Best Rob Alvarez Podcasts (2024)

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"From Here/From There" documents the first undocumented lawyer's case before the US Supreme Court 38:23

1h ago38:23

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DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is a policy President Obama enacted by executive order in 2012. It’s had a rocky legal journey, but when it was still accepting new applications, DACA was open to undocumented young people who graduated from high school or served in the military and were brought to the U.S. as children. The program h…

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Matthew Zakreski With Improv Games for Introverts | Episode 348 27:18

28m ago27:18

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Matthew ·Dr. Matt· Zakreski, PsyD is a high-energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher. He has spoken hundreds of times all over the worl…

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Producer picks: An architectural tour of Seattle 51:18

7h ago51:18

51:18

Soundside is revisiting a few of our favorite stories this holiday week, and today, we’re taking an architectural tour of Seattle. First stop, the backstory behind Capitol Hill’s iconic Volunteer Park Reservoir – which isn’t just a pretty pool, but an emergency stopgap. Then, the often-overlooked story of legendary architect Minoru Yamasaki as told…

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Producer picks: tracing family lineage and searching for hermits 50:44

1d ago50:44

50:44

The Soundside team is on a break this week for the 4th of July holiday, so we’re revisiting some of our favorite segments of the year. First up, when Seattle writer and illustrator Tessa Hulls started drafting the story of her grandmother’s life, she wanted to take on the role of neutral narrator, but that didn't last long. We’ll hear about her gra…

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115. How Hypnotherapy Can Lead to Greater Solopreneur Success with Victoria Gallagher 42:46

2d ago42:46

42:46

When you were a kid and somebody mentioned hypnosis, odds are you imagined somebody swinging a medallion in front of you while saying “you are getting sleepy.” As adults, you may be imagining a show in Vegas where hypnotists have volunteers do ridiculous things in front of an audience. What we don’t often think about, and what we really should know…

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Producer picks: An Oscar nominee and Coast Salish Punk share the power of Indigenous stories 53:31

2d ago53:31

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The Soundside team is taking some time off this 4th of July week; some of us are on vacation, and others are working on upcoming shows. We’re going to revisit some of our favorite segments, and the hardworking producers who make Soundside, will be making the picks. Producer Noel Gasca's picks: Lily Gladstone chronicles Blackfeet Nation's reunion wi…

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2024 Summer Break | Episode 347 5:32

3d ago5:32

5:32

Special summer episode! If you haven't, here is your reminder to take a step back, rest and recover to get ready to complete the year in full form.

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The Belltown Hellcat finds himself in hot water 12:24

5d ago12:24

12:24

For months, one creature of the night has been drawing the fascination and exasperation of city leaders, police officers, and residents of one of Seattle’s trendiest neighborhoods. Some call him The Belltown Hellcat. Maybe you’ve caught a glimpse of his souped-up 2023 Dodge Charger Hellcat zipping by, or the car’s revving and backfiring has kept yo…

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Is it cool to be a Democrat? We hear from WA delegates 24:01

6d ago24:01

24:01

When it comes to Presidential elections, Washington state's electoral votes are about as blue as you can get. But there are still big stakes here when it comes to how national political conversations affect local races. A recent analysis from the Cook Political Report says that the 2024 Washington gubernatorial race is shaping up to be competitive,…

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Seattle delays decision on which schools will close 10:13

6d ago10:13

10:13

For weeks, Seattle Public Schools families have been waiting for news about school closures. In May, the district announced plans to close 20 elementary schools to shore up its budget. And that left parents, and students, wondering if their local school was on the chopping block. Last night was supposed to be the night they would learn which school…

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'COPS' returns to Spokane County 28:52

7d ago28:52

28:52

After a four year hiatus, the reality television show “Cops” is returning to Spokane County. If you had a TV anytime in the last few decades, you know the show: shaky cameras following police busting drug deals, stopping thefts, chasing down the “bad boys”. Paramount canceled Cops in 2020, amid the George Floyd protests. But it didn’t take long for…

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After 8 month search, Seattle Art Museum names new director and CEO 10:10

7d ago10:10

10:10

After an 8 month search, the Seattle Art Museum has a new director and CEO: Scott Stulen comes to Seattle from Tulsa, Oklahoma where he led the Philbrook Museum. In their announcement, SAM touted Stulen’s work expanding the role of museums in civic life by using the Philbrook as a polling place and vegetable garden. Stulen’s hire comes at an import…

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UW will continue disinformation research as Stanford program falters 36:04

8d ago36:04

36:04

An influential research team with a focus on fighting false and misleading election information online has reportedly collapsed under pressure from conservative critics. The Stanford Internet Observatory’s future is uncertain now that the team has lost most of its staff. While Stanford told reporters in a statement that the Observatory’s work will …

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A partial pause on the Parents' Bill of Rights 13:01

8d ago13:01

13:01

A King County Superior Court Judge has hit the pause button on a few elements of the Parents Bill of Rights, also known as I-2081. The Friday order comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of WA in May. LGBTQIA advocacy groups and civil liberties organizations raised concern about the legality of the Parents Bill of Rights and its effect on…

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Boeing's CEO got grilled by Congress, and this could just be the start 16:55

9d ago16:55

16:55

Families of people who died on Boeing jets are renewing their calls for criminal prosecution of the company after Boeing’s CEO appeared before Congress this week. The families are asking the Justice Department to fine Boeing the maximum – 24 billion dollars – for the dual 737 Max 8 crashes in 2018 and 2019. The letter to the DOJ comes the day after…

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Denny vs Cash Review & Estrada vs Bam Preview | #56 2:10:16

9d ago2:10:16

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Denny vs Cash Review & Estrada vs Bam Preview | #56 Timestamps: 00:00 - 00:55: The Boxing Show intro 00:55 - 03:42: Introduction/Ayahuasca chat 03:42 - 20:13: Arthur vs Cameron review 20:13 - 26:36: Espinoza vs Chirino review 26:36 - 45:50: Denny vs Cash review 45:50 - 01:04:23: Crocker vs Walker review 01:04:23 - 01:15:47: Fiaz vs Baker scandal 01…

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114. Marketing Efforts Not Working? Try This! with Victoria Hajjar 41:48

9d ago41:48

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"I’ve tried everything and spent so much on my marketing efforts but nothing is working!" We unfortunately hear this from far too many solopreneurs. It is so frustrating and so incredibly difficult to stand out these days. Just when you think you’re getting the hang of something, an algorithm seems to change and you’re back at the drawing board. Wh…

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After 25 years, the Makah will be allowed to hunt whales once again 18:10

9d ago18:10

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For the first time in 25 years, the Makah Tribe of Neah Bay will once again be allowed to hunt the Eastern Pacific Gray Whale. The tribe, which is located in the northwest corner of the Olympic Peninsula, has the only treaty in the US that explicitly includes the right to hunt whales for cultural and sustenance purposes. But, in the past 90 years, …

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Should schools ban cell phones? 20:47

9d ago20:47

20:47

School is out for the summer, and when students of two Seattle schools return in the fall, there will be some changes. Cell phones will be banned at Robert Eagle Staff Elementary and Hamilton International Middle School. Students will check their cell phone into a small lockable pouch when they arrive at school. Districts across the state and count…

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Layoffs at Everett's Daily Herald leads to a Strike 12:02

9d ago12:02

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Employees of Everett’s Daily Herald are on strike today. They’re protesting the management decisions that led to a dozen staffers being laid off from the newspaper last Wednesday. Back in March, Carpenter Media Group purchased Black Press Media, which owned 43 publications in Washington and Alaska, including the Herald. Carpenter says the restructu…

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Jamie Atkinson is Taking Lessons from the Business of Video Games | Episode 346 32:00

10d ago32:00

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Jamie Atkinson is the co-founder of NeedaGuest. They are the #1 fastest-growing Facebook group for podcast matching. They have over 63,000 members, and he's always excited to chat today to talk about how businesses can grow their traffic through podcasts.

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BNSF ordered to pay almost $400 million for trespassing on Swinomish land 14:13

13d ago14:13

14:13

$395 million -- that is one judge’s estimate of how much the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community should receive in a trespassing case. The judgment is not only a monetary victory for the tribe, but points to the legal leverage Tribal governments have when it comes to protecting their sovereignty. Guests: Isabella Breda, environment reporter at the Se…

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What's more important for WA school students: proximity, or diversity? 14:34

13d ago14:34

14:34

To make room for the new Sageview High School, Pasco school board members needed to make a decision: which students would go to the shiny new school, and which would stay at one of the older schools: Pasco High School, or Chiawana High? This isn’t the first time Pasco’s school board has had to make a decision like this. When Chiawana High opened in…

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The 1999 'Battle of Seattle,' as told by those who lived it 25:29

15d ago25:29

25:29

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the WTO protests in Seattle, a raucous action by 50,000 protesters who descended on the city in the fall of 1999. Their aim? shutting down a conference of top decision makers at the World Trade Organization. When this coalition of activists succeeded in stopping the WTO’s opening ceremonies, the “Battle of Se…

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Why didn't OceanGate CEO heed warnings before Titan sub implosion? 24:35

15d ago24:35

24:35

The U.S. Coast guard says it is still investigating the cause of a catastrophic implosion that destroyed the Titan submersible on a dive in the North Atlantic, killing all five passengers onboard. Titan was built and operated by Everett-based OceanGate. The company was a player in the nascent deep sea tourism industry, shuttling people to the site …

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Billam-Smith vs Riakporhe & Davis vs Martin Review | #55 1:30:31

15d ago1:30:31

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Billam-Smith vs Riakporhe & Davis vs Martin Review | #55 The Boxing Show returns as Boxing News' Rob Tebbutt and Sky Sports Boxing's Andy Clarke review a packed weekend of action on both sides of The Atlantic. We look back at Chris Billam-Smith's revenge win over Richard Riakporhe, run through the Selhurst Park undercard and then switching our atte…

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113. How to Make Your Marketing Irresistible Using Behavioral Science with Nancy Harhut 38:01

16d ago38:01

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How nice would it be to increase your audience engagement, response rates, and the ROI of your marketing initiatives? Pretty great, right? Harnessing hardwired consumer behavior and instinctive responses is one of the best ways to do that, and it isn’t even that hard if you know what you’re doing. That’s where Nancy Harhut comes in. Author of Using…

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WWAMI brings Idaho students to UW School of Medicine, will they go back home? 16:26

16d ago16:26

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Since the Supreme Court struck down the right to an abortion in 2022, Idaho has enacted some of the strictest abortion laws in the country. For Idaho medical students at the University of Washington, the near total abortion ban creates uncertainty about whether they will go back home to practice. Guests: Dr. Sarah Villarreal, associate professor at…

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Eviction cases are spiking. How tenants and housing providers are dealing with the backlog 19:33

16d ago19:33

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It’s been a tumultuous few years for rental laws in Washington state. When the pandemic caused widespread job and income losses, state, county, and city governments passed a series of protections to keep tenants housed. That included funds for back-paying rent and moratoriums on evictions. But many of those protections have ended, and over the last…

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Whistleblower says Microsoft was warned ahead of SolarWinds hack 14:21

16d ago14:21

14:21

Microsoft continues to face tough questions about its security protocols and commitment to safety after a whistleblower says he warned the company about a serious vulnerability involving third party software years ahead of it being exploited in the infamous SolarWinds attack. Experts believe that it was in September of 2019 that Russian hackers gai…

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Juan Pablo Guzman Fernandez Also Highlights the Importance of Documentation! | Episode 345 22:48

17d ago22:48

22:48

Juan Pablo Guzmán Fernández is co-founder of Infinite Thread Games, a company dedicated to the design and development of original and innovative video games. With over four years of experience in the sector, Juan has worked both as a producer and programmer. Additionally, Juan Pablo has been a high school teacher for over ten years, teaching subjec…

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Ethics and finance complaints point to division among Democrats 18:43

21d ago18:43

18:43

At a time when many voters are deciding which candidate to support in the August primary, voters are also witnessing very public conflicts between Democratic candidates. Ethics and finance complaints filed by gubernatorial candidate Mark Mullet against front runner Bob Ferguson point to the gulf between moderates and progressives. Guests: Scott Gre…

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Garfield High parent calls out school board - demands action for safer schools 23:22

20d ago23:22

23:22

Seattle Police say they have stepped up their presence today on the Garfield High School campus in the Central District. Interim Police Chief Sue Rahr told King 5 that Seattle Public Schools reached out to ask for the support – following the shooting of 17-year old Amarr Murphy-Paine on campus last week. Parents, teachers, and students gathered at …

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Sound Transit lowers farebox recovery expecations 13:58

26d ago13:58

13:58

An estimated 45% of riders paid to get on the light rail in Seattle according to Sound Transit estimates from 2023. When you tap your Orca card at one of those yellow stands, or maybe you don’t, you’re making a difference to Sound Transit’s bottom line because the organization has been hoping to rely on that revenue to make up 40% of light rail’s o…

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Netflix's new hit "How To Rob A Bank" chronicles Seattle in the 90's 32:54

21d ago32:54

32:54

It was Thanksgiving in 1996. Seattle newscasters are reporting that the “Hollywood” Bandit has locked himself in an old camper in a backyard in Ravenna after robbing the Lake City branch of Seafirst Bank of over 1 million dollars in cash. The Seattle Police and FBI Task Force that’s been hunting him for years finally have him surrounded… But to und…

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B.C. container port could threaten regional shorebirds and the miraculous mud they flock to 16:30

22d ago16:30

16:30

Western sandpipers migrate thousands of miles each year, from their breeding grounds in the upper reaches of Alaska to the coasts California and South America. One location, in particular, is an irresistible pit stop for sandpipers: a wide mud flat on the Fraser River Delta near the U.S./Canada border. Not far away from those mud flats is one of Br…

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Mayor's Gun Violence Liaison highlights need for community led solutions 20:48

27d ago20:48

20:48

Community members greeted kids on their way into Garfield High School in Seattle’s Central District, after Mt. Zion Baptist Church, and the organization 100 Black Parents organized a massive show of support. Classes started up again Tuesday morning after a shooting on campus that claimed the life of 17-year old student, Amarr Murphy-Paine. The shoo…

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112. [Re-release] Expert Advice For Holding Yourself Accountable On Your Solo Journey with Anne Bachrach 26:14

23d ago26:14

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We speak with a lot of solopreneurs every week, and have started to see a pattern with some of the most successful ones: they have accountability partners or accountability groups. Because this has come up so much recently, we want to pull an episode from the vault that we recorded over a year ago, fittingly called: Expert Advice For Holding Yourse…

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How a glut of California almonds could mean fewer Northwest honeybees 11:28

23d ago11:28

11:28

Most of us are familiar with how our food grows. Fruit trees, crop plants -- they all put out blossoms. From there, honeybees spread pollen and collect nectar to grow their local hives. That buzzy work is a critical piece of agriculture, because without bees, the food we'd like to grow... won't grow. But a recent glut of almonds in California is di…

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Interim SPD Chief talks SPD culture, school safety, and whether to bring officers back to campuses 40:26

24d ago40:26

40:26

Interim Seattle Police Chief Sue Rahr has a big mandate: Hire more officers, and clean up a department culture that has led to half a dozen lawsuits from high ranking SPD officers who say they were the victims of discrimination, harassment or retaliation. Many parents and city leaders are also asking what more can be done to protect kids in Seattle…

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Andy and Jeff Crocker with the Devil is in the Details of Your Experience | Episode 344 36:48

24d ago36:48

36:48

Mister & Mischief (a.k.a. Jeff and Andy Crocker) are a husband-and-wife creative team based in Los Angeles. Together, they create live experiences designed to delight audiences and turn strangers into pals. Best known for their absurdist puzzle-play Escape from Godot and their interactive pirate radio documentary 40 Watts From Nowhere, Andy and Jef…

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Queensberry vs Matchroom 5 vs 5 Review | #54 1:32:22

30d ago1:32:22

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Queensberry vs Matchroom 5 vs 5 Review | #54 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - 00:55: The Boxing Show Intro 00:55 - 06:13: Buy 'The Knockout' by Andy Clarke/Intro 06:13 - 19:02: Hutchinson vs Richards review 19:02 - 33:21: Ball vs Ford review 33:21 - 48:27: Sheeraz vs Williams review 48:27 - 55:34: Bivol vs Zinad review 55:34 - 01:11:11: Dubois vs Hrgović review…

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King County Regional Homelessness Authority votes in a new permanent CEO 12:28

28d ago12:28

12:28

The King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) has a new leader: the agency’s board announced this week that starting Aug. 1, Kelly Kinnison will head the agency. Kinnison is a policy director at the US Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C. and takes over at an uncertain time for KCRHA. The agency has been without per…

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... an Amazon delivery drone? FAA approval means more customers may get packages via drone 26:13

28d ago26:13

26:13

In 2013, Amazon founder and then CEO Jeff Bezos told 60 Minutes that his company would be delivering packages via DRONE within 5 years. It took a little bit longer… but not much. Since December 2022, customers in College Station, Texas have been able to get small packages delivered by unmanned Amazon aircrafts. And last week, Amazon announced that …

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Here's how Starliner marks a turning point for space exploration, and maybe public perception of Boeing 13:30

28d ago13:30

13:30

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft hit a milestone when it docked at the International Space Station on Thursday morning. The journey to get this spacecraft off the ground in the first place was bumpy, and expensive. It ended up running seven years behind schedule, and went more than $1 billion dollars over budget. But for many, this mission signifies a…

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With 'heart, sensitivity, and delicacy,' Wing Luke Museum plans to re-open after staff walkout 29:46

29d ago29:46

29:46

The Wing Luke Museum in Seattle’s Chinatown International District is working to reopen after roughly two dozen staff walked out in protest. At issue: a new exhibit called “Confronting Hate Together,” which looks at how Seattle’s Black, Asian-American, and Jewish communities have faced prejudice both historically and in the present. On the day it w…

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