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Crystal Fincher

RE-AIR: Marc Dones and the Honest Truth about Ending Homelessness

RE-AIR: Marc Dones and the Honest Truth about Ending Homelessness

Marc Dones, CEO of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, and Crystal have an in-depth, honest conversation about addressing homelessness. They talk through the critical need to acknowledge the lack of appropriate housing supply, the harm our system has traditionally perpetuated on those it aims to serve, and the desperate

Flyer for Hacks & Wonks 2022 Post-Primary Election Recap

2022 Post-Primary Election Recap Part 2

On this Friday show, we present Part 2 of the Hacks & Wonks 2022 Post-Primary Election Recap which was live-streamed on August 9, 2022 with special guests EJ Juárez and Doug Trumm. In Part 2, the panel breaks down primary election results for State Legislature seats in the battleground district

Seattle Axios reporter, Melissa Santos

Week in Review: August 12, 2022 - with Melissa Santos

On this week-in-review, Crystal is joined by Axios reporter Melissa Santos. They start off looking at the larger trends from this last week’s primary, including why the predicted ‘red wave’ didn’t materialize. Next, they talk about Olgy Diaz’s appointment to the Tacoma City council, discussing her impressive

RE-AIR: Evaluating the Role of Incarceration in Public Safety with Criminologist Damon Petrich

RE-AIR: Evaluating the Role of Incarceration in Public Safety with Criminologist Damon Petrich

On this Hacks & Wonks midweek show, Crystal has a robust conversation with Damon Petrich about his research at the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. As lead author of the seminal work “Custodial Sanctions and Reoffending: A Meta-Analytic Review,” Damon performed an extensive analysis of 116

Seattle Times politics and communities reporter, Daniel Beekman

Week in Review: August 5th, 2022 - with Daniel Beekman

Follow us on our new Twitter account at @HacksWonks! Today on the show, Seattle Times politics and communities reporter Daniel Beekman joins Crystal to talk through results from this week’s primary election! They discuss how the often-predicted “red wave” failed to materialize and the various possible factors that might

April Berg, Candidate for 44th LD State Representative

April Berg, Candidate for 44th LD State Representative

On this midweek show, Crystal chats with Representative April Berg about her re-election campaign for State Representative in the 44th Legislative District - her path to elected office, running as a progressive Black woman in a swing district, and how she managed the transition to becoming a legislator during COVID.

Associate Editor of The Stranger and noted poet, Rich Smith

Week in Review: July 29, 2022 - with Rich Smith

On today's Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, Crystal is joined by Associate Editor of The Stranger, Rich Smith. They start this week discussing the heatwave currently affecting western Washington, and how despite the real risks to some of our most vulnerable neighbors, the city moved forward with a sweep