{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"398. Speaking of Seattle: After the Ballot","description":" Just weeks after Seattle\u2019s November elections, Town Hall Seattle kicks off a timely, can\u2019t-miss series hosted by Marcus Harrison Green. The panel features political strategist Crystal Fincher, The Stranger\u2019s news editor Vivian McCall, and the South Seattle Emerald\u2019s political columnist Tobias Coughlin-Bogue. Together they\u2019ll cut through the noise to unpack what the results really mean\u2014from who\u2019s setting the agenda at City Hall to what\u2019s looming in Olympia, and connect it all to the turbulent political currents in Washington, D.C. Expect an unflinching, illuminating conversation about what\u2019s next for Seattle, the state, and our role in shaping the national story. Host Marcus Harrison Green is the publisher of Hinton Publishing, the founder of the South Seattle Emerald, and a columnist with The Stranger. Growing up in South Seattle, he experienced first-hand the impact of one-dimensional stories on marginalized communities, which taught him the value of authentic narratives. After an unfulfilling stint in the investment world during his twenties, Marcus returned to his community with a newfound purpose of telling stories with nuance, complexity, and multidimensionality with the hope of advancing social change. This led him to become a writer and found the South Seattle Emerald. An award-winning journalist, he was awarded the Seattle Human Rights Commissions\u2019 Individual Human Rights Leader Award for 2020 and named the inaugural James Baldwin Fellow by the Northwest African American Museum in 2022. Panelists Crystal Fincher is the Executive Director of KVRU 105.7 FM, an independent non-profit community radio station in South Seattle that she and her business partner recently acquired. She also publishes and hosts Hacks & Wonks, the region\u2019s premier podcast about local politics and policy. Crystal led an award-winning political consulting firm for 15 years, helping elect state and local candidates and pass ballot measures across the West Coast. Crystal\u2019s work has always been rooted in community mobilization and economic development, serving on the City of Kent Land Use & Planning Board, as a Deputy on the Washington Roundtable, and on the boards of Kent Youth and Family Services, the Northwest Association of Financial Professionals, Tabor 100, and the Washington Institute for a Democratic Future. She currently serves on the boards of Progress Alliance of Washington and The Urbanist. Vivian McCall is The Stranger\u2019s News Editor. In her private life, she is a musician and Wii U apologist. If you\u2019re reading this, you either love her or hate her. Tobias Coughlin-Bogue is a writer, editor, and restaurant worker who lives in South Park. He was formerly the associate editor of Real Change News and has since covered politics for The Stranger and the South Seattle Emerald. Presented by Town Hall Seattle and The Stranger. ","author_name":"Town Hall Seattle Civics Series","author_url":"http:\/\/civicsths.libsyn.com\/website","html":"