The Grit City Podcast

Pretty Gritty Tours - Chris Staudinger

June 25th, 2018 | 1 hr 1 min

chris staudinger, history, pretty gritty, tacoma, tours

Chris makes a stop by our temporary home, Wizard's Keep, to talk about his new tour business in Tacoma, Pretty Gritty Tours.

Puzzle and Game Designer - Mike Selinker

June 18th, 2018 | 52 mins 59 secs

axis and allies revised, grit, lone shark games, lords of vegas, mike selinker, pathfinder, president, puzzles, risk godstorm, seattle, tacoma, unspeakable words, washington

Mike Selinker is a puzzle and game designer based in Seattle, Washington. He is the president of the design studio Lone Shark Games. His puzzles appear in Wired magazine, the New York Times, Games magazine, and the Chicago Tribune. His games include Risk Godstorm, Lords of Vegas, Unspeakable Words, Axis & Allies Revised, and many others.

Best Of - Jake Bird

June 11th, 2018 | 34 mins 55 secs

axe murderer, free rpg day, gcfu, history, jake bird, killer, pacific northwest, pnw, railroad, role playing games, rpg, rusted portal, serial, tacoma, washington

This week we bring back one of our most popular episodes. The story of serial killer Jake Bird, told by our friend and history nut Steve Dunkelberger. Plus a GCFU from Rusted Portal.

Music Documentarian Isaac Olsen

June 4th, 2018 | 52 mins 55 secs

band, director, garage band, girl trouble, independant, isaac olsen, movie, pacific northwest, pnw, punk, semi iconic, strictly sacred, tacoma

Writer/Director Isaac Olsen talks about making his movies Semi Iconic and Strictly Sacred, The Story of Girl Trouble.

The Knights of Pythias, Commencement Lodge # 7 with Steve Dunkelberger

May 28th, 2018 | 1 hr 6 mins

history, illuminati, jake bird, knights of pythias, maury island, pythian temple, secret society, steve dunkelberger, tacoma

Downtown Stevie D. gives us a tour of the Pythian Temple and some Tacoma history to go along with it.

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Biologist Suzanne Akerman

May 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 17 secs

animals, bigfoot, biologist, drinking for conservation, otters, point defiance, suzanne akerman, unisloth, zoo

Biologist Suzanne Akerman stops in to talk a little about Drinking for Conservation, and zoos...and animals.

Amani Taylor

May 14th, 2018 | 58 mins 1 sec

907, amani taylor, avengers, bigfoot, comedy, comics, grit city, pacific northwest, tacoma, trenchers, washington

Amani Taylor stops in to talk comedy shows, conspiracy, and Avengers.

Tacoma Ghost Tours

May 7th, 2018 | 53 mins 38 secs

andrew, comedy, flat earth, gcfu, ghost, grit city, pacific northwest, tacoma, tacoma ghost tours, washington

Andrew stops in and tells us about Tacoma Ghost Tours and shares some creepy Tacoma stories.

Fear and Loathing at Norwescon - Part 4

April 30th, 2018 | 1 hr 9 mins

convention, fantasy, fiction, norwescon, science, seatac, seattle, tacoma, washington

In the last installment of our Fear and Loathing at Norwescon series we check in with some of the original corrupters from Brogan and Justin's past. James and Rob tell their Norwescon histories and David from The Alexandria RPG lending library explains what they are doing.

Fear and Loathing at Norwescon - Part 3

April 23rd, 2018 | 1 hr 6 mins

action, author, gaming, horror, live, lok, norwescon, post-apocalyptic, role playing, rusted portal, seatac, tommy rice, washington, zombie

Author and huge human Tommy Rice talks about his book the LOK and the Rusted Portal guys stop in to talk about their game and Norwescon history.

Fear and Loathing at Norwescon - Part 2

April 16th, 2018 | 1 hr 1 min

action, convention, eldritch, fantasy, fiction, geek, kozar, larp, live, norwescon, pacific northwest, pnw, role playing, rusty, science, seatac, seattle, tacoma

In Part 2 of our Fear and Loathing at Norwescon series we bring in Kozar. The creator of Eldritch, a live action role playing game. He has also been attending Norwescon for some time. Substances are consumed and more stories are shared.

Fear and Loathing at Norwescon - Part 1

April 9th, 2018 | 1 hr 12 mins

41, calvin, convention, fantasy, fiction, fireball, geek, norwescon, rusty, science, seatac, seattle, tacoma

We kick off our weekend at Norwescon 41 with Rusty and Calvin. Stories and drinks are exchanged.

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