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Hacks & Wonks

Jun 6, 2023

On this Tuesday topical show, Crystal welcomes Bryce Yadon and Marcella Buser from Futurewise to talk about the For Our Future campaign’s success in passing middle housing and climate planning bills during the 2023 legislative session. Bryce and Marcella share how organizing a broad statewide coalition and sustained...


Jun 2, 2023

On this Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Crystal is joined by friend of the show and today’s co-host: Executive Director of The Urbanist, Doug Trumm! They discuss Sen. Mark Mullet announcing he’s running for governor, the Amazon employee walk-out, SCOTUS ruling against the Teamsters in a blow to workers’ rights, the...


May 30, 2023

On this midweek show, Crystal chats with former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and his former Senior Communications Advisor Robert Cruickshank about the missed opportunity for generational impact through how decisions were made about Seattle’s waterfront and the SR99 tunnel. Mike and Robert review how the vision of the...


May 26, 2023

On this week-in-review, Crystal is joined by Chair of Sierra Club Seattle, long time communications and political strategist, Robert Cruickshank! 

They cover WA gubernatorial candidate Bob Ferguson’s controversial and publicly-mocked  endorsement from former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best, an escalating battle over...


May 23, 2023

On this midweek show, Crystal chats with Sarah Reyneveld about her campaign for King County Council District 4 - why she decided to run, the experience she brings as a public sector attorney and community advocate, and her thoughts on addressing frontline worker wages and workforce issues, the need for upstream...