The Urbanist’s contributing editor Ryan Packer and reporter Amy Sundberg appeared on back-to-back episodes of the Hacks and Wonks podcast this week. Be sure to give it a listen for a riveting conversation tackling the biggest issues facing the region.
Hacks and Wonks host Crystal Fincher (who is a political consultant and also a board member at The Urbanist) has purchased KVRU 105.7 FM, along with former Deputy Mayor Monisha Harrell. As they relaunch the station, they will be expanding programming beyond Hacks and Wonks. Another thing to watch!
Sundberg appeared on an April 16 episode focused on federal rights rollbacks and budget attacks. Seattle City Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck joined for the episode as well, breaking down her committee’s work to fight Trump’s attacks on human rights, social services, and local budgets. Rinck pushed for the committee to be formed to grapple with the local impacts of federal chaos. Sundberg has been on the beat covering that committee’s work.
Packer appeared on this Friday’s week-in-review episode that touched on the state budget woes, both in the operating budget and the beleaguered highway expansion program. Listen at Hacks and Wonks, your favorite podcast app, or below.
Amy Sundberg and Alexis Mercedes Rinck episode
Ryan Packer episode
Doug Trumm is publisher of The Urbanist. An Urbanist writer since 2015, he dreams of pedestrian streets, bus lanes, and a mass-timber building spree to end our housing crisis. He graduated from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington in 2019. He lives in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood and loves to explore the city by foot and by bike.