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Antifa went wild at the University of Washington, torching dumpsters, seizing a major building and more. Ari Hoffman joins to react. Then, Andrew and Alex Marlow talk about President Trump's press conference with the new Canadian PM, as well as U.S. attorney nominee Ed Martin, who is being blockaded by Sen. Thom Tillis despite having a critical role to play in Trump's agenda.Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Antifa went wild at the University of Washington, torching dumpsters, seizing a major building and more. Ari Hoffman joins to react. Then, Andrew and Alex Marlow talk about President Trump's press conference with the new Canadian PM, as well as U.S. attorney nominee Ed Martin, who is being blockaded by Sen. Thom Tillis despite having a critical role to play in Trump's agenda.Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of The Elephant in the Dome, Senator John Braun is joined by KVI radio host Ari Hoffman for a no-holds-barred conversation about rising anti-Semitism on college campuses, the state of public safety in Washington, and the looming budget crisis. They discuss the University of Washington's handling of campus activism, the challenges of […] The post The Elephant in the Dome Podcast: Anti-Semitism on Campus, Public Safety, and Washington's Budget Crisis appeared first on Senate Republican Caucus.

Ari Hoffman joins the show to talk about Cnn banning Ryan Girdusky for comments made on his appearance last night. Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

A year after the terror attack in Israel, Ari Hoffman reflects on what it taught him about the hate that lives among us. New pro-initiative ad is straight fire. Mayor Bruce Harrell is confronted about alleged support for Socialist police abolitionist. Washington's restaurants are struggling and latest minimum wage change will only make things worse.

Ari Hoffman joins the show to discuss this past weekends events in the Middle East, including the death of Hassan Nasrallah. Plus, John Kerry calls the 1st Amendment an obstacle against stomping out misinformation. Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

Ari Hoffman of the Post Millennial joins the show to discuss Hezbollah's exploding pagers as well as his reaction to the Trump assassination attempt and the recent debate. Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

In this episode of The Health Literacy 2.0 Podcast, Seth Serxner is joined by Dr. Ari Hoffman, SVP Product at Collective Health, a workforce benefits platform that integrates various benefit levers to deliver streamlined and holistic benefits administration.Their in-depth discussion covers a range of critical topics affecting the healthcare landscape today—from health literacy and value-based care to digital health solutions and AI's potential role in transforming healthcare.Dr. Ari Hoffman is an accomplished graduate of Stanford University and UCSF Medical School. Before joining Collective Health, he held various clinical and academic leadership roles at UCSF, including his most recent position as Value Improvement Director for Hospital Medicine. His contributions have earned him several prestigious awards, such as the 2012 Quality & Safety Innovation Challenge and the 2010 Innovative Teaching Award. With a robust background in health policy, Dr. Hoffman has been mentored by notable figures like Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a healthcare adviser during the Obama administration, and Dr. Steve Pearson, founder and President of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). Though he has spent years on the UCSF faculty teaching health policy and value, this focus evolved over time.In a wide-ranging conversation, Ari and Seth discuss:☑️ The crucial role of data in helping members make informed healthcare decisions.☑️ The significance of health literacy in guiding members through benefit selection and plan design to avoid financial pitfalls.☑️ Measuring and agreeing on parameters for value-based care and contracting.☑️ The need for clear and transparent tools for navigating healthcare structures, focusing on health literacy, simplicity, transparency, and intuitiveness☑️ The importance of data-driven and evidence-based approaches in healthcare, chronic disease management, and the role of delivery systems in providing appropriate and cost-effective care.☑️ And much more.Learn About EdLogicsWant to see how EdLogics' gamified platform can boost health literacy, drive engagement in health and wellness programs, and help people live happier, healthier lives? Visit EdLogics.

Kamala Harris changes her mind about border walls, journalist Ari Hoffman speaks on a hostage rescue, and Tim Walz is relegated to the basement being unable to articulate the campaign's policy platform. Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

PA Governor Josh Shapiro seemed like a sure thing, until he wasn't. Ari Hoffman weighs in on Kamala's decision. Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

Grace talks about Trump's VP choice JD Vance with Ari Hoffman. The pair also discuss the RNC and the future of the Republican party. Plus, more questions emerge about Saturday's rally. Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

My good friend, Ari Hoffman, is a successful talk show host in Seattle. He is more knowledgeable on Israel and his Jewish faith than anyone I've ever met. He broke the story that Hamas has a money flow coming out of Seattle to fund The Palestine Chronicle. The Palestine Chronicle has ties to those who held Israeli hostages in their homes. We also talk about the outright hatred of Jewish people that runs rampant in Seattle. Ari is fascinating to talk to and I believe you will learn much from our conversation. What does God's Word say? Deuteronomy 29 Renewal of the Covenant29 These are the terms of the covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.2 Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them:Your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials and to all his land. 3 With your own eyes you saw those great trials, those signs and great wonders. 4 But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear. 5 Yet the Lord says, “During the forty years that I led you through the wilderness, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet. 6 You ate no bread and drank no wine or other fermented drink. I did this so that you might know that I am the Lord your God.”7 When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out to fight against us, but we defeated them. 8 We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.9 Carefully follow the terms of this covenant, so that you may prosper in everything you do. 10 All of you are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God—your leaders and chief men, your elders and officials, and all the other men of Israel, 11 together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water. 12 You are standing here in order to enter into a covenant with the Lord your God, a covenant the Lord is making with you this day and sealing with an oath, 13 to confirm you this day as his people, that he may be your God as he promised you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 14 I am making this covenant, with its oath, not only with you 15 who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God but also with those who are not here today.16 You yourselves know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries on the way here. 17 You saw among them their detestable images and idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold. 18 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.19 When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, “I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way,” they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. 20 The Lord will never be willing to forgive them; his wrath and zeal will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the Lord will blot out their names from under heaven. 21 The Lord will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.22 Your children who follow you in later generations and foreigners who come from distant lands will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it. 23 The whole land will be a burning waste of salt and sulfur—nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, which the Lord overthrew in fierce anger. 24 All the nations will ask: “Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?”25 And the answer will be: “It is because this people abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the covenant he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt. 26 They went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, gods he had not given them. 27 Therefore the Lord's anger burned against this land, so that he brought on it all the curses written in this book. 28 In furious anger and in great wrath the Lord uprooted them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now.”29 The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.Episode 1,664 Links:The Ari Hoffman ShowAri Hoffman, associate editor and Seattle correspondent of The Post MillennialAlan's Soapshttps://alanssoaps.com/TODDUse coupon code ‘TODD' to save an additional 10% off the bundle price.Bioptimizershttps://bioptimizers.com/toddUse promo code TODD for 10% off your order. 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Ari Hoffman reacts to the news out of Gaza. Plus, NYC has a hotel problem. Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

Join Dr. Ari Hoffman, an influential figure in healthcare and technology, as he shares his expertise and insights on improving healthcare systems and advancing technology in the field. Dr. Hoffman is the Chief Clinical Officer and Vice President at Collective Health. He also held pivotal roles at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), including the UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine, and as medical director of the UCSF hospital medicine service at St. Mary's Medical Center.   With a background in biological sciences and medicine, Dr. Hoffman brings a unique blend of clinical expertise and technological innovation to the forefront of healthcare. His career journey has seen him contribute to health policy development at prestigious institutions like the NIH and the Center for Medical Technology Policy. In this episode, Dr. Hoffman explores the convergence of clinical practice and health technology. He discusses strategies for improving healthcare delivery, navigating health policy challenges, and leveraging technology to enhance patient care.  Do you have any thoughts or guest suggestions? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org.

Grace welcomes her go-to on news out of the Middle East, Ari Hoffman of the Post Millennial. Then, remember the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) from back in 2020? Turns out, the hippies didn't learn from history. Grace shares the details.

Grace welcomes Ari Hoffman of the Post Millennial to the show to share what he saw during his recent trip to the Holy Land. He breaks down the unity among the Israelis in the midst of unrest and the consensus toward the Biden administration.

Grace welcomes one of her regulator contributors, Ari Hoffman of The Post Millennial, to discuss the news of the holiday week. The two talk Fake News media and AOC'S latest viral stunt.

Grace welcomes Ari Hoffman of the Post Millennial to the show to discuss anti-Semitism in the streets and at the United States Capitol.

Grace welcomes Ari Hoffman, editor at The Post Millennial, to the show to talk all things Israel. Across the first world, Hamas sympathizers are mobilizing to protest for a "Free Palestine." Ari and Grace discuss the uptick in unrest at college campuses and why a ceasefire in the Gaza situation should be last on Netanyahu's mind.

Grace welcomes Ari Hoffman of the Post Millennial to the show to discuss the horrendous response to the hostage situation in the Middle East. Hoffman thanks Grace for being so vocally in support of Israel and seeing right through the "Free Palestine" propaganda.

Grace welcomes columnist Ari Hoffman to the show to discuss his latest pieces and hits on the Hell-scape in Israel. A normal, sane, human person would quickly condemn violence against innocent civilians. Why won't Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib? Grace and Ari react to the sound bites and social media posts from the radical, violent Left.

6am hour -- Israeli Defense Forces reports killing 1500 Hamas fighters, Hamas still holding hostages, why Hamas attack is more about Jews than Israel, Israeli PM vows to "finish them", Jewish director of the Anti-Defamation League chastises MSNBC/Morning Joe program for coverage associated with Hamas attack. 7am hour -- Bellevue WA rally for Israel, a high-profile NBA player criticizes Black Lives Matter supporters for being silent about Hamas unprovoked attack on Israel, former NBA stand-out criticizes Black Lives Matter supporters for failing to condemn Hamas attacks on Israel, some short term memory problems over at the Seattle Times when it comes to public toilets, why do Democrats who demand Ukraine military support over an unprovoked attack by Russia blame Israel when Hamas commits an unprovoked attack?, GUEST: author of

6am hour -- Hamas attacks Israel, attack described as Israel's Sept. 11th, "savage assault", part of the Hamas attack struck 6 Israeli locations near the Gaza Strip northern border and targeted unarmed civilians, 250 Israelis were murdered at an outdoor music festival concert, historical context of the Gaza Strip, what about "peaceful coexistence side-by-side?", the role of Iran in the massive Hamas attack on Israel and Israeli civilians, evidence that US weapons from Afghanistan have made their way to Gaza. 7am hour -- 100 Israelis reported kidnapped amid the Hamas terrorist attack, looking at the pro-Palestinian protests after Saturday's deadly Hamas attack on Israeli targets, in downtown Kirkland WA Palestinian and Israeli groups clashed against each other while demonstrating in the street, Seattle progressives (that consistently support Palestine) are silent about condemning Hamas two days after the attacks, San Juan Island County begins its 32 hour work week, why Columbus Day was initially founded and how Columbus Day was distorted away from its original intent by political partisans, new ESPN+ woke series with Ibram X. Kendi unveils a whopper about athletes and contracts being akin to slavery. 8am hour -- an over-view of Hamas as it relates to Palestinians and what happened with the multi-pronged terrorist attack on Israel, how Hezbollah (in Lebanon) and Hamas (in Gaza) work in concert with Iran to attack Israel, how Hamas's attack is an act of war, WA Gov. Jay Inslee condemns Hamas, GUEST: KVI's Ari Hoffman says the US needs to stop giving military aid to Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, the libel against Jews in many parts of the Muslim world, some examples of the distortions political partisans (i.e. progressives and socialists) make about Israel (i.e. as an apartheid state).

Ari Hoffman, talk show host and writer at the Post Millennial joins us in this episode to talk about the current state of Seattle and what is ahead. The infamous tents and RVs of Seattle are used to rake in funding from DC while many who used these tent cities go home at night to their actual place of residence. The Cultural Revolution knows no bounds when it comes to danger and chaos and we see this play out with the Party's obsession to release hardened sex offenders from Mcneil Island. This facility incarcerates Level 3 sex offenders, the worst of the worst and a few years ago, the Democrats decided they wanted to release these individuals to low restriction alternatives. These glorified houses, which the Democrats want to release these individuals to, are located in residential and suburban areas. What's coming next is what is happening in Seattle today.What does God's Word say? Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,who put darkness for light and light for darkness,who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.Episode 1,138 Links:Ari Hoffman show PodcastAri Hoffman at 570 KVIAri Hoffman at the Post Millennial4Patriots https://4patriots.com Protect your family with Food kits, solar generators and more at 4Patriots. Use code TODD for 10% off your first purchase. Alan's Soaps https://alanssoaps.com/TODD Use coupon code ‘TODD' to save an additional 10% off the bundle price. American Financing https://americanfinancing.net Visit to see what American Financing can do for you or call 866-887-2275 BiOptimizers https://bioptimizers.com/todd Use promo code TODD for 10% off your order. Bonefrog https://bonefrog.us Enter promo code TODD at checkout to receive 10% off your subscription. Bulwark Capital http://KnowYourRiskRadio.com Find out how Bulwark Capital Actively Manages risk. Call 866-779-RISK or visit KnowYourRiskRadio.com Patriot Mobile https://patriotmobile.com/herman Get free activation today with offer code HERMAN. Visit or call 878-PATRIOT. SOTA Weight Loss https://sotaweightloss.com SOTA Weight Loss is, say it with me now, STATE OF THE ART! Sound of Freedom https://angel.com/freedom Join the two million and see Sound of Freedom in theaters July 4th. GreenHaven Interactive https://greenhaveninteractive.com Digital Marketing including search engine optimization and website design.

6am hour -- Seahawks rookie Devon Witherspoon puts the entire league notice on Monday Night Football, a WA policy board on sex-offenders is facing trust questions over the issue of public notification when sex-offenders are released after serving their criminal sentences, what to know about this week's NYC civil trial of Donald Trump on disputed property values of Trump real estate holdings, can the prosecutor charging Trump identify a victim at any point?, and then there's the conduct of the judge hearing the civil trial, is Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz a good guy or a bad guy? 7am hour -- WA public schools rewarding mediocrity and punishing excellence in the name of promoting equity, three public educators are now saying WA doesn't have to settle for educational mediocrity, Mexico's most prominent drug cartel says it will punish people for producing or trafficking fentanyl but is this public threat a ruse or the real deal?, GUEST: WPC's Liv Finne has been tracking a legal case out of Iowa that will impact laws for Washington public schools, the case in Iowa seems destined for the US Supreme Court and could have implications for a WA law on school district parental notification about their children. 8am hour -- the unintentionally funny Seahawks dominating victory over the NY Giants on MNF last night, doing the math on electricity capacity if natural gas is restricted for homes and restaurants, what electricity grid limits look like if 40% of Americans drive EV cars/trucks, California hikes its minimum wage for fast food workers and the anti-business attitude of the wage hike's supporters, GUEST: KVI's Ari Hoffman discusses two exclusive stories he's been tracking 1.) the personal cars of Seattle firefighters being vandalized and 2.) the possibility that WA will stop notifying the public when convicted sex-offenders are released from prison; is US Rep. Matt Gaetz a good guy or a bad guy for invoking a House Speaker vote on Kevin McCarthy?, a Boston University pulls the plug on author turned professor at the heart of "How to Be An Anti-Racist" who has been a hardliner for woke political agendas.

In a stunning defeat for public transparency and public records sunshine laws, there will be no legal charges against former Seattle mayor, Jenny Durkan, for deleting text messages on a city taxpayer funded phone while she was in office. KVI's John Carlson and Ari Hoffman speak about the new decision by the King Co. Prosecutor, Leesa Manion, to not charge Durkan after the deletion of the text messages was discovered by a city of Seattle employee whistleblower. Hoffman explains what's so insidious about deciding that no criminal charges will be brought, how this prosecutorial decision appears to condone conspiracy and racketeering, why Gov. Jay Inslee deserves extra scrutiny after this decision to not charge Durkan.

For this special interview segment for our commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Ari Hoffman's guest is Tami Michaels- Tami was at Ground Zero on 9/11 and while her husband recorded the events on a digital camera, Tami called in to report to KOMO. She was one of the first to call in to share the events happening live. The U.S. brought charges against the so-called

A new poll shows a majority of Seattle voters want to change the direction of City Hall. But those same voters are split on the direction the City Council should take. PLUS: Bremerton

After surrendering to law enforcement for the fourth time, former President Donald Trump poses for the world

6am hour -- this morning's car smash and grab robbery of downtown Seattle Nordstrom has all the hallmarks of an organized retail theft crime, OR governor is ranked worst governor in America and WA's Jay Inslee isn't far behind according to new public opinion polls, how Gov. Inslee is "distorting the science" when it comes to his claims about climate change, which industry in America is growing faster than any other? (spoiler alert: its not the private sector) 7am hour -- what US Sen. Maria Cantwell and 20 other Seattle leaders all missed about the fentanyl crisis racking Puget Sound right now, was this the climate bomb Gov. Jay inslee was talking about earlier this week??, Happy 80th birthday to Michael Phillip Jaggar (maybe you've heard some of his songs like "Gimme Shelter"), JUST IN: a U.K. jury acquits actor Kevin Spacey of all nine sexual assault/rape charges, FL Gov. Ron DeSantis responds to VP Kamala Harris's distortions about the state's middle school history curriculum on slavery in America, 8am hour - GUEST: KVI's Ari Hoffman, gives a Rio Grande River bouy lawsuit update regarding US/Mexico border security, also Hoffman explains the Israeli court reform changes approved by bi-partisan Knesset vote but has spawned intense protests, how the Israeli Supreme Court differs drastically from the US Supreme Court, the Israeli high court can rule on something as simple as "unreasonableness", new evidence that the Inslee climate agenda is not about saving the planet but strictly about punishing oil companies, GUEST: host of the Un-Divided Podcast, veteran news journalist--Brandi Kruse--at Freedom Fest this Saturday in Redmond WA with John Carlson and a cast of thousands, Brandi and John examine the week's lawlessness on WSDOT property at illegal/unsanctioned homeless camps and the feckless responses by authorities, an example of the political left bullying their own.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Seattle) makes some controversial, if not anti-Semitic remarks about Israel. The bipartisan response has been swift, and now there

Brandi Kruse joins Ari Hoffman to talk about the teacher who asked a 10-year-old to delete emails they exchanged about the student's gender identity

Tune in to hear Dr. Ari Hoffman, Chief Clinical Officer at Collective Health, discuss how they are changing the way people experience their health benefits by making it easier to understand, navigate, access, and pay for healthcare. Topics include:The process for building a workforce health benefits platform that aims to achieve better health at lower costsCustomizing benefit plans and providing a better understanding of the system for membersThe power of digital tools and data analytics to optimize engagement, participation, and behavioral changeSpeakers:Dr. Ari Hoffman, Chief Clinical Officer, Collective HealthIgor Belokrinitsky, Strategy& Principal, PwC For more information, please visit us at: https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/health-industries/health-research-institute/next-in-health-podcast.html.

This week in review, Crystal is joined by Seattle political reporter and editor of PubliCola Erica Barnett! They discuss Everett's OceanGate Inc.'s submersible tragedy, King County Regional Homelessness Authority turmoil, Burien's continuing crisis, a poll showing residents favor a capital gains tax for Seattle, Senior Deputy Mayor Monisha Harrell leaving the mayor's office, what may happen to the officer who hit and killed Jaahnavi Kandula, and local publications not crediting Erica and Publicola for their work.  As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter at @finchfrii and find today's co-host, Erica Barnett, at @ericacbarnett.   Resources “Jorge Barón, Candidate for King County Council District 4” from Hacks & Wonks   “Homelessness Authority Distances Itself from Lived Experience Coalition, Won't Re-Bid Entire System This Year as Planned” from PubliCola   “Homelessness Authority Attempts to Wrest Control Over Controversial, Consequential Oversight Board” by Erica C. Barnett from PubliCola   “Burien planning commissioner removal is latest in string of encampment drama” by Anna Patrick from The Seattle Times   “Burien Decides to Take No Action on Encampment on Its Property, Opening Path for Private Sweep” by Erica C. Barnett from PubliCola   “Poll shows Seattle residents support citywide capital gains tax” by David Gutman from The Seattle Times   “Mayor Harrell's niece out as senior deputy mayor” by Sarah Grace Taylor from The Seattle Times   “Seattle Police Officer Was Driving 74 MPH When He Hit and Killed 23-Year-Old Pedestrian” by Erica C. Barnett from PubliCola   Find stories that Crystal is reading here   Transcript [00:00:00] Crystal Fincher: Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I'm Crystal Fincher and I'm a political consultant and your host. On this show, we talk with policy wonks and political hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington State through the lens of those doing the work with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening, and what you can do about it. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to get the full versions of our Tuesday topical show and Friday week-in-review delivered to your podcast feed. If you like us, the most helpful thing you can do is leave a review wherever you listen to Hacks & Wonks. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show are always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. If you missed our Tuesday topical show, I chatted with Jorge Barón about his campaign for King County Council District 4, why he decided to run, how 17 years at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project has prepared him for the role, and his thoughts on generating progressive revenue for county services, drug possession and substance use disorder, addressing overcrowding in the King County Jail, improving frontline worker wages and workforce issues, air quality and climate change, and the importance of oversight in genuine community engagement and policy implementation. Today, we are continuing our Friday week-in-review shows where we review the news of the week with a co-host. Welcome back to the program, friend of the show and today's co-host: Seattle political reporter, editor of PubliCola, co-host of the Seattle Nice podcast, and author of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery, Erica Barnett. [00:01:46] Erica Barnett: Great to be here. [00:01:47] Crystal Fincher: This has been one wild week of news. I guess we will start out talking about the Everett submersible tragedy - what we now know is a tragedy - and just an odd situation. And to me, really, the height of hubris. What did you see as this unfolded and what are your thoughts? [00:02:08] Erica Barnett: Yeah, hubris is such a great word to describe what happened in this tragedy involving five people who went down in the submersible that - the stories are coming out now about the extent to which it was not safe and people were, within the company, were blowing the whistle. A guy was let go after saying - This, we need to do more safety analysis of this submarine, submersible rather - I don't really know the difference but it's a submersible. And it seemed like a pretty unsafe situation for everybody involved, yet the owner of the company essentially said safety checks are stupid, regulation is anti-innovation, and I'm going to go down in the sub that's run by a PlayStation controller, and everything's going to be good. And for the sake of what? It's deep sea tourism for rich people and they can call themselves explorers all they want, but the Titanic where they were going to - where they ultimately met their fate - is one of the most explored deep sea artifacts known to man. So this just, it just felt like such an avoidable tragedy if the people who ran this company, the people who surrounded the guy who ran this company, were willing to just put their foot down and say no. But of course, it's very hard to say no to billionaires with big egos - look at Elon Musk and his plan for going to Mars and space exploration and his exploding rockets. [00:03:44] Crystal Fincher: It absolutely is hubris. It absolutely was a tragedy several years in the making, and this guy believed his own hype despite the fact that his craft was the only one like it, it wasn't certified for the job that it was actually doing. He thought the certifications were frivolous and just got in the way of innovation. And even his industry association wrote him, basically begging him to stop taking passengers and to really reevaluate what he was doing with that craft. And even if you do want to move forward and support innovation, they're like - Yeah, okay, then go down by yourself - don't take paying passengers who aren't engineers or explorers themselves. This is really irresponsible, this is going to end in a tragedy. And it absolutely did. I just, I feel bad for the 19 year old who evidently had a bad feeling - wisely - looking at the facts of the situation, the disclaimer that they were asked to sign, and his relatives said that he basically went to please his dad. That's really unfortunate. But my goodness the hubris involved, and it's just a reminder that just because we can do something doesn't mean that we should do something. And take a look at - is this really something we should be doing? Why are we going down to look at the Titanic? It's basically a graveyard at this point in time. What are we getting from doing that? I just - there's so much that is beyond me with this. [00:05:16] Erica Barnett: Yeah, there was discussion about what the - in one of the articles I was reading - about what the purpose of this was. And I think their stated justification was - Well, we're studying the way that the Titanic wreckage is decaying over time. But they were going down every year - that's BS - it was, it's an ego trip. And I think this is a general lesson that people who think they're smarter than experts could take to heart, which is that expertise matters and experience doing something matters. And if you are saying the laws of physics don't apply to you, you should talk to some people who know about the laws of physics. And if you're saying engineers are boring, which is a paraphrase of something that Stockton Rush, the head of the company, said - he said, We don't want a bunch of 50-something year old guys, we want young innovators. Those 50-something year old guys were the ones telling him that this wasn't safe and that's not what he wanted to hear. But it turns out, they actually knew what they were talking about. [00:06:14] Crystal Fincher: They did. And it just reminds me so much of - we've heard so many - really tech entrepreneurs most of all - talking about disruption, talking about how regulations and traditional processes are just passe and they get in the way of innovation. And all of these regulations are unnecessary and bad and get in the way of - these entrepreneurs just trying to do their thing and innovate. And they're there for a reason. We have seen how so many of those tales wind up and it turns out they weren't doing anything mind blowing, technologically groundbreaking. They were just looking at different ways to exploit the system. And it feels like this was another thing where he was looking for some loopholes to get through, felt really smart for supposedly figuring it out. But there's a reason that happens - regulations, as they say, are written in blood. And here's yet another example. So I just hope people learn the lesson with this, and we don't see another replay - we'll see how that works out. I also want to talk about the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, which just has a lot going on. What is this week's news? [00:07:29] Erica Barnett: Boy, where to start - there's going to be a meeting today. So I guess I'll start in reverse chronological order - there's going to be a meeting today to essentially take over control of the Continuum of Care Board, which is an obscure but very important body that oversees federal funding that comes in from HUD, but that had a big controversy earlier this year - as I reported - when one of the members of the board shouted down another member over the proposed appointment of a sex offender who had targeted teenage girls to the board. That blew up in a big way, it got picked up all over right wing media - which really distorted the story quite a bit and demonized this volunteer board member. And now I think in the fallout from that and with the departure of former CEO Marc Dones, the KCRHA is trying to get control over that board in a literal way. They're adopting a new charter that essentially takes away some of the board's powers to appoint its own members and that sort of thing. So that is happening today. The KCRHA was also supposed to rebid the entire homelessness system. So basically start from zero, we're going to rebid all these contracts, it might be a whole new set of players - that was supposed to happen next year. And it's not going to happen now until at least the year after that. So there's just a lot of retrenchment going on with the departure of Marc Dones. Helen Howell is the interim CEO and I think that she is trying to do a lot of damage control. They're distancing themselves from this group called the Lived Experience Coalition that had a lot of power in the old structure. So there's a lot of just change and churn happening at the organization right now. [00:09:05] Crystal Fincher: There's a lot of change and churn. We've also seen an op-ed earlier this month, from King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn, calling for basically the end of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority. Other people I've seen - who consider themselves progressive - also wondering what the purpose is, what the future holds. Is it really going to continue being such a lopsided or Seattle-heavy organization? Are other suburban cities also going to contribute? What do you think the future looks like for this organization? [00:09:42] Erica Barnett: I think the organization is in a position where it has to succeed - that's not to say that it will - but I think these calls for it to just be evaporated or for it to be defunded are pretty, frankly, stupid and beside the point. Because those conversations have already happened, we decided to create this authority - there were progressive objections at the time too, but here we are. And so I think now what the authority really needs is support from the county and the city. And one thing that has really hindered it is not just lack of buy-in from suburban cities, because suburban cities - it's true, they are not on board with what the authority wants to do by and large, they have various types of objections to various aspects including the whole philosophy of Housing First. But I think the bigger problem is the KCRHA does not have money to be anything other than an administrative pass-through organization at this point. And I think it over promised based on wishful thinking about funding and about what it could do with the money that it had. And they promised that they would be a transformational force to reduce and end homelessness within a very short period of time. And we've heard those promises before and they never come true because, in part, because there's just - we don't put the funding behind it. So the amount of funding they have is basically the same as existed before the RHA was even stood up. So it just stands to reason that they're not going to make a transformational system with the same amount of money. To me, these calls to just dissolve it are beside the point, and also Reagan Dunn and others who are saying this don't actually have an alternative proposal other than just don't do anything. [00:11:23] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, and it also seems like we've seen friction between the Homelessness Authority and some of its subcontractors or organizations who are doing some of the groundwork. Has that been a hindrance, and does it look like it may continue to be? [00:11:39] Erica Barnett: It's an interesting question. For example, the authority is doing an investigation into the Low Income Housing Institute - I'm not sure when that the results of that are going to come out. And maybe that's justified, but launching into investigations and focusing on that kind of stuff - that creates obviously tremendous friction between the authority and its contractors - which, again, maybe that's fine if there's problems there. But it does feel like it has been such an adversarial force. And I think that Marc Dones came in with a lot of criticism for the existing system and existing providers and wanting to reinvent the wheel. And as it turns out, existing providers in many cases actually know what they're doing and are experts. And we were talking about expertise - it is important not to alienate everybody that you're going to have to work with that makes up the entire homelessness system. So I think there's a lot of broken trust there that's going to have to be rebuilt. And I'm not saying that means don't investigate agencies where there are problems, but there has just been an adversarial relationship between the authority and a lot of these groups that is going to have to be repaired for the system to work. [00:12:53] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. We will continue to follow what happens with the Regional Homelessness Authority. Now let's talk about Burien - my goodness, Burien. [00:13:02] Erica Barnett: Oh, Burien. What are we going to do with you? [00:13:06] Crystal Fincher: So what has been happening this week in Burien? [00:13:10] Erica Barnett: Oh, goodness - just to briefly recap - the City of Burien, of course, has failed to do anything to meaningfully address and help a relatively small group of people who are living unsheltered in Burien, moved them around from place to place. And last week, they censured and removed from his position the head of the Planning Commission for Burien - because he essentially told the group of encampment residents who were living outside the library about another spot where they could legally be, that's also owned by the city. And I did not attend this meeting, but I heard it was incredibly ugly and that there were tirades from the dais about the role this planning commissioner played in helping these unsheltered people go somewhere safe. And the Planning Commission, or commission of any small city, is - you could say it's not really a big deal. Who even knows about this commission? What do they do? But it's a way of silencing people for what they do in their private lives and punishing them for what they do in their private lives. And these are volunteer commissioners - who show up and do the work. And they could now be censured for stuff they say on Twitter, conceivably, or any sort of actions that the city council and the mayor of Burien don't agree with. And that is just an absurd silencing of free speech, among other things. And I think it's really, really troubling on a much larger scale than just the City of Burien. And also, the city turned down a million dollars from King County that was no strings attached to actually help the people who are living homeless in Burien who are now scattered - to the four winds, essentially - across Burien and across downtown Burien. They had an opportunity to spend this money however they wanted. And they said, we don't want the money. [00:15:03] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, and have they even officially said - We don't want the money, or have they just not even bothered to respond to the offer? [00:15:12] Erica Barnett: That's true. I'm just taking that as a "we don't want the money" because you have this offer out here - they're so, in my view from watching the story - they are, they're just so dead set against King County at this point that they won't even work with them is my impression. And I think they just want this problem to go away. I think they want to grandstand and tell homeless people to pick themselves up by their bootstraps or suggest that they're not really from Burien, which is not true from people who have worked with these particular individuals for years. And again, it's a small group of people that are being demonized and singled out for existing homeless in a small city that doesn't have a lot of resources. So a million dollars could have gone a long way. [00:15:56] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, a million dollars plus 35 Pallet shelters ready to go - on offer. And in addition to that, it is just confounding - basically to your point - whether or not they take it up, they've effectively declined it. And this - the saddest thing, two sad things. One, this is a result of a split council majority. And we're used to hearing this kind of rhetoric from MAGA people, from super right wing, far-right kind of extremists. But right now, we're seeing this from - a Democrat is part of this conservative majority on the council - and just really disappointing to hear how extreme the rhetoric has been. You talked about coming from the dais - there's a clip of Deputy Mayor Kevin Schilling, there was a clip of another councilmember - just really disheartening and kind of stomach turning to watch. [00:16:50] Erica Barnett: Unprofessional - I would say - I just I don't know how you can have a reasonable conversation with a councilmember who said - not during this conversation, but previously - that people living on the piece of land that former planning commissioner Charles Schaefer suggested should just go to the bathroom in the dog bags that are provided for dogs. And this was in saying that she didn't want to provide a porta potty for people living unsheltered at the site. It's just heartless, dehumanizing stuff that I think is inappropriate to be coming from the dais of a city council. So it's hard to see where they go from here. And I will also add - I neglected to mention one thing that also happened - is that a lot of other city commissioners and board members resigned in protest of Charles Schaefer's removal from the Planning Commission. It's just really unprecedented stuff over in Burien right now. And yeah, I think they're - their elections are coming up and we'll see. But I think that they're at an impasse right now. [00:17:51] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, it does appear that they're at an impasse. And again, sweeping people does not do anything to solve the issue of them not having homes, which is the main problem. And what we saw - yet again, for the third time - is after being swept from a location, they still have nowhere to go, so they move somewhere else. Burien is not big - the area that we're talking about is not big. And this is actually not a big population of people that we're dealing with. This is one of those rare situations that really seems solvable, particularly with the partnership from the county. It really does seem like it's possible to move the unhoused people in Burien into shelter, to work with the people who are there, and to get that done. And they just won't - they just refuse to. I will say that there are three councilmembers in the minority who have been doing the hard work - Cydney Moore, who we will have an upcoming interview with on a Tuesday topical show, but who was also up for censure in that special meeting where they kicked out the planning commissioner, Hugo Garcia and Sarah Moore have been working and trying to get the council to move to take action. But when the majority does not feel that way, you really can't do anything. So we saw this week that one of the few remaining plots of public land where people would be able to go just had some hostile architecture pop up - a bunch of rocks and some campaign signs of a candidate who is very hostile to the homeless - popped up in that strip of dirt. So we'll see what comes next, but it certainly is really sad to watch. Also making news this week is a poll about a local capital gains tax for Seattle. What do Seattle residents prefer? [00:19:36] Erica Barnett: They prefer a capital gains tax, apparently. There are caveats, right? So it's a capital gains tax on the sale of stocks and bonds over $250,000. And according to this poll, which was reported in The Seattle Times, the level of support is over half and less than a third oppose the idea, and then the rest are undecided. But that's pretty darn strong support for a new tax in the City of Seattle. We always hear about tax fatigue, but I think that when you propose a progressive tax - which a capital gains tax is rather than yet another sales tax that makes everything more expensive for everybody - people support it. [00:20:14] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. Now, what are the prospects look like - this being introduced - is this something that may move soon in the City? [00:20:23] Erica Barnett: I'm not sure about the timeline, but I do think that if polling is happening on this, it is because it's something the City Council is talking about. We've discussed the capital gains tax in the past - the State Supreme Court upheld the state's capital gains tax this year, so I think that there is a lot of momentum for it. Alex Pedersen has proposed, recently, a 2% capital gains tax. Of course, he's going to be leaving the council, so I don't know if this is something that can happen this year. But I do think - the City has been desperately looking for progressive revenue sources to fund some of its priorities - facing big budget shortfalls in coming years. We need more funding. And that funding cannot just eternally come from property tax, which is also a regressive tax that renters end up paying as well. So I think that the prospects of this are pretty good. It's the first new progressive revenue proposal that's come about since the JumpStart Tax, which is a tax on big employers. So I think that taxing the rich, taxing big wealthy corporations that don't pay their fair share - I think these are very popular ideas in the City of Seattle. [00:21:35] Crystal Fincher: This is certainly going to be interesting - just because the City is facing a budget shortfall without this - there is talk of needing more revenue or needing to make some significant cuts. So this may be introduced right at the right time for City budget purposes. It'll be interesting to see, especially with someone like Councilmember Pedersen leading the charge for this, to see that this may be workable, to see what kind of coalition comes together around this. But we will keep our eyes on it. Also news this week - that's pretty significant, especially in wonky and hacky circles - is news that Deputy Mayor Monisha Harrell is transitioning out of Mayor Harrell's administration. How did you see this? [00:22:20] Erica Barnett: Yeah, wow - it was big news, and it's been rumored for a couple weeks. And how did I see it? I see it as the power struggle within the mayor's office has landed in Tim Burgess's court. So Tim Burgess is the longtime advisor to Bruce Harrell - former city councilmember, works in the mayor's office, and is now going to be the deputy mayor. And he is much more of what I call a law-and-order person. He very much supports what I would call punitive approaches to low-level crimes - things like shoplifting, drug use, etc. And I think Monisha Harrell definitely had a different point of view and approach. She was and is much more oriented towards harm reduction, towards trying to figure out ways for example, drug users to get into recovery as opposed to going to jail. That's an oversimplification, but those are the fault lines within the mayor's office. And I think that the faction that's led by Tim Burgess has obviously won that battle. And I think perhaps because Bruce Harrell is probably more oriented to that point of view than he is to his niece's - Monisha Harrell's - point of view. What do you think? [00:23:26] Crystal Fincher: I think that's largely right. I think, especially at this point in time in the reporting that we've seen, reflects what I've known about Monisha for several years. When she came in - certainly for people who hadn't known about her - it may raise eyebrows to see a mayor appointing his niece. But when you look at Monisha's resume and list of accomplishments, she absolutely earned that position and deserved to be there. And has been behind a lot of statewide policy moving in a progressive direction - in terms of public safety, in terms of some police reforms, and trying to move into a better direction with these issues that we're dealing with right now in how we treat substance use and substance abuse. But she has been behind a lot of policy and isn't always trying to take credit out front, but has been there and has a reputation for being a person of her word. And I can just imagine that that is a complicated position to be in when you have some policy disagreements with your uncle, who is the mayor - you are the deputy mayor, you have some other really big personalities like Tim Burgess in that executive's office. And we see how things did shake out. And I don't think - and I haven't had discussions with Monisha about this, this is no inside information or anything, but just from an outsider perspective - it does seem like there was some significant misalignment. But it's a challenge and it's always a dilemma. And I know lots of people who go in, even if you disagree with the executive there, if you feel that you can make a positive contribution - and to be clear, Monisha wasn't going in saying, I disagree or anything, she's always signaled public alignment with Mayor Harrell - but it's a complicated position to be in. And I know she was probably just trying to do her best and get the job done. But when the ultimate decision is not yours, things can go a different way. And it looks like a lot of things have gone a different way in the City of Seattle. And a lot of things that we're still waiting on - she was on Hacks & Wonks talking about trying to stand up a Department of Public Safety, talking about standing up alternative responses so that you could have the most appropriate responder - that's not always going to be an armed cop responding, but someone, if it's a substance abuse crisis, if it's a mental health crisis - but things just seem to have gone sideways. So we'll see what she does next and where she lands. But I - with no friction or resistance in this mayor's office seemingly - kind of worrisome about the direction of public safety, especially as there is a SPOG contract being negotiated right now. Just wonder what's going to happen from here on out. [00:26:11] Erica Barnett: Yeah, I think - just real quickly - I think that an internal issue with Monisha leaving, within the City itself is, I hear from people in the departments on the second floor, all through City Hall that - the second floor, sorry, being City Council - but also just within the departments that Monisha was somebody that you could really work with, that she would sit down and listen. And listen - which is, and like you said, was a straight shooter, would not BS you, and would - was willing to change her perspective from learning new information. And I'm not sure that Burgess has necessarily shown himself to be that same type of person or personality. And yeah, I think this third department is probably going to still happen, but it may happen in a different way. And I'm not entirely confident that Burgess is going to be someone who changes his mind on beliefs that he has formed very, very firmly over many, many years about public safety. This is the guy that proposed criminalizing "aggressive panhandling" when he was on the City Council. So very, very different perspective from what Monisha brought to it. And just also, I wonder what's going to happen within the City itself when there isn't somebody like Monisha sitting down with folks and listening and saying - Okay, I hear you - and taking that back to the mayor's office. [00:27:38] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, and I think sometimes people look at the mayor and the people who work for the mayor, and they think everybody is completely in alignment. And they're all just working towards the same goal. And that is frequently not the case. What you see is what the final adjudication is, what the final decision is - but a lot of times there's vehement debate, there's pushback, there's things that are mitigated before it gets out to the public. And you would be surprised sometimes how much difference someone pushing back internally can make in the way things turn out publicly. And I wish things would have gone differently, but here we are. And we will continue to pay attention to what is happening in the mayor's office. Also this week - got more information about what went into the officer fatally running over, basically, Jaahnavi Kandula a few months back. What happened here? [00:28:43] Erica Barnett: Yeah, I had been trying to get this information for several months about what actually happened, particularly how fast this officer was going - and finally had my third or fourth attempt at a record request fulfilled by the SPD, actually pretty quickly, because this case has been referred over to the King County Prosecutor. So what we learned, among other things, is that he was driving 74 miles an hour in a 25 mile an hour zone immediately before he struck her. So he hit the brakes about two-thirds of a second before the impact. And so what we can tell from that is that he was going too fast for her to have possibly gotten out of the way - she did attempt to run, but it was too late. As I said, the investigation is now to some extent in the King County Prosecutor's office. SPD, of course, is doing - did its own internal investigation and has to decide whether to fire this guy and that could result in a whole series of appeals. So we'll see what happens with that. But one issue that's probably going to come up is this question of whether he had his siren on as he was approaching. I don't know that it would have made a difference, because he was already speeding when he was a block away. But in terms of policy, you're supposed to exercise due care. And part of that is having lights and sirens on. And the report says that he was chirping his siren sporadically as he went through intersections approaching the site of the collision. And that is, to my understanding, not the policy when you're doing emergency driving. And in any case, I don't know that SPD is going to find that it's - or the King County Prosecutor is going to find that it's appropriate to be going 75 in a 25 mile an hour zone, even when you are supposedly doing emergency driving to get to an emergency, which is also questionable for reasons that I've reported. [00:30:34] Crystal Fincher: Extremely questionable - just why that officer, and the policy of officers is to respond to overdose calls in the first place. I think it was just an unfortunate situation all the way around. It's not going to shock me, like so many times it doesn't shock me, if they come up with a finding that the officer didn't do anything punishable. But how we don't sit back and question every single element of this and understand that we can do better and we deserve better - if this doesn't spur that, I don't know what will. [00:31:07] Erica Barnett: I wouldn't be surprised to see them make an example of this guy and suggest that this is a one bad apple situation, but we'll see. [00:31:14] Crystal Fincher: We will see. And before we conclude today - I didn't put this in the list that we were going to talk about. But I want to talk about yet more examples this week - and I don't know why this happens so much with you - of your reporting being copied, plagiarized - [00:31:31] Erica Barnett: oh Lord. [00:31:32] Crystal Fincher: - without, and being uncredited. Why is it so hard for people to credit you? [00:31:38] Erica Barnett: I don't think it's a me problem - honestly. [00:31:41] Crystal Fincher: It is so not a you problem. [00:31:43] Erica Barnett: Well, no, no, no - what I mean is I think it's a small publication problem. But yeah, I do a lot of original reporting - last week I broke a bunch of stories and one of them was plagiarized by Ari Hoffman at The Post Millennial, which is a right wing site. And he just took my language, changed it slightly, took out - this was about the judge who ruled that police, essentially, can't enforce the graffiti law for the time being. And without going into the details of that story - he just lifted it and took out some of the language that was perhaps not flattering to SPD and used all my same links, including a link to a very obscure site that somebody sent me on Twitter to the ruling, like a public site where you can actually see the ruling without having to pay. So blatant plagiarism. And I am in touch with attorneys and will be taking action on that. But then King 5, quite infuriatingly, took this story that we were just talking about - which I have been reporting on for months and I've been the only reporter in town who has continued to pay attention to the story of this officer who ran down a pedestrian and written about it multiple times, filed request after request to get this information, finally got it, read this 99-page report thoroughly before reporting on it. And then, six hours later, King 5 miraculously has all the information that was in my story - on a story that they have never paid any attention to since it happened in January. So it was an extremely clear cut case of using my reporting. And that's fine if you say this was reported by PubliCola, which a lot of other outlets who reported on this did, including KIRO, Seattle Times. It's just a basic thing - you can report something, but say who did it first - because this was an exclusive. But they didn't do that. I don't know why. I think it's because it's easier to do it to a small outlet. I don't think they would do this to The Seattle Times because they have a battalion of attorneys and I don't, so it's easy to get away with. And I asked them repeatedly to just give me a credit and they have ignored all of my requests. [00:33:56] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, and that's not cool. And they should credit you. [00:33:59] Erica Barnett: It's not cool. [00:34:00] Crystal Fincher: And that should be a regular thing, whether it's an independent outlet or a behemoth like The Seattle Times. But I just wanted to talk about that, say we saw that - and people need to do better. [00:34:13] Erica Barnett: I appreciate that. [00:34:14] Crystal Fincher: But also hopefully there's a small little bit of satisfaction - silver lining there - that your reporting is solid, and it's good, and you're asking the right questions, and digging in the right places, and uncovering information that is useful to us all. And I appreciate that. [00:34:31] Erica Barnett: Well, thank you - the thing is, just quickly to plug - King 5 would not have had this story if I hadn't reported it, which means that if PubliCola wasn't around, the story would not have existed or it would have been reported much later and in a different way and with a different focus. And so I think that it might be easy to say King 5 - we got it from King 5, who cares? But King 5 and all these other outlets were not paying close attention to this the way that we were. [00:34:58] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. And with that, we thank you for listening to Hacks & Wonks on this Friday, June 23rd, 2023. The producer of Hacks & Wonks is Shannon Cheng. Our insightful co-host today is Seattle political reporter and editor of PubliCola, Erica Barnett. You can find Erica on Twitter @ericacbarnett and on PubliCola.com. You can follow Hacks & Wonks on Twitter @HacksWonks. 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The City University of New York is under some fire from conservatives for allowing a commencement speaker to spew some nasty comments about the nation of Israel, among other things. Grace brings Ari Hoffman on the show to respond to the wild scene.

In the world of marketing, customer advocacy has moved in recent years from a piecemeal hit-or-miss effort to a scalable discipline and Ari Hoffman is at the forefront. Vice President of Customer Marketing & Advocacy at Influitive, he shares his powerful framework on this episode of Gratitude Through Hard Times with Host Chris Schembra. It's all about building authentic community and loyalty to your brand, product or service not by soliciting the same customer testimony over and over again but by engaging fans as part of a growing, dynamic ecosystem. You'll learn what makes this marketing approach so powerful, how Ari rolls out programs that generate customer obsession across sectors and why defaulting to ad-based lead generation is not the way to go in times of recession. If you've been trying to figure out how to connect with customers in meaningful ways and turn them into spontaneous evangelists for your company, then here's your starting place. Ari is a thought leader with the set of tools (like his DRIVE methodology) you'll need on the journey!Learn more about Influitive's Fearless 50 Elite 18 Awards and how to nominate, vote for or otherwise celebrate the customer-led marketers whose work you appreciate most!If you'd like to learn more about Chris and his 7:47 Virtual Gratitude Experience or subscribe to our newsletter, please visit this link.Click here to hear more fascinating conversations with Fortune 500 CEOs, professional athletes and entertainerswho have shared their human stories on Gratitude Through Hard Times. KEY TOPICS:Freeze and Squeeze: Ari spells out some of the sales-centric, demand-gen defaults, like emphasis on advertising, that companies mistakenly fall back on in times of recession.Customer Obsession: Why companies oriented towards user experience see 2.5 times faster growth and 1.7 times better retention.Fearless 50 and Elite 18: How Influitive is inspiring a customer-first approach through awards that exemplify it.Moving Messages: Ari highlights the importance of creating ecosystems that engage customers and inspire them to proactively speak up on behalf of your product or service.Stepping Stones for Moving Towards Customer Engagement:Start an advocacy “well,” documenting customers who are already in your corner.Identify customers you've gone back to for testimony too often – burning them out and generating a stale message.Create a mini-advocacy program that invites customers to connect.Map out a handful of things to ask of your customers, including:Committing to connect with other customers.Writing a review.Providing 30 minutes of product or messaging feedback.Incentivize customer advocacy by offering in exchange things like:Early access to your new lines of business or free use for a limited time.Swag bags.Free attendance at dinner gatherings.An honorary jacket.Scaling requires an engagement engine to nurture customers and help them see the value-add in advocacy. Giving versus Taking: How customer advocacy programs can turn on generosity and other benefits in the long run.Why Customer Obsession is a can't-lose campaign because it's all about:Being thankful.Celebrating people who are doing things right.Leveling up the skill sets of others.Inspiring others while creating demand generation for your company.Spreading the Love: How to nominate, vote or otherwise tee up gratitude by participating in Influitive's Fearless 50 customer-led marketing awards.Uncovering Marketing Gold: How Ari connects with customers and helps them see their importance by providing connections, resources and words of affirmation.DRIVE Advocacy: Deliver value first.Refine what people are good at.Iterate the Value.Expand the delivery.Leveling Up: How Influitive trains people to become internal and public advocates for – and champions of – their own customer success and achievement.The Hero's (and Heroine's) Journey: About gratitude as a tool that taps into powerful emotions that create a symbiotic customer narrative and outcomes.Value Realization: You can deliver value all day long, but if the person receiving it doesn't realize it then did you actually do anything?If It's Just Transactional, It Won't Work! The gratitude you're giving has to:#1 Be of value to the recipient.#2 Be inconvenient or cost you something in some way. #3 Be genuinely something you're glad to be offering.Don't forget to check out Fearless 50 and if you've missed the nominating or voting window, bookmark it for next year! QUOTABLE“We are the biggest of the big in customer marketing … but the reality is that the customer marketing world is a fractional sliver of the entire marketing world.” (Ari) “The more collective value our industry and each individual contributor and thought leader in our space has, the more that rubs off on the larger marketing community and the way that we think about leveraging our customers.” (Ari) “It's about creating a community and ecosystem where customers are literally raising their hands because they want to share their success stories.” (Ari) “The neat thing that gratitude has the ability to do is reactivate weak or dormant ties.” (Chris) “I don't make champions, but I find them and I shine a spotlight on them. I find those diamond-in-the-rough people who don't even realize the talent they have.” (Ari) “(Your customers) are the champions. They are the heroes of the story. Let them shine and bring you along for the ride.” (Ari)  “We're dealing with humans at the end of the day, but we lose sight of that. We get caught up in the numbers, then can't understand why we can't move the needle the way we want to.” (Ari) “The heroine's journey is filled with emotion and connection and reflection and introspection. And gratitude is the tool that taps into those emotions.” (Chris) “Make someone feel personally validated, appreciated and connected to your community of customers and they will talk about you ‘til the cows come home.” (Chris)  LINKS/FURTHER RESOURCES:Click here to learn about Forrester's thought leadership around Customer Obsession.Gartner's Top Customer Experience Trends for 2023.More about Influitive's Fearless 50 and Elite 18 at this link.Visit this link to learn more about Mark Granovetter's work at Stanford around the strength of weak ties.Click here to find out what all the buzz about Gong is about!About Google's study, "Promotion to Emotion: Connecting B2B Customers to Brands."Learn about Barbara Frederickson's groundbreaking research on happiness and the power of positivity. ABOUT OUR GUEST:Ari Hoffmanis the VP of Customer Marketing and Advocacy at Influitive. His human-first approach to work and passion for customer success are fixtures of his career. A seasoned veteran and trusted advisor, Ari supports customer-centric businesses, primarily in the enterprise SaaS industry. He is a natural organizer and people-connecter, using empathy to relentlessly shine light on others. FOLLOW OUR GUEST:WEBSITE | LINKEDIN ABOUT OUR HOST:Chris Schembra is a philosopher, question asker and facilitator. He's a columnist at Rolling Stone magazine, USA Today calls him their "Gratitude Guru" and he's spent the last six years traveling around the world helping people connect in meaningful ways. As the offshoot of his #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book, "Gratitude Through Hard Times: Finding Positive Benefits Through Our Darkest Hours,"he uses this podcast to blend ancient stoic philosophy and modern-day science to teach how the principles of gratitude can be used to help people get through their hard times. FOLLOW CHRIS:WEBSITE | INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN| BOOKS

Former NYC mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani comes on to discuss the release of the final draft of the Durham report. Next, radio host from Seattle Ari Hoffman explains the multi-million dollar payout to whistleblowers who revealed misconduct from the Seattle Mayor over the creation of CHAZ in 2020. Then, GOP strategist Jenn Kerns reveals the policies that led to California posting a 32 billion dollar budget deficit. Finally we take your calls in open phones across America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Governor Jay Inslee announced this week he would not seek re-election. Less than 24 hours later, Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced an 'exploratory campaign' for governor. State Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz has been somewhat cryptic about her intentions, and there's talk of other Democrats jumping into the race. But what about the Republicans? After two cycles of having less-than-stellar candidates, can GOP even hope to compete? We'll have an in-depth look at how the races is shaping up. PLUS: State lawmakers will convene in a special session to deal with the issue of drug possession. AND: Just how safe are Washington's banks? Guests include House Republican Leader Drew Stokesbary, political analysts Randy Pepple and Cathy Allen, and conservative talk show host Ari Hoffman of 570 KVI. The Northwest Politicast with Jeff Pohjola: From this Washington to that one, Jeff Pohjola will explore the issues and politics of the week. Frequent guests and top analysts break down the news to get to the heart of what matters most. Subscribe at nwnewsradio.com or on your favorite podcast app.

In a video released Tuesday morning, Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced an

Grace welcomes Brett Tolman, Executive Director of Right on Crime, to the show to discuss Trump's indictment and impending arraignment. Tolman breaks down the case for listeners and explains the likelihood of conviction. Ari Hoffman helps start off the hour as he and Grace talk school shootings and the Squad.

“Health officials” in the separate Country of Washington KNEW the mRNA injections were utterly useless at stopping transmission or infection at least one MONTH before Inslee began is campaign of needle raping people. THE THESIS: This isn't a thesis, it's fact. Before Dictator Inslee issued his needle-rape diktat, the so-called Public “Health” agencies in the separate Country of Washington KNEW the mRNA injections did nothing to stop the spread of the Covid Flu. THE SCRIPTURE & SCRIPTURAL RESOURCES: Matthew 10:26“So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.”THE NEWS & COMMENT:Ari Hoffman's radio showAri's Twitter thread on this story: “month before he imposed vaccine mandates that were copied by cities & counties in WA Democrat Governor Jay Inslee, state & local health officials knew the vax didn't stop the spread. They even discussed a party celebrating 100% vaccination in a group which was a super spreader . . .”Read Air's work at the Post Millennial

Grace is joined by Ari Hoffman of The Post Millennial to discuss the aftermath of Kanye's latest Twitter frenzy. Grace asks listeners: Should free-speech Elon have suspended Kanye West's Twitter account? Grace says yes, Kanye needed to be shut up. Tune in for Ari's very thoughtful response, as well as the thoughts of callers who disagree!

Ari Hoffman of the Post Millennial joined the show in this hour, Ari and Grace talked Fmr. President Trump's announcement speech last night, and the missile that hit Poland yesterday. Why has the reporting changed so quickly and how much money are we spending in Ukraine?

Grace brings on Ari Hoffman of the Post Millennial to discuss the never-ending cycle of Biden's rogue statements followed by White House walk-backs. This time Joe makes wild claims about Taiwan and the pandemic, which he declares is over!

Ari Hoffman from the Post Millennial joins Grace to talk about his recent article about indoctrinating kids at ANTIFA summer camps and we get his take on Dave Chappelle cancelling his upcoming show due to pressure from the blue checks.

Ari Hoffman from the Post Millennial joins Grace to talk about Illinois State Attorney calling for stricter red flag laws and an out right assault weapons ban plus Gavin 'Governor Hair Gel' Newsom takes a vacation where California ravel is banned.