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I take a look back at a couple of blog posts I've written in the last couple of years about corporate home ownership in Thurston County and include some updates for this year. This is a pretty short episode where I read you back some prewritten material. If you're really into this topic, I appeared on the Nerd Farmer podcast just less than a year ago talking about the same topic: https://nerdfarmpod.com/2024/05/26/how-corporate-landlords-are-driving-up-rents-emmett-oconnell-olympia-time-219/ Here are the old posts where I've covered this issue in the past. 2021: https://olympiatime.com/2021/07/08/the-scale-of-out-of-town-real-estate-investment-in-thurston-county-is-small/ 2024: https://olympiatime.com/2024/05/10/re-examining-the-out-of-town-or-just-corporate-real-estate-investment-in-thurston-county/
Well, here we are, three weeks from the general election. So many critical races, so many huge issues! This episode of Crossing Division is a companion to the Nerd Farmer voters' guide podcast. We will...
In June, over a hundred friends and members of Channel 253 gathered for Channel 253 Fest, an evening of live podcasting from the Press Room in downtown Tacoma. It was a great event and this...
Democratic erosion is the process by which democratic states drift, inch by inch, into authoritarianism. On paper, Russia has among the best democratic systems out there. In reality, like in the US, things are a...
In my Government & Politics classes, I have taught students about debt and deficits in a doctrinal way for nearly a decade. But recently I have started to question what I (and likely you) learned...
Dr. Amy Young is a professor of media studies at Pacific Lutheran University. She specializes in rhetoric and is working on a forthcoming book examining the evolution of conservative rhetoric. Her manuscript takes us back...
One of the things that moving to Abu Dhabi has taught me is that I have some intellectual blindspots that I want to use the show to help address. For example, I recently realized in...
Last Sunday we recorded the first-ever Nerd Farmer Live episode at the Swiss in downtown Tacoma–if you didn’t make it you missed out. In the conversation, we focused on the most important stories facing the...
We had some big news today in Tacoma! Andrew and Steve were pleased to join with the Nerd Farmer Podcast at the official press conference held at #EstadioCheney. Olympique Lyonnais (uh-lim-PEEK lee-yuh-NAY), arguably the best football organization on the planet for equity and quality, have acquired majority ownership in Reign FC. Bill & Theresa Predmore maintain a minor share as well as day-to-day executive operation of the club and the Reign Academy, respectively.What did the B-Team and the Nerd Farmer think of the festivities today? As Aerosmith used to say (sorry millenials) Just Press Play…Especial thanks to Aaron Artman and @CaseyCatherwood of @RainiersLand for your welcome and the recording space in the Mauro Rosales Suite on the 2nd Floor.Also best wishes to cast member Cat Peterson and friend-of-show Tashi Langton for their upcoming bundle of joy, as well as the new addition to the extended Ketelsen family in Olympia.Regular featured cast:@AHammTNT Andrew Hammond@nate_bowling Nathan Bowling (emeritus & occasional)@podfish Steve Ketelsen@muffintopmodel Tim Hamilton@cm_peterson Cat Peterson (hiatus)Please tell your friends and SUBSCRIBE! on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or touch the RSS feed link below to add us to your favorite podcast app.This production of the Flounders B-Team is released under the Creative Commons 3.0 International Share-Alike Attribution License. Please use our stuff! Just tell folks where you got it!Effemeah Weeps by Uncan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.Opening/closing theme is a parody of the opening theme from the A-Team (c)1984 Silva America.Check out Channel 253's other amazing podcasts at https://channel253.com and BECOME A MEMBER for only $4/month to get access to special member benefits & events! (Support local new media.)Thanks for listening, and see you in the terraces!RSS Feed
This bonus episode of Nerd Farmer is a sponsored conversation with Alaska Airlines, a supporter of the Nerd Farmer podcast and Channel 253. Two guests from Alaska Airlines—Natalie Bowman and J’Keren Sears—stop by the studio...
As part of our partnership with Tacoma podcasting powerhouse Channel 253, President Allan Belton and Assistant Director of Admission for Equity & Access Julian Franco got to sit down with Nerd Farmer Podcast host and 2016 Washington State Teacher of the Year Nate Bowling for a conversation about trends in higher education, access and the equity work happening here at Pacific Lutheran University.
This week’s episode is a sponsored conversation with Pacific Lutheran University, a sponsor of the Nerd Farmer podcast and Channel 253. Two guests from PLU—Allan Belton, Acting University President and Julian Franco, Assistant Director of...
*We begin with a quick annotation of the origin of the title “Nerd Farmer.” 2:00: Steve summarizes the backstory of his youth that begins in the Congo (then Zaire) and life in English Council Estates...
If you like the Move To Tacoma Podcast, you’re going to love Nate Bowling’s new podcast, Nerd Farmer! Lincoln High School teacher Nate Bowling has been one of our most popular guests. Recently he did a takeover of the Move to Tacoma Podcast and now he’s launching a podcast of his own! Billed as “A... The post Announcing Nate Bowling’s New Podcast: Nerd Farmer appeared first on Move to Tacoma.