Mechanical Freak

Greg, Brian, Munya, and Colin talk about the end of the Donald Trump impeachment drama, snow and high jinks at the East Precinct, an arrest of 2018 Seattle Firefighter of the Year related to the ongoing harassment of Kshama Sawant, a scheme to incarcerate the unhoused in Mercer Island (and exurban elsewheres), and German design and engineering's attempt at solving homelessness with sleep pods.

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Greg, Munya, and Colin talk about the City Council's recent resolution, endorsed by Teresa Mosqueda and Kshama Sawant, calling for collaboration with, and possible aid from, Cuba, a move that Munya celebrated on Twitter to the ire of My Northwest's mascot and Heckin' Werepupper, Jason Rantz, and the Amazon warehouse unionization vote, the first of its kind, which kicked off yesterday, in Bessemer,...

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Greg, Brian, Cassidy, Munya, and Colin talk about the police response to Oly Housing Now's attempt to shelter people in rooms they paid for at an Olympia Red Lion, the rise of QAnon acolyte, Marine Todd fan, and all around Truth Seeker, Mayor William Armacost, of Sequim, and Overlake Medical Center "accidentally" emailing major donors, and other VIPs, codes to skip the line and register for 500 op...

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Greg, Brian, Cassidy, Munya, and Colin peek inside /r/WallStreetBets to break down why we should invest in GameStop, before diving into the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's latest manipulation of worldwide Covid-19 vaccination efforts, and they discuss sending students and teachers back to school while every bit of evidence that exists suggests that's a bad idea.

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Greg, Brian, and Colin are guided by Munya through Tesla's meteoric rise in the market, making Elon Musk the richest person on Earth, as well as the tempestuous fate of the digital "asset" Libertarians Gulch over have fallen madly in love with (oh yes, it's Bitcoin).

Justin and Brian conclude their series on Harry Truman by talking about the Korean War. You can hear our special interview and history episodes -- along with a lot of other sweet content -- first by joining our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

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Greg, Brian, Munya, and Colin are joined by the Seattle half of the Minion Death Cult (@miniondeathcult) podcast, Alexander Edward (@flieldy), to talk about Seattle Police and the fate of Mike Solan in light of recent retweets and posting, and to further examine the events at the Capitol last week, and what has followed in their wake.

Colin is out on the road so you don’t have to be, sending dispatches into the darkness to whoever can hear them.

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In the inaugural episode of Mechanical Freak, Greg, Brian, and Colin initiate Cassidy (@cornacki) and Munya (@raadzzi) via an arcane summoning ritual performed during the KING 5 New Year's special, then they discuss the developing Saga of Bean Dad (fka John Roderick), Kamala Harris' childhood cry of "fweedom," ominous portents of things to come (Yakima Costco Outbreak, Prop 22 related restructurin...

In the second part of their three part series on the start of the Cold War, Justin and Brian examine how the US shaped the post-war order in Europe. And they answer the age old question, “What’s going on over there with Germany?” Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes, and early release of episodes of Mechanical Freak Presents. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk stimulus before reading a strange, mysterious manuscript of unknown provenance from Professor Ambrose J. Hoag on Alden Blethen, progenitor of the Seattle Times, listening to Ross Reynolds lob treats into the mouth of trained seal and current publisher of the Times, Frank Blethen Jr, and concluding with a listicle from the Seattle Times Editorial Board identifying 15 loc...

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Greg, Brian, and Colin order out for Mr. Beast Burger before talking about the continued disaster that is the American pandemic response, Congress' micro stimulus, the cruel sweep of Cal Anderson Park, and the latest ray of dope from Danny Westneat in the Seattle Times.

The long awaited sequel to our episode on the 1944 DNC and the first in a three part series, Brian is joined by friend of the show Justin Roll to discuss the key role that the Truman Administration played in starting the Cold War. In this episode we talk about the decision to drop nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes, and early release of epis...

Greg, Brian, and Colin are joined by organizer and veteran campaign worker, Cassidy Butler (@cornacki), to briefly tease next week's episode about recent happenings at the Campaign Workers Collective (@wa_cwc) before turning on the television to defeat the Lord of Cinder, KOMO's Eric Johnson, by watching his latest futile attempt to push a boulder up a hill in the third installment of his Seattle...

The long awaited sequel to our episode on the 1944 DNC and the first in a multipart series, Brian is joined by friend of the show Justin Roll to discuss the key role that the Truman Administration played in starting the Cold War. In this episode we talk about the decision to drop nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes, and early release of episo...

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Greg, Brian, and Colin are joined by friend of the show, the incandescent Munya (@raadzzi), to talk about Mayor Jenny Durkan's announcement that she will not seek reelection, what that means now, and the legacy that she leaves behind.

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