes ridiculous topics, exploring perspectives from across Seattle's political spectrum, from city council brawls to the ways the national political conversation filters through our unique political process. Even if you’re not from Seattle, you need to listen to Seattle Nice. Because it’s coming for you. Unlike the sun, politics rises in the West and sets in the East.
Episodes
140 episodes
Developers, Guns and Money: Another Week of Council Controversies
It's the first week of April, and things at the City Council are heating up faster than a sunny afternoon at Denny Blaine Park. First up: CM Cathy Moore initiates a debate over developer profits and offers a controversial proposal to expand the...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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48:18
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Blue City Blues preview: Why Drug Reform Failed In West Coast Blue Cities
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24:10
Sara Nelson Talks Stadium District Housing, Progressive Revenue, and Involuntary Commitment
Breaking: Council President Sara Nelson tells Seattle Nice she’s open to considering new progressive taxes to fund drug treatment and that she supports involuntary commitment for people who are “severely impaired through years of addiction.”&nb...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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46:47
Are You Mad At Me? Episode 2: We Talk to Adam Penenberg, Who Uncovered the Deception at the Heart of "Shattered Glass"
Check out a preview of the latest episode of Are You Mad at Me?, the podcast about the movie Shattered Glass hosted by PubliCola co-founders Erica Barnett and Josh Feit. Shattered Glass, starting Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevig...
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16:15
Sound Transit Picks Dow? And Challengers Take on Harrell and Davison
Sandeep says Dow Constantine will be the next CEO of Sound Transit. Is Dow the best pick? Was the process a flawed example of cronyism? And why is the transit agency's CEO pay so high? We also discuss progressive activist Katie Wils...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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41:58
Seattle Elections Heat Up and Trump Gets Punitive
The latest explosive headline about Bruce Harrell's 1996 arrest isn't great news for a mayor who is up for re-election later this year. We discuss the fa...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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33:23
Does Mayor Bruce Harrell Heart Elon Musk? Plus, Seattle Fights Over Totem Poles and Trees
What do you call it when Mayor Bruce Harrell raises eyebrows with alleged praise for Trump advisors, a totem pole stands in the way of a park opening, and a tree divides a neighborhood? Just another week in Seattle! In this ...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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37:11
Joy Hollingsworth on Seattle’s Racial Politics and Whether She’s the Council’s Swing Vote
Joy Hollingsworth was elected to the Seattle City Council in 2023 to replace Kshama Sawant in District 3. Her victory was part of a centrist wave. But Hollingsworth sometimes finds herself on the more progressive side of council legislation. Do...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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42:10
Preview: Grading Bruce Harrell's State of the City
In this members-only episode we take a closer look at the style, the substance and the politics of Tuesday's State of the City Address by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell.This episode is a free preview. To hear the full episode just sign up a...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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17:17
Election result: Did Voters Make Seattle Progressive Again?
Nearly 6 in 10 Seattle voters said yes to Proposition 1A to fund social housing after the first ballot count. It's shaping up like a big win for the more progressive side in S...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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28:48
New Podcast Preview: Are You Mad At Me? A Shattered Glass Podcast
Two longtime political journalists, Erica C. Barnett and Josh Feit, explore all the reasons that the 2003 film Shattered Glass, about the rise and downfall of former New Republic journalist Stephen Glass, is the greatest journalism movie—nay, g...
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53:08
SODA, SOAP, and SODO
SODA Seattle's new drug "stay out zones" are barely being unforced. Erica said this was the predictable result...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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47:28
City Council Appointee Mark Solomon Talks Density, Public Safety, Blast Balls, and More
Our special guest this week is new Seattle City Council appointee Mark Solomon, who has vowed to serve as a "caretaker" for the District 2 position previously held by Tammy Morales, who resigned last year because of what she called bullying and...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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43:28
Did the Left Get It Wrong on Homelessness?
Our special guest this week is Katie Wilson, the general secretary of the Transit Riders Union and an advocate for affordable housing, who argues that the left has failed to acknowledge some critical realities about homelessness, ceding the iss...
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41:05
Seattle's Nicest 2025 Predictions
Seattle Nice makes some predictions for 2025 that you won't hear anywhere else. We are joined by guest star predictor Josh Feit, one of the co-founders of Publi...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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40:00
Debate: Is Seattle Ready to Go Big on Social Housing?
Seattle Nice brings you a deep dive debate on the two competing "social housing" measures that are on the ballot for the February special election in Seattle. Tiffani McCoy, the co-Executive director of The House Our Neighbors Coa...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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49:59
Who will fill the vacant Seattle City Council seat?
20 people have put their hats in the ring to be appointed to replace Tammy Morales on the Seattle City Coun...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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8:10
Blast Balls and Colonoscopies: Bob Kettle on Public Safety and the Council’s 2025 Priorities
City Councilmember Bob Kettle joins Seattle Nice to answer some questions and talk about his priorities for 2025. Our editor is Quinn Waller
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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1:02:56
Why all the controversy over Seattle’s annual minimum wage hike? And is Amazon’s return to work mandate a positive or negative?
Seattle's minimum wage just hit $20.76 per hour for all businesses. The pod takes a closer look at the hike and the polit...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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44:12
All of your questions answered
You asked and we answered your questions on topics including the 2025 Seattle mayoral election, the race for city council position 9, and what we'd like to see happen in city politics next year. Quinn Waller is our editor. &n...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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37:27
Ex-SPD Chief Diaz Fired, Bus Stabbing Sparks Safety Debate, Graffiti Crackdown
This week Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell fired former SPD chief Adrian Diaz following...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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37:47
Anti-"strip club" petitioners and Seattle's debate about crowd control
Seattle's City Council is considering legislation to remove restrictions on the use of “less lethal” weapons for crowd control. Should SPD be allowed to use "blast balls" on protestors? Erica's been
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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39:03
The good, the bad, and the ugly takes on Tammy Morales quitting Seattle's City Council
Tammy Morales has announced she's quitting the city council in January. She accused some colleagues of treating her very poorly a...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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31:47
Is Seattle's council less centrist than we thought?
We take a closer look at the council's ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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20:47
Dow Constantine's moving on and Seattle's surprise proposal to tax the rich
King County Executive Dow Constantine has announced his plan to step down at the end of next year. We take a closer look at the move and the emerging tension between the centrist Seattle City Council and King County government, which has moved ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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34:03