Former WA State Senator @reuvencarlyle.bsky.social joins us to talk about the the climate & economic policy innovation, "Cap & Invest" that's sweeping the West Coast. Link in comments...

While the federal government dithers and shuts down, West Coast governments are getting busy with innovative policies that tackle the existential challenges of climate change. And what's that? No federal involvement required?

Donald Trump: Portland, Oh-er-gone needs the military Portland: No thanks, we're fine here in Oh-ruh-gun. Want an IPA? Here's a hot take from the West Coast, and details are on Ep 30 of Pacific Time with Kari Chisholm, Portland-based political consultant.

Hate isn't hiding--it's mainstream. Heidi Beirich from joins Pacific Time to ask: can the West Coast hold the line on civil discourse?

Wildfires are one of our worst nightmares on the West Coast. Preventing them and responding to them is one of those climate-related challenges that seems daunting. What if progress is possible? What if we don't have to accept our fate in facing stronger and more frequent natural disasters?

Our landscape in the West is part of our identity, so when Congress threatened to sell off our public lands, it was personal. The amazing leader of a "fiercely independent" ski mountain offers a perspective on stewarding our land. Try not to be inspired...

Heard of Caesar? Reflections from Rome on democracy, empire, collapse, fighting back, and reclaiming patriotism from people who don't seem to know the first thing about America or how to make it great.

Our health by the numbers. We're better, and not so different. Given budget cuts, what if we did something radical? -- join the Canadian National Health System (and make it stronger in the process)? Fund unmet needs for mental health and Alzheimers? Support lifestyle interventions? Ideas, please.

A brave immigrants right advocate -- who requested anonymity in the wake of violent threats -- shares a first-hand perspective on how ICE is terrorizing a West Coast community and making a broken immigration process worse. Ep 16 is live wherever you get your podcasts.

Assuming that the courts will help dampen the most egregious attacks on higher ed, our universities and colleges still have work to do. Ep 17 is live with chancellor and reformer Dan Greenstein. Listen wherever you get your podcasts and chime in here with your ideas...

I’m writing a book about the devastating 2025 L.A. fires, which I covered in real time as I watched my childhood neighborhood burn to the ground. Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster will be released January 6, 2026. www.harpercollins.com/products/fir...

FIRST ON MSNBC: "It's all BS coming from Trump." Sen. Padilla gets emotional talking about the treatment of immigrants from the Trump administration hours after being forcibly removed from a DHS press conference.

What if we onboarded new neighbors like teammates? What if potlucks were civic acts? What if block parties re-built democracy? Aaron Hurst is building the U.S. Chamber of Connection—and he's onto something the West Coast needs. 🎧 Ep 15 now live. pacifictimepodcast.transistor.fm/15

@reshmasaujani.bsky.social makes an important point about disconnection. Soooo how can we reconnect? This coming week’s episode of Pacific Time offers ideas (new episodes out Wednesday mornings wherever you get your podcasts)

"The answer to the manosphere’s dark turn is rooted in embracing men with sincere affection, shunning the zero-sum calculus of the gender wars and offering a vision of masculine virtue that inspires men to heroic acts of compassion rather than vicious acts of aggression." @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social

This is the most important speech I've ever given. Congrats to @hmc.edu's class of 2025!

Urban planner Nolan Lienhart wonders if Portland (and all West Coast cities?) can recover their appetite for risk. What's at stake? Our sense of place and renewed trust in government and one another. Ep 14 is live wherever you get your podcasts.

@nicoletrimble.bsky.social offers a great perspective on the patriotic power of service. What if Memorial Day grew to recognize all its forms? In the military, in the Peace Corps, in AmeriCorps, as a civil servant? (Get the context on Ep 13 of Pacific Time Podcast, now live wherever you listen)

What if National Service Jump Started the West Coast Workforce? Service has been making America great for a very long time (e.g. WPA, Peace Corps, Vista, AmeriCorps, etc). Yet it's on the chopping block. Nicole Trimble sees opportunity for the West Coast. pacifictimepodcast.transistor.fm/13

Did you, or people know, people serve in the Peace Corps or in a domestic national service program? How did you or they help? How has serving helped you or them? (Ep 13 is live!)

Prompts for your civics teacher, ChatGPT: 1. Summarize The Federalist Papers 2. Highlight FP thinking that would disagree with the actions of the second Trump administration 3. Highlight FP justification for Trump actions 4. Write a rap battle about this between Hamilton & Jefferson

If we laugh to keep from crying, what are your go-to sources for funny in a time of democratic decline? (Ep 12 with Mark Fiore now live!)

Historian and author Margaret O'Mara explains why Silicon Valley needs to reconnect with its government roots; I elaborate on Substack about why tech workers need to cast off the dictates of their billionaire boy kings to breath life back into tech's promise. substack.com/@pacifictime...

Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist @markfiore.bsky.social offers advice on resisting over the long haul on today's new episode. What are your strategies for avoiding burnout while fighting to protect democracy?

I'm an independent podcaster exploring the future of the West Coast. I'm trying to build my audience and Meta continues to reject my ads for being out of compliance with its social issues policy. So much for Zuck's claims to free speech? I'd LOVE to make BlueSky my home -- tips?

Astute political analysis from Sandeep Kaushik on why the "Urban Archipelago" -- blue islands in a sea of red -- has not proved a happy home for Democrats nationally or locally on the West Coast. Ep 10 of Pacific Time is live!

When @dansavage.bsky.social coined the term "Urban Archipelago" he cleverly reframed the U.S. political map. The liberal march to the cities hasn't worked out as hoped. Political commentator and podcaster, Sandeep Kaushik is on Ep 10 to explain what's worked out well and not so well in Blue Cities.

The resistance drums are pounding, but does Donald Trump distract CA from getting its own house in order? Long-time CA politics commentator Dan Walters shares his view (Ep 09 is live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you listen)

Can the West Coast find inspiration in a 50 year-old book? (And, out of curiosity, what books are you reading that help make sense of the current state of American politics? Or even give you hope for a way out of this?)

Awesome to see Yogi, one of our founding board members sharing about #Cascadia :). Love it!

The tariff disaster in progress meant this week's conversation with Berkeley political economist, John Zysman, couldn't wait. It's live now wherever you get your podcasts.

@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social + @repauchincloss.bsky.social There should be more democrats talking like this

Enjoyed Abundance. The audiobook is read by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social & @dkthomp.bsky.social Will be a landmark for a rising YIMBY & science-focused vision of the Democratic Party. Compelling stories & ideas on housing, energy, science, health, & tech, well-packaged: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Excited to join @ezraklein to talk through what happened in 2024. There's a turnout story this cycle, but not the one we're used to talking about. With less-engaged and less-likely voters becoming more Republican, a larger turnout meant a more GOP electorate.

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. DOGE's Real Goal open.spotify.com/episode/2FH4... youtu.be/2vv6AvLsx4g?...

So much of "Abundance" is about failures of government in California specifically. So I was pretty damn interested to hear what @gavinnewsom.bsky.social thought of it, and how he'd answer some of those critiques. Then he invited me on his podcast. youtu.be/Bt_LQNS7hmU?...

Deriding kindness as "virtue signaling" foreshadowed a desire to punish virtue itself. * Do good science, lose your grant * Practice civic engagement in school, get abducted * Express yourself with peaceful protest, get run over * Serve the public as a government employee, get fired/threatened

#Cascadia #Bioregionalism #Substack #PacificTimePodcast

To anyone living in a state that doesn't respect you for who you love or who you are: Illinois has a place for you. You are seen, you are celebrated, you are protected, and you are welcome here in our state.

What is #Cascadia? An explanation from Yogi Uriah @cascadiabioregion.bsky.social

New episode: #Cascadia & #Bioregionalism with Yogi Uriah podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0...

Is California's diverse population scared enough of American dictatorship to join the #CalExit cause?

#CalExit in a nutshell with Marcus Ruiz Evans podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0...

New on Pacific Time: Exploring Cascadia with Yogi Uriah. Could bioregional governance offer real solutions for West Coast challenges? Tune in for a visionary conversation. #Cascadia #Bioregionalism

What if California seceded? CalExit founder Marcus Ruiz Evans makes the case podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

When you really distill down what's going on here, the president is asserting an unreviewable power to seize any person off the street and ship him to a dungeon abroad. The constitutional crisis is here. ICYMI @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social:

New Raging Moderates out today,,, 👇🏻👇🏻