The Pod: Protest Safety 101 and holding the cops accountable for state violence at protests
This week, Erin and Val sat down with local organizer hadley morrow to talk about their thoughts on protest safety, filing a complaint with the Office of Police Ombuds (OPO) and community organizing i...
15 Aug 202550min
The Pod: (Another) City Council Candidate Forum, Debate Style
This week, we’re playing audio from a City Council District 3 candidate forum that was hosted recently by Spokane Braver Angels. Incumbent Zack Zappone and challenger Christopher Savage were asked que...
1 Aug 202536min
POD: A (Conservative) City Council Candidate Forum
This week, Aaron Hedge and intern Clarinne Kirk attended a candidate forum hosted by the East Washington Freedom Alliance at Calvary Spokane, at which conservatives running for city council — District...
25 Jul 20251h 37min
The Pod: A Human Rights Commissioner on the events of this week
Anwar Peace, a police accountability expert, former chair of the Spokane Human Rights Commission and a current HRC commissioner joined Hedge to discuss the US Marshals arrests of several Spokanites wh...
18 Jul 202551min
POD: How to help local Haitian immigrants
This week, Luke and Val talked to Katia Jasmin and Thamar Sauveuer of Creole Resources, an organization supporting Haitian immigrants in Spokane, about an emergency fundraiser they launched this week....
11 Jul 202544min
POD: The questions we're all asking about the Spokane protests w/ Police Chief Hall
The use of force by law enforcement during the June 11 and 14 protests in Spokane has left our community with lots of questions regarding protesting and immigration rights: what recourse do people hav...
4 Jul 202552min
POD: A simple, seductive narrative
This week, Erin and Aaron talk about Erin’s deeply-reported story on a study that implied most unhoused people living on the streets of Spokane shouldn’t be here, and why we need to push back on narra...
27 Jun 202553min
POD: Protest to Politics
This week we have a convo between Luke Baumgarten and former City Council President Ben Stuckart, focusing on the June 11 protest at the Spokane Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility. The prote...
20 Jun 20251h
