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
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Art on The Ave
July 23rd, 2018 | 54 mins 52 secs
art on the ave, devil's reef, lyon pride, mary mart, misha, o'malley's, rusty, steve dunkelberger, tacoma, tacoma cabana, washington
We check out Art on The Ave, have a few drinks and talk to all the cool people you know from past episodes.
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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.
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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
best of, blue helix, music, musician, sami chohfi, tacoma, washington
This week we revisit our interview with Sami Chohfi of Blue Helix.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.