Podcasting Liberally - Seattle, Washington

Famously outspoken WA State Democratic Party chair Dwight Pelz joined us last night, and we didn't manage to get him to say the word "fuck" once. (Although Carl did make up for it by talking about sticking green glowsticks up people's rectums.) Joining Dwight, Carl and me (Goldy) in polite political discourse was Mollie, Will, Michael and the charmingly linkless Sandeep.

Topics of conversation included noted scofflaw (and Green Party senate candidate) Aaron Dixon, noted gaybasher (and GOP state senator) Luke Esser, felon disenfranchisement, Republican administration incompetence, our nation's dangerous slide towards fascism, and of course... sticking green glowsticks up people's rectums.

The show is 55:53, and is available here as a 51.2 MB MP3.

[Recorded live at the Seattle chapter of Drinking Liberally. Special thanks to Confab creators Gavin and Richard for producing the show.]

It's journalist night at Seattle's Drinking Liberally, with one of the region's most venerable political writers, The Seattle P-I's Joel Connelly, duking it out with one of the region's newest, The Stranger's Cienna Madrid. Also joining me (Goldy) for our weekly political beerfest was Carl, Mollie, Will, and Lee. (Well, sort of Lee... we actually bumped him for Joel before he managed to say a word.)

Goldy and Cienna continue their tussle over Maria Cantwell, Dirk Kempthorne and how political journalists influence the issues they cover. Then Joel joins in and the discussion ranges from Barak Obama, Al Gore, Mark Warner, John Edwards, John Kerry and the third anniversary of the start of the Iraq War.

The show is 53:19, and is available here as a 34.4MB MP3.

[Recorded live at the Seattle chapter of Drinking Liberally. Special thanks to Confab creators Gavin and Richard for producing the show.]

Joining Goldy at our weekly beer-inspired political gabfest was Lee, Gavin, Mollie, Will, and Seattle Weekly / Eat the State writer Geov Parrish. Topics of discussion included South Dakota's asinine abortion ban and what this means to Democratic prospects in 2006 and beyond (sorry Dino), what the fuck is wrong with the Greens, Sen. Russ Feingold's censure motion, and the state of WA state's newspaper industry.

The show is 56:51, and is available here as a 36.8MB MP3.

[Special thanks to Confab creators Gavin and Richard for producing our show and for putting together this brand spanking new website.]

Listen in as we talk about the Oscars, Seattle's tunnel vision, and the Bush administration's forward thinking initiative to threaten journalists with execution. We also calmly and cogently answer the question posed by Will's Republican friends: why are Republicans so rational and logical, while us Democrats are rely so much on emotion? (Short answer: "Fuck you.")

The show is 51:57, and is available here as a 35.4MB MP3.

[Special thanks to Confab creators Gavin and Richard for producing the show.]

It's not quite our usual freewheeling conversation -- we stuck mostly to local issues -- but neither is it your typical interview with an elected official... and I'm guessing Ron had a lot more fun (and a couple more drinks) then he usually has with KUOW's Steve Scher. Joining Ron last night was Molly, Gavin, Lynn, Will, and of course, Goldy.

The show is 49:09, and is available here as a 32.2MB MP3.

[Special thanks to Confab creators Gavin and Richard for producing the show.]