Episode 61 kicks things off by getting into a fight with a local Socialist Alternative Party leader who says progressives should be voting for Jill Stein. Credit: BART.GOV
Episode 61 kicks things off by getting into a fight with a local Socialist Alternative Party leader who says progressives should be voting for Jill Stein.
Episode 61 gets into a fight with a local Socialist Alternative Party leader who believes progressives should be voting for Jill Stein. BART.GOV

Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant is a die-hard Bernie-or-Buster who’s now telling progressives to ditch Hillary Clinton and vote for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein instead. At 1:17, Sawant’s close advisor, Philip Locker, tries to defend this position. Can he? And can he defend Jill Stein’s terrible 1990s folk music against a barrage of questions from The Stranger‘s Rich Smith?

Then, at 15:26, Stranger writer Charles Mudede is on to talk about the housing crisis in Vancouver, Canada. It’s much worse than Seattle’s housing crisis and offers a cautionary tale.

After that, at 28:45, Stranger writers Heidi Groover and Sydney Brownstone explain the results of Tuesday’s primary election.

Finally, at 36:24, we tell you what to do this weekend.

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Eli Sanders was The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won...