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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
118 episodes
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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31:49
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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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34:04
Is Rinck's win scaring Seattle city council centrists?
It was a dreary election night for the left, but Seattle progressives celebrated city council candidate Alexis Mercedes Rinck's decisive victory over incumbent Tanya Woo. By Thursday afternoon Rinck's lead had grown to around 16 percentage poin...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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29:17
Is the Seattle City Council race over?
On this deeply troubling election eve, Seattle Nice invites you inside the podcast for a comforting conversation about local politics. First, we take a closer look at the juicy allegations swirling around
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Season 3
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Episode 39
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46:35
Dan Savage and the Blue City Blues podcast preview
Erica’s out this week, so we bring you a preview of a new podcast called "Blue City Blues." Twen...
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50:38
WTF is wrong with Seattle Public Schools?
With Erica gone this week David and Sandeep take a one-week vacation from city politics to take a closer look at the root causes of the problems facing Seattle Schools, including a controversial push by some district leaders
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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49:55
How to really help homeless people with DESC’s Daniel Malone
This week special guest Daniel Malone, the Executive Director of the Downtown Emergency Service Center, answered some difficult questions about the politics of homelessness, troubles at the King County Region...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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53:56
Interim Chief Sue Rahr's candid thoughts about SPD. Plus, Kshama Sawant campaigns against Kamala Harris
We discuss and debate Erica's in-depth interview with SPD's interim chief Sue Rahr. Plus, Kshama Sawant's campaign...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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42:34
One question: Who won the Seattle city council debate?
Did Tanya Woo or Alexis Mercedes Rinck win the Seattle Nice debate for a citywide city council seat? Does it matter? Our editor is Quinn Waller. Thanks to Uncle Ike's pot shop for ...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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14:50
Big debate night!
This week's episode is our Seattle Nice City Council Position 8 debate from Tuesday October 1. Special thanks to candidates Tanya Woo and Alexis Mercedes Rinck, the amazing pros at Town Hall<...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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1:05:41
Progressives pan Mayor Harrell's budget. Plus, debate watch party!
This week Seattle Nice debates Erica's take on Mayor Bruce Harrell's new budget. TL...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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35:11
Two Social Housing Measures Enter. One Measure Leaves.
This week Seattle's city council voted to send two competing measures to the ballot to fund affordable housing. Initiative 137, the measure social housing activists support, proposes a new,
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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30:09
Does Seattle Need More Drug Laws?
Caleb Banta-Green of UW medicine joins the pod to debate the pros and cons of Seattle's current approach to drugs. The conversation kicks off with Barnett and Bant...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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47:35
Is Design Review dying in Seattle?
The city council is making plans to speed up the process for building in downtown Seattle by exem...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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41:33
Is Seattle's downtown really recovering?
Surrogates are calling Mayor Bruce Harrell's downtown recovery plan a
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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37:28
Are SOAP zones the right way to clean up Seattle?
Seattle Nice takes a lively look at a proposed ban on prostitution "loitering," and proposed Stay Out of Stay Out of Area of Prosti...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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46:27
The Extra-Nice Post-Primary Election Episode
Seattle Nice was on our best behavior this week because had company—Scott Greenstone, a politics reporter at KUOW radio and host of the new KUOW podcast Sound Politics! We discussed the statewide election results (Scott reported th...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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41:16
Is Seattle Still In Its Backlash Era?
There's an election coming up for a citywide seat on the Seattle City Council, and the question everyone's asking is: Can a progressive challenger beat a member of the Class of 2023? Tanya Woo, the citywide Position 8 incumbent, actually lost h...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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25:28
PREVIEW: Will jailing more people fix downtown Seattle? Lisa Daugaard weighs in.
Seattle's City Council says it needs more options to jail people who commit misdemeanors. Criminal justice reformer and MacArthur "Genius" Grant winner Lisa Daugaard joins us to debate and discuss. Daugaard is best-known for helping launch Seat...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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25:03
SPD's interim head Sue Rahr puts her foot down
This week interim Seattle police chief Sue Rahr fired an officer for joking about the death of a 23-year-old graduate student. We discuss and debate the case and police accountability in Seattle. Plus, will Joe Biden be the Democra...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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19:00
Is Civility Dying in Seattle?
Seattle Councilmember Tanya Woo recently reported graffiti to the FBI "as as hate crime," according to Publicola. We take a closer look at Woo's claims and conc...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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37:26
Supreme Court episode: Are sweeps the answer?
Seattle Nice digs into and debates the other controversial Supreme Court decision about
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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24:17
"Do Nothing" Seattle City Council?
President Truman first coined the phrase "Do Nothing Congress" to blast his Republican opponents. Now, some progressive critics are implying Seattle has a "do nothing" city council. Has the new, less progressive council accomplished enoug...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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30:23