The Overcast

News & Politics Podcasts

The Overcast by The Seattle Times brings you in-depth interviews with Pacific Northwest newsmakers and takes you behind the scenes with top journalists. Smart conversations about local news and politics, hosted by Jim Brunner and Daniel Beekman.

Episodes

Ep. 123: Reporter Steve Miletich on "A police officer's lie, a Seattle man's suicide"

Ep. 122: Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis on evictions, policing and taxing big businesses

Ep. 121: 'Outsiders' podcast brings lessons from a year of reporting Olympia's homelessness crisis

Ep. 120: Investigative reporter Daniel Gilbert on problems at WA's private psychiatric hospitals

Ep. 119: Bundyville podcaster Leah Sottile on investigation of Washington lawmaker Matt Shea

Ep118: Reporter Paige Cornwell on changing Seattle suburbs, historic elections & runaway goats

Ep117: Rep. Denny Heck's inside view of Trump impeachment inquiry

E116: Monisha Harrell on what could happen in Seattle's City Council elections

E115: Boeing reporter Dominic Gates on the 737 MAX saga

E114: The case for letting Washington's new affirmative-action law take effect

E113: Why some voters want to repeal Washington's new affirmative-action law

E112: Rehashing the Seattle City Council primary election

Ep. 111: Breaking down Seattle's crowded City Council primary races

Ep. 110: Journalist and author David Neiwert on the rise of "Alt-America"

Ep. 109: Incrementalism is 'killing the Democratic Party' says state Sen. Joe Nguyen

Ep. 108: Transportation reporter Heidi Groover on shareable electric scooters in Seattle

Ep. 107: Washington Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz on wildfires and more

Ep. 106: Reporter Vianna Davila on breaking the cycle from homelessness to jail and back

Ep. 105: Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes talks drugs, homelessness and 'Seattle is Dying'

Ep. 104: Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Medicare for All and the progressive agenda in Congress