The Burner Seattle
A podcast by two journalists in Seattle without a boss
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 15
- Years Active
- 2025
Stop Surveillance Seattle by Sept. 9 (Feat. BJ Last & DivestSPD)
Oh hai Burner Babes. We're gabbing this week about how only stupid, ugly people want to install surveillance cameras around our city. Mayor Bruce Harrell has decided that the Seattl…
Can Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell Retain His Parking Spot? Feat. Stephen Paolini
Welcome back Burner Babes! Your hosts Ashley and Hannah are thrilled to be joined by, once again, Stephen Paolini, our on-call consultant and the string-puller behind Progressive P…
Summer is for Landlords & Regressive Taxes
Oh hiiiiii! We're back. This week we're talking about City Council Member Rob Saka shirking his duties and hiding in his office and the King County Council's decision to tax poor pe…
Can Seattle Replicate Zohran Mamdani's Win? Feat. Stephen Paolini
The Burner gals are joined by Progressive People Power PAC (P3) consultant and all around cool guy Stephen Paolini to talk about Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani's blow out victo…
ICE Protests in Seattle
Hi group chat. This week Hannah and Ashley talk about the sporadic week of Seattle protests against ICE deportations. If you think you've heard everything about the protests last we…
We Hardly Knew You, Cathy Moore / Adam Smith is Only in his 20s
Oh hay friends. For the Pod this week, Ashley Nerbovig and Hannah Krieg talk about Cathy Moore's resignation from the Seattle City Council and run through her greatest hits in her b…
Seattle's Far Right Party
The women of the Burner have some hot takes and do a wrap up discussion on the Cal Anderson anti-trans rally and counter protest, and how the Seattle Police Officer's Guild is the t…
Bigot Patrol in Cal Anderson and Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor (Feat. Katie Wilson)
Helllloooo from the heart of Antifaland. We've got a busy pod this week, with a secret guest, some hot takes, and an interview with Seattle Mayoral Candidate Katie Wilson. As always…
The Fear of the Working Class (Feat. Kshama Sawant)
BREAKING: Seattle Organizer-in-Chief Kshama Sawant joined the pod this week to talk about the Seattle City Council's latest attempt to make your life worse, and how you can help her…
The Quirky Lil Company that Sucks at Making Airplanes (feat. SUPER UW)
On this episode of The Burner, we’re joined by Max and Ruby, the student organizers behind the recent occupation of a Boeing-funded building at the University of Washington. They ex…
Seattle Cop Misdeeds, Revisiting the Adrian Diaz Scandal, and Should Landlords Vote? w/ Guest DivestSPD
Goddamn this audio quality is about to blow your mind. We bought a new mixer and everything, just in time for our second guest ever, Justin Ward from DivestSPD. In our hot takes seg…
Melinda Gates, Claudia Balducci vs Girmay Zahilay, and Masturbation Innovation at Denny Blaine Park
BREAKING: Rich women in Seattle suck too. We take a break from curb stomping Governor Bob Ferguson's political agenda and covering the state legislature to talk about some of the WO…
Capitulating to Cops and Robert w/ special guest Lex Vaughn
Hi it's Ashley. On this week's Pod, The Needling Editor Lex Vaughn joins Hannah and me on the couch to talk about circumcision, safe porn consumption sites, Governor Robert Ferguson…
Vote No April 22 and Rent Destabilization in Olympia
Oh my god did you hear??? King County wants us to pay $24 a year for a fingerprinting database. And they're sending all the data to ICE. Sounds like a raw deal, huh? Let's cancel th…
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson: Republican or Democrat?
In the inaugural episode of The Burner Podcast, Seattle journalists without a boss Hannah Krieg and Ashley Nerbovig discuss the news of the week including a protest against Presiden…