Our interview with Jackson Felts at the George & Dragon Pub in Fremont! We cover the win against San Jose, and deep dive to deconstruct the current state of both Sounders FC and S2.

Thanks for tuning in!  This show is hosted by:

• @muffintopmodel Tim Hamilton
• @podfish Steve Ketelsen

Regular featured family:

• @cm_peterson Cat Peterson
• @kevin_zamira Kevin Zamira
• @nate_bowling Nathan Bowling

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The Life and Death of a Certain K. Zabriskie, Patriarch by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Attribution License available on the Free Music Archive.

Apologies to ABC, owner of the opening theme from the A-Team.

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Tim and Steve cover the Atlanta draw and the drubbing of Vancouver by our boys in Rave Green! Transfer successes, transfer rumors, and the loss of Magnus Wolff Eikram, gossip and ridiculousness.

Thanks for tuning in!  This show is hosted by:

• @muffintopmodel Tim Hamilton
• @podfish Steve Ketelsen

Regular featured family:

• @cm_peterson Cat Peterson
• @kevin_zamira Kevin Zamira
• @nate_bowling Nathan Bowling

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Something Elated by Broke For Free is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License available on the Free Music Archive.

Apologies to ABC owner of the original music parodied in our opening theme from the A-Team.

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s … TACO-MAN. Taco-Man’s mission: to review the tacos of Tacoma. It’s a podcast by Taco-Man for all Tacomans* to enjoy. Each episode, he reviews a different Tacoma taco with a different trusty sidekick.

This episode is a little different, though. Taco-Man goes back to El Borracho with trusty sidekick Annie to review their vegan tacos. Vegan tacos are hard to find in Tacoma! Hear what Annie and Taco-Man think of them (plus a few groan-worthy jokes while they wait for their order).

Host: Taco-Man
Taco-Man is not the superhero we need. But he’s the superhero we deserve. And, we can feel that hometown pride because he’s a native Tacoman (obvs).

This Episode’s Trusty Sidekick
Annie Jensen, co-host of Interchangeable White Ladies

Their Taco Location
El Borracho (2717 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA 98406)

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Taco-Man is part of the Channel 253 podcast network. Please consider supporting what we’re doing through membership!

*Did we build an entire podcast off of a single pun? The answer is clearly YES.

A reminder our #NerdFarmReads Fall Book is “We Gon’ Be Alright” by Jeff Chang. Buy it, read it, tweet about it using #NerdFarmReads. We’ll record in the fall.

The World Cup is the biggest sporting event on the planet. Every four years billions of people worldwide tune in to watch their national teams (adopted or otherwise) compete for the most important title in sports. The month-long tournament just wrapped up. On this episode, Nate sat down with Steven Ketelsen and Kevin Zamira, two of the hosts of the Flounders B Team. Flounders B Team is a South Sound soccer podcast on the Channel 253 Podcast Network.

We discussed the cultural divisions within US soccer: “suburban & mainly white (cargo shorts)” versus “urban & mainly Latinx and African immigrant” and how it harms the growth and development of the sport in our county.

We also discussed the US failure to qualify for this World Cup. Coaching is the number one reason, but there are problems at the core. Future pod guest Matt Pentz’s Own Goal is required reading for this conversation.

We then discussed problems with player development and what Nate dubbed “the Lost Generation of USMNT Players.”

We wrapped up a discussion of about the final. 

Extra Credit & For Reference

Panama Announcers at World Cup — just watch the pride

American Fiasco by Roger Bennett — a podcast series about the 1998 World Cup mentioned by Steve

Matt Pentz’s Own Goal on the Ringer — Why we didn’t qualify in 2018

America’s Youth Development Gap

The Socials

Steve on the socials

Kevin on the socials

The Flounders B Team on the socials

*Note: During the 5 Nate didn’t have the heart to tell Steve on-air that @SoccerByIves is Jersey-based, but follow him for good Peruvian food recs anyway

Part I of our great conversation with Carol & Dave from Hands Free Football @HandsFreeFooty!

We cover the 4 points Sounders got on the road last week, and start to get to know our new friends! Look forward to Part II in the coming weeks.

Thanks for tuning in!  This show is hosted by:

• @muffintopmodel Tim Hamilton
• @podfish Steve Ketelsen

Regular featured family:

• @cm_peterson Cat Peterson
• @kevin_zamira Kevin Zamira
• @nate_bowling Nathan Bowling

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Driven to Success by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License, available on the Free Music Archive.

Apologies to ABC owner of the original music parodied in our opening theme from the A-Team.

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I mean, c’mon, right?

Special guest Tashi Langton @fosssoccer joins Cat, Tim, Steve, and Kevin for a raucous walk through the Portland match, some World Cup shenanigans, a minor studio disaster, and TACTICS. come join the summer fun! We also discuss the problems that Ruidiaz solves, some of our roster choices over the season, and where we might finish this year. It’s not as bleak as it looks — the spread between the good teams and the bad teams in the West is very palpable.

Also, youth soccer in the US is WAY too damned expensive and limits our ability to pipe diverse, quality players to men’s and women’s national clubs. So Sayeth Hope Solo, and So Say We All.

Thanks for tuning in!  This show is hosted by:

• @muffintopmodel Tim Hamilton
• @podfish Steve Ketelsen

Regular featured family:

• @cm_peterson Cat Peterson
• @kevin_zamira Kevin Zamira
• @nate_bowling Nathan Bowling

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Cover photo derived from original by Tristan Rocha (no copyright asserted) and used by permission.

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Housekeeping: Buy the fall #NerdFarmReads Book, We Gon Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang

Kent is a school district located south of Seattle that serves 26,000 students and employs 3,400 people. Layoffs were announced this spring and teachers are fleeing in droves. It may be summertime, but we decided to get to the bottom of the sitch in Kent.

Guests: KNKX Youth and Education Reporter, Ashley Gross and 2018 Puget Sound Regional Teacher of the Year and 15-year teaching veteran, 6th Grade Teacher, Denisha Saucedo

5:00 Nate kicks off the show with an anecdote he’s heard about the laying-off of Kent’s entire I.T. department

10:00 What is the McCleary Decision? What is a Title I School? And what do they have to do with all of this?

19:00 Kent’s finances are especially messy. Ashley Gross explained, how unusual is it to borrow from the Capital budget and/or the Rainy Day fund?

23:00 Denisha discusses the impact of the budget situation on her students, especially her level of access to technology.

28:00 Denisha and Ashley bat around their perspectives on the level of culpability of the School Board versus the Superintendent

32:00 **Nate conflict of interest disclaimer** re: The Broad Foundation

34:00 What’s the “Geographic Footprint of Kent Schools”?

38:00 What are some solutions (spoiler: there aren’t many)?

41:00 Who should the audience follow if they want to know more about what’s happening in Kent?

The 2:

1. Denisha: Where is that necklace from?
2. Ashley: Favorite Pho Joint? (Mekong Bar, 4th & Vine)

The Socials

Ashley Gross Twitter

Denisha Saucedo Twitter

Going Further

Channel 253 Memberships

Broad Foundation

Paige Cornwell, Seattle Times