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Affordability, Impeachment, or ICE Rollbacks? What's a Congressional Candidate To Do?
Housing is unaffordable. Healthcare is fragile. Wages lag costs. And Congress, well, Congress is paralyzed by spectacle. The affordability crisis is no longer abstract...
Go Soft on Soft Secession?
Christopher Armitage, founder of The Existentialist Republic, joins Pacific Time to argue that “soft secession” may be the most realistic way to defend democracy witho...
West Coast World Superpower?
2025 cracked old illusions. 2026 raises a harder question.As federal institutions crumble, can the West Coast finally unite its imagination with its power and politica...
Have Women’s Sports Found Their West Coast Headquarters?
Seattle’s Rough & Tumble is a sports bar centered on women's sports and women sports fans that also happens to be a really fun place for any sports fan to watch a game...
Did the Election Mark a New Dawn or a False Horizon?
The 2025 elections delivered shockwaves across the country—and even sharper aftershocks across the West Coast.In our first Pacific Time compilation episode, Greg bring...
Reinvent the Two-Party Political Game?
What if America’s political dysfunction isn’t a moral failure — but a design failure?In this episode, Greg talks with Robbie Bach, former President of Xbox and now a l...
Can We Grab Economic Power By The Middle?
What if everything we’ve been told about the economy — about housing, inflation, and government debt — was upside down? What if the problem isn’t that we’re spending t...
What If Public Banks Bought Us Resilience?
What if banking our own money on the West Coast could help us fund housing, infrastructure, and small business growth? And what if it bought us greater financial freed...
Are Tiny Homes A Big Part of Our Housing Solution?
What if the solution to America’s housing crisis isn’t just about building more, but smaller — smarter homes that restore freedom, affordability, and balance?Zack Giff...
We, Us, Ours? Protect LGBTQ Rights to Protect Everyone's?
Civil rights aren’t abstractions—they’re lived every day in families, schools, prisons, churches, and courtrooms. Protecting the rights of any minority protects everyo...
Protect The Mountains by Going to The Hill?
Mountains and democracy have something in common: they don’t manage themselves.In this episode, Greg talks again with Pacific Time pal Gwyn Howat, longtime leader of M...
Could A West Coast Carbon Market Strengthen Our Economy?
How about some good news from the West Coast, where we're building momentum to address climate change on our own?That’s the question Greg poses to Reuven Carlyle, form...
What if Portland is Exactly What Democracy Looks Like?
Trump says Portland needs “cleaning up.” What if Portland is actually a model of democracy in action—messy, loud, and making progress?If Donald Trump and his MAGA mini...
How to Build a Firewall Against Hate?
Political violence is rising, ICE is profiling, hate is mainstreaming. What if we on the West Coast have to fight extremism and the return of civil discourse on our ow...
Summer of Sovereignty: From Raids to Resilience?
This summer, West Coast sovereignty wasn’t a theory—it was tested. From ICE raids in Los Angeles, and Marines on California streets, to attacks on our flagship univers...
Could Pickleball Save America?
What if the fastest-growing sport in America could also be its most democratic?Pickleball was born on Bainbridge Island – just across the water from Seattle. It starte...
Do Californians Want Autonomy?
A recent survey shows that Californians want autonomy—what does this mean?In this episode, Greg talks with Coyote Marin, co-founder and executive director of the Indep...
Can Better Ballots Beat Bad Maps?
What if the quickest fix for American democracy isn’t new maps—but better ballots? In this episode, we ask whether top-two primaries, ranked-choice voting, and a bigge...
Will the Coast Take On Climate Leadership (Again)?
The EPA just gutted the backbone of federal climate regulation. Could the West Coast step in?In this episode of Pacific Time, veteran climate reporter Molly Peterson j...
Refresh the American Brand, West Coast First?
If America is a brand, what does it stand for now? What truths still hold? And can a 250-year-old experiment in self-government be reimagined without losing the plot? ...
