The Grit City Podcast

Brogan's Bad Week

August 27th, 2018  |  35 mins 47 secs

This week the guys discuss the bad week Brogan’s had including Wizards Keep being burglarized and him almost dying.

Local hip-hop artist Benjamin J

August 20th, 2018  |  31 mins 36 secs

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Justin and Scott talk to hip hop artist and transplant from North Carolina, Benjamin J.

Apache 6 - Cannabis Security

August 13th, 2018  |  52 mins 55 secs

apache 6, cancer, cannabis, marijuana, nacho, security

Justin and Scott sit down with Nacho owner of Apache 6, a cannabis security company.

The Studio - After Hours with Rusty

August 6th, 2018  |  1 hr 2 mins

rusty, the church cantina

Everyone hangs out at The Studio with Rusty, talk trash, and have a few drinks. He tells us about The Church Cantina.
Definitely not safe for work but a great time!

SURGE Tacoma and The Union Club.

July 30th, 2018  |  41 mins 13 secs

coworking, shared space, small business, surge, tacoma, union club, workspace

We interview Guion and Alice, managers of The Union Club and SURGE Tacoma, two coworking or shared workspaces in Tacoma, Washington.

Art on The Ave

July 23rd, 2018  |  54 mins 52 secs

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We check out Art on The Ave, have a few drinks and talk to all the cool people you know from past episodes.

Best Of - Spun

July 16th, 2018  |  1 hr 16 mins

art, artists, clay, derek, gcfu, grit city follow up, rolling misadventures, sometimes geek, spun, studio, tacoma, washington

First a Grit City Follow Up with The Sometimes geek Derek, who tells us about his new podcast Rolling Misadventures. Then we give you a GCP Best Of: Spun.

Ben Andrews - RenCon

July 9th, 2018  |  43 mins 6 secs

bill baker, bullet train, comic book convention, europe, grit city, rencon, renton, tacoma, washington, world cup

Ben Andrews tells us about RenCon and what it's like starting and running a comic book convention.

Bill Baker makes a quick guest appearance as well.

Best Of - Blue Helix

July 2nd, 2018  |  1 hr 7 mins

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This week we revisit our interview with Sami Chohfi of Blue Helix.

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

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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.