May 26, 2026
#136: Louie Sanft's Seattle Barrel Company has a long history of environmental violations. In 2019 they were busted for a ten year scheme that illegally diverted caustic waste into Seattle's sewer system using a hidden drain. After a jury trial in Federal court, Sanft and Seattle Barrel were convicted of conspiracy, 33...
Apr 26, 2026
#135: Ginny Burton's mother gave her marijuana when she was 7 and soon after she was abusing meth and crack. After a lifetime of addiction and incarceration Ginny got clean, got a degree and is now a darling of right wing media. Like unsavory local characters Kevin Dahlgren and Andrea Suarez, Ginny Burton creates...
Apr 19, 2026
#131: A dredge through the Puget Sound Business Journal’s “Seattle’s Power 100.” Former real estate mogul Martin Selig (he developed Columbia Center - Seattle’s tallest building, and once owned much of Belltown’s commercial office space) is off the list. Also no longer on the list is Jeff Bezos, who f*cked...
Apr 9, 2026
#134: PODCAST SHOUTOUT: 90s Alt-Rock superstar Billy Corgan has a new podcast called The Magnificent Others. Billy has pulled an impressive list of A and Z-list guests from the creative asylum known as the music industry to come on his show, including Nancy Wilson of Heart, guitar shred-god Steve Vai and wealthy...
Apr 4, 2026
#133: Daniel House's new podcast, The Creative Asylum, has an impressive lineup of guests from the glory days of the Seattle music scene. House was in 80s grunge band Skin Yard and went on to run C/Z Records. The bands that claim that C/Z shortchanged them on royalties have yet to be interviewed for his pod, but...