Mechanical Freak

In this episode liberated from behind The Paywall, Greg, Brian, and Colin talk sparkler bombs, the degradation of hiking trails by literal and metaphorical feces, the latest bad news for Boeing, and the Seattle Times Editorial Board desperately fights against ADUs. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin are joined by friend of the show Brynn Roth to talk about the makings of a Good Man, and to dive into Katie Herzog’s defense of Andy Ngo given his recent experience with Antifa in the City of Roses. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin are joined by friends of the show, Brynn Roth and Ben Udashen, to briefly read lost poetry, but more importantly to discuss the professional care of children in Seattle today, and how we got there.

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk sparkler bombs, the degradation of hiking trails by literal and metaphorical feces, the latest bad news for Boeing, and the Seattle Times Editorial Board desperately fights against ADUs. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin discuss patriotism, a great barbecue boycott debate at Jack's featuring Spek, the Hoffather, and Jason Rantz, great developments in race science and the prospect of stolen elections from Safe Seattle, and a new piece in the Picayune, "Seattle and Its Discontents."

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk to the delightful Bjørn, a.k.a Fleksor, to talk about the city's beloved and benign murals, and a call for a return to wonderment from the art collective known only as Electric Coffin. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin are joined by the hilarious and talented Bjørn, a.k.a. Fleksor, to talk about a failing municipality on Lake Washington's Golden Coast and the concomitant threat of taxation the failure imposes, and Mayor Jenny Durkan delivers more Jobs to the alter of Technology (in Apple, and Expedia).

Greg, Brian, and Colin fall logic first into an infinitely dense and completely smooth Herzog Hole, talk about the many successes of the Sweetened Beverage Tax, and a recent spat about bike lanes in the city. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk Wallyhood, a recent Seattle Times editorial detailing the extraordinary bravery and generosity exhibited by local philanthropists and business towards helping the homeless, and Mayor Durkan's war on RVs.

Greg, Brian, and Colin continue their conversation with Dr. Kevin McKenna to talk about the pink washing of American imperialism, the corporate capture of Pride, and the impulse of modern Liberals to co-opt the success of political movements when convenient. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin are joined by recent PhD recipient, Dr. Kevin McKenna, to talk about the history of LGBTQ political movements in Seattle and how they intersect with broader city politics.

Greg, Brian, and Colin are joined by Brynn and Marena to talk extraterrestrials discovering Charles Mudede, the company party that a small business owner and connoisseur of feces attempted to throw at Woodland Park, the refusal to materially punish Officer Poblocki, and sage advice from a Boomer elder in the Seattle Times opinion section. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://w...

Greg, Brian, and Colin are joined by Brynn and Marena to talk sexism in the craft brewing industry, with a particular focus on Marena's upcoming documentary, Girl Beer.

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk the stunning defeat of an employee backed climate change mitigation initiative brought before King Bezos at the annual Amazon shareholder meeting, MacKenzie signs the Giving the Pledge, and the Seattle Times covers the consecration of a hallowed machine of death, a Boeing B-52 Superfortress, by Washington's own Jim "Mad Dog" Mattis at the Museum of Flight's Vietnam Vete...

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk "vigilante justice" and the escalating rhetoric employed against the unhoused, and the latest evidence from the Seattle Times that the Seattle Freeze is a force of nature. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin welcome Christopher Peguero, City Council candidate in District 2, to talk about the role of Democracy Vouchers in his campaign and the race at large, his district, how things are going on the Trail, and what might be accomplished from the inside.

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk ballads, the recent reporting from the Seattle Times on fundraising in the city council race(s), and more bait meant for clicking from Katie Herzog. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg, Brian, and Colin blast off with Jeff to hear about our grand future as space serfs, and the thousand Einsteins and Mozarts that will entertain his great-great-grandchildren on Elysium (future Earth); and they dissect a Crosscut op-ed about a "swing back toward the center" from "THE conservative voice in Seattle," John Carlson.

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk police (again) in light of recently released exit interviews from the Seattle Police Department. Subscribe for access to all our premium episodes. https://www.patreon.com/seattlesucks

Greg and Colin are joined by Seattle Democratic Socialist (DSA) co-chair, Walé Ogundipé, to talk about his experience traveling through Colorado and California to visit and learn from DSA groups there, the Tax Amazon campaign in light of similar efforts (and victories) in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, and rent control initiatives in Seattle and the state at large.

Greg, Brian, and Colin discuss Mayor Durkan's turn towards Safe Seattle and broken windows policing with her unilateral deployment of "emphasis" patrols in seven neighborhoods, and we delve into the decline of the Stranger in light of Sydney Brownstone's revelation at Crosscut Fest w/r/t reporting on Dave Meinert, and the recent "coverage" from Katie Herzog on the Mike Rosenberg saga.

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Greg and Colin are joined by friend of the show and local journalist, Ian Edwards, to talk all things crypto currency (emphasizing the rampant scheming and fraud), and its historic and current place in the landscape of Seattle technology companies.

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Greg and Colin are joined by friend of the show, Brian Platt, to talk police towers courtesy of @Bezostown (the panopticon), learning how not to die as a student by the hand of law enforcement, learning from law enforcement how to die by the hand of active shooters, living in the Future at the End of History (the age of Managerial Liberalism), and updates from the Innovation Advisory Council.