The Grit City Podcast

The Premier Business, Community, Entertainment, and Nightlife Podcast. Hosted from The Grit City - Tacoma, Washington! Located in the heart of the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

About the show

The Grit City Podcast is a weekly audio experience like no other! Hosted from the vibrant city of Tacoma, Washington - also known as "Grit City," our show has been entertaining and informing listeners since 2014. And what a ride it's been!

Every week, we release a new episode that introduces you to the dynamic and inspiring individuals who call the Pacific Northwest home. From local business owners and entrepreneurs to authors, artists, and unique characters, our guests embody the hard-working, blue-collar spirit that Grit City is known for. And let's not forget the occasional drug-fueled weirdo we may have met at a comedy club the night before!

The Grit City Podcast first launched back in the summer of 2014 and quickly built a loyal fanbase of listeners who appreciated the show's unique perspective on the Seattle/Tacoma area. After a brief hiatus in 2017, the podcast was rebooted in 2018, with even more friends and family members involved. It quickly regained its "must listen to" status and went on to deliver an impressive 275 episodes and counting, delivering over 280 hours of audio content to our fans since. With no signs of slowing down soon!

Our mission at The Grit City Podcast is simple: to bring the hard-working spirit of the Pacific Northwest to the world and have a good time doing it! We aim to create a community of listeners who understand and appreciate the concept of "grit". With a focus on local business owners, entrepreneurs, and unique characters, sprinkled with a good dose of humor, The Grit City Podcast is a one-of-a-kind audio experience that you won't want to miss.

So, if you're looking for a weekly dose of inspiration, laughter, and a celebration of the human spirit, look no further than The Grit City Podcast! Subscribe now and join us for the ride!

We would love to hear how you found us. Get in touch here or: info@gritcitypodcast.com

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Episodes

  • GCP: Saturday Night Grit - Pinball and Video Games

    June 27th, 2025  |  1 hr 5 mins
    australia, corvids, crows, discord, feral cats, graduation, jack box, northwest pinball and arcade show, pinball, public transit, travel, video games

    The guys kick off the episode playing Jackbox Survey Scramble, they test out gaming on Discord, graduation, road construction, old man weather, the crow attack, and much, much more!

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    GCP: Sunday Hangout - Brogan Checks In

    June 6th, 2025  |  56 mins 54 secs
    alligators, cannabis, crawfish, hangout, louisiana, podcast party plans, tubi

    Brogan joins the crew on this episode with an update on the happs in Louisiana, they discuss Tubi, cannabis benefits, podcast party plans, crawfish, and alligators! Congrats to friend and supporter of the podcast, Chancey, and his first grandchild!!

  • GCP: Sunday Hangout

    May 30th, 2025  |  59 mins 5 secs
    cars, dead man's curve, ghoultown, hiking, lemay's car museum, motorsports, racing, sunday hangout, ultrasonic cleaner

    This episode, the crew discusses LeMay’s Car Museum, Chinese electric cars, places in the area to share with visiting family members, ultrasonic cleaners, and cannabis accessories.

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    GCP: Saturday Night Grit - Summer Travels

    May 23rd, 2025  |  1 hr 22 mins
    arizona, driving, hangout, idaho, nevada, phoenix, saturday night grit, sng, summer, traveling

    In this episode, Jeff chats about his recent summer adventure, various state drivers, donkeys in Arizona, traveling with AI, and much more!!

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    GCP: Hangout - Cinco de Mayo

    May 9th, 2025  |  1 hr 16 mins
    cinco de mayo, cypticon, heavy metal, music, nails, norwescon, obituary, pest control, reality shows, roger clyne, spirit world, star wars, the shobox, tik tok

    The guys wish everyone a Happy 4th, talk about the new Disney Star Wars Universe, Star Wars Galaxy Quest, the recent concert Scott went to, types of music they love to see live, Crypticon and other conventions, being country mice in the city, proving TikTok wrong, and earthquakes.

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    GCP: 4:20 4/20/2025

    April 25th, 2025  |  1 hr 21 mins
    420, april 20th, cannabis, easter, marijuana, weed

    This time, the guys celebrate 420, wish everyone a Happy Easter, talk about their shared UFO abduction experience, discuss marijuana strains, quiz themselves on 420, and close out playing some games.

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    GCP: Saturday Night Grit - Just a Hangout

    April 18th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins
    blue helix, hangout, sami chohfi, saturday night grit, six8, sng, video games, weed, zips cannabis

    On this episode, Jeff and Scott discuss the Sami Chohfi interview, earthquakes, robot dogs, person-sized drones, emergency preparation, Popeyes pickle menu, MTV back in the day, Oculus pinball game, and much more!

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    GCP: Saturday Night Grit - Gritty South

    March 28th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins
    concealed carry, fistfights, gas prices, gas station watermelon, guess the words, marijuana, side piece kitchen, some kind of heaven, streaming games, the thing

    The crew, including Brogan, returns to chat about HIV Prevention monsters, who would win in a fistfight between Baton Rouge and Tacoma, gas prices, the world's largest convenience store, Austin, Texas, future meet-ups, bridges, Shrimp Po Boy sandwiches, and much, much more!

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    GCP: Bonus - Friday Night Hangout - South Sound Music Festival

    December 9th, 2024  |  31 mins 20 secs
    artist, bonus episode, dalton haegele, end-of-the-year, event, musician, real art, ruston way, ruston way band, shout outs, south sound music festival, thank you

    Bonus episode!!! The guys talk with Dalton Haegele, member of the band Ruston Way, and host of the upcoming event South Sound Music Festival at Real Art . They discuss the event and give end-of-the-year shout outs.

  • GCP: Friday Night Hang Out - Thanksgiving 2024

    November 27th, 2024  |  53 mins 56 secs
    chicken lady, disney, fight, food, happy holidays, jake paul, mike tyson, scams, sidepiece kitchen, thanksgiving

    In this episode, the guys discuss all things Thanksgiving, the recent Mike Tyson fight, scamming in the news, Disney ticket swindling, and the GCP season break. Many, many thanks to our listeners and guests on this GCP series! Happy Holidays! The crew is looking forward to our new series in 2025. Stay tuned!!

  • GCP: Friday Night Hangout - Comic Show Recap / Tyson vs. Paul

    November 20th, 2024  |  1 hr 15 secs
    camp bar, community, family relations, gcp movie night, grit city comic book show, mike tyson, thanksgiving, topics, tyson vs paul

    On this GCP episode, the guys chat about the Grit City Comic Book Show, the Mike Tyson fight projections, enhancing your Thanksgiving experience, GCP movie night, small community family relations, and topics you could discuss at the Thanksgiving get-together.

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    GCP: Friday Night Hang Out - Guns and AI Girlfriends

    November 13th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins
    ai chatbots, ai girlfriends, db cooper, grit city comic show, health clinic, larry carr, ohio, pron, public records, thanksgiving table topics, the cooper vortex, yakima

    On this episode, the guys chat about state public records laws, the upcoming Grit City Comic Show, Thanksgiving table topics, AI chatbots, and this week also features the next DB Cooper episode with Larry Carr.