The Grit City Podcast
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
390 episodes of The Grit City Podcast since the first episode, which aired on February 5th, 2018.
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Dunkelberger Returns with More Tacoma History
May 17th, 2021 | 1 hr 20 mins
bigfoot, drinks, drunk history, fireworks, graves, headstones, history, janovich, ohio, pizza, pythian temple, steve dunkelberger, the enterprise, union club, western state
42:36 commercial
GCP is back recording in person!! Their first live guest is the great friend of the podcast, Steve Dunkelberger. Steve has been a working journalist for more than 20 years at various publications around the Puget Sound. In addition to being a journalist, he is also a judge for the Society of Professional Journalists National Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Awards. He has also has given lectures in the area on issues facing journalists, is a member of the Knights of the Pythias, and offers Drunken History tours of Tacoma. -
Saturday Night Grit - Tacoma Can't Drive
May 10th, 2021 | 1 hr 19 mins
beer, robobrogan, tacoma, union club
On this Saturday Night Grit, the guys get together and discuss the recent I-5 mess, pickle beer, Brogans upcoming trips, and heading back to record at the Union Club next week.
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Saturday Night Grit - Brogan Vs Robo Brogan
May 3rd, 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
cosmic bottles, earthquake, jeff's capades, robo brogan, sasquatch
All the guys get together to talk about Tacoma News, their return to Union Club May 15th, and GCP’s summer plans!
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Saturday Night Grit - Port Townsend Trip
April 26th, 2021 | 1 hr 30 mins
discord, hangout, is it tacoma, jeff's capades, port townsend, saturday night grit, scott topics
On this episode, Justin shares his recent trip to Port Townsend, they give updates on plans to return to the Union Club to record, Scott Topics, Jeff Capades, and much more!!
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Saturday Night Grit - Jeff's Capades
April 19th, 2021 | 1 hr 14 mins
bobcat attacks, die cut stickers, jeffscapades. boot2boot, mini golf, saturday night grit, scott topics, sng, tacoma news
This week the guys introduce two new bits for the show, discuss PNW’s beautiful weather, the haps in the news, and GCP’s summer plans!
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Sunday Morning Bit Ideas
April 12th, 2021 | 48 mins 7 secs
discord, hangout
This week Scott, Jeff, Justin get together to try out new bits, discuss new happening places coming to, and recent news around Tacoma.
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Saturday Night Grit - The Harbor
April 5th, 2021 | 1 hr 32 mins
blog, copywriter james, discord, saturday night grit, the harbor
On this episode Justin, Scott, and Jeff talk about what they’ve been up to lately, local haps around Tacoma, and Brogan joins the conversation towards the end of the show. Special guest James reads his first GCP Blog at the end of the episode, The Harbor.
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Buddy Boy Farm
March 29th, 2021 | 53 mins 33 secs
buddy boy farm, cannabis, dj, eastern washington, entrepreneur, farming, galadriel, i502, small business
This week the guys are joined by DJ, Co-Owner, and Galadriel, General Manager, of Buddy Boy Farm. Buddy Boy Farm, located in Eastern Washington, got started in 2013 producing cannabis. The owners of the farm have 40 years of certified organic farming under their belt and use the most natural & organic methods of growing their numerous strains.
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Olowo-n'djo Tchala - Founder and CEO of The Alaffia Foundation
March 22nd, 2021 | 54 mins 4 secs
501(c)3, africa, ceo, education, entrepreneur, fair trade, founder, olowo-n'djo tchala, olympia, taf, the alaffia foundation, washington
On this episode, the guys talk to Olowo-n'djo Tchala, founder & CEO of The Alaffia Foundation, (TAF). TAF is a 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to empower African communities through the advancement of Fair Trade, education, sustainable living and gender equality.
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Saturday Night Grit - Brogan's Bathroom Troubles
March 15th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
discord, sandwich talk, saturday night grit
The guys sit down for another GCP Saturday Night Grit and talk sandwiches, Phase 3, the recent break in at one of the major Tacoma Food Banks, and much more.
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Saturday Night Grit - Sandwich Talk
March 8th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
discord, sandwich talk, saturday night grit
This time Jeff, Justin, and Scott talk on travel, new brewery’s opening, and their favorite sandwich.
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Cosmic Bottles
March 1st, 2021 | 1 hr 13 mins
beer, cosmic bottles, covington, entrepreneur, small business
The guys finally get a chance to sit down in person at Cosmic Bottles.
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SPUN 2021
February 22nd, 2021 | 1 hr 53 mins
discord, entrepreneurs, saturday night grit, shop mouse, small business, spun, tacoma
April Sanders and Jennifer English, owners of SPUN Clay Arts Studio and Gallery in Tacoma sit down with the guys, virtually, for a Saturday Night Grit!
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Talking UFOs with Dan Nims, MUFON Investigator.
February 15th, 2021 | 1 hr 28 mins
aliens, dan nims, mufon, ufo, unexplained, unidentified flying objects
This time GCP is joined by special guest Dan Nims, the chief investigator for the Washington chapter of MUFON. Dan is retired from the US Air Force (thank you for your service) where he started his career as a fighter pilot and test pilot, followed by advancing to Director of Test for the F-22 program and finally Director of Test Resources. He has been a member of MUFON since 2017 and Chief Investigator since 2018. He handles on average 200 reported UFO cases per year.
MUFON is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c)3 charitable corporation and the world's oldest and largest civilian UFO investigation & research organization. -
Celebrating 3 Years
February 8th, 2021 | 1 hr 33 mins
anniversary, discord, saturday night grit
On this episode, the guys celebrate GCP’s 3-year anniversary!! They give shout out’s, talk about the latest haps in the area, and reflect on the past 3 years.
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The Hutch Returns
February 1st, 2021 | 1 hr 12 mins
blue mouse, chase hutchinson, movie reviews, movies, news, sundance, tacoma, tacoma news tribune, the stranger, tnt
Chase Hutchinson, reporter for the Tacoma News Tribune, contributor at The Stanger, and a member of the Washington News Guild, joins the guys for another great conversation on news in the PNW. Chase was also on episode 135 of the GCP podcast.