Underground is excited to partner with Ian Martinez to produce UpZones Podcast, a podcast featuring stories from people building a richer, more cosmopolitan new Seattle. Ian Martinez, a former journalist and Obama Administration adviser, brings his unique conversational manner to long-form interviews with community leaders in the arts, politics and activism, business, and general civic life.
September 30, 2018
Upisode 28: Longtime decorated PNW architect and Lid I-5 co-founder John Feit stops by the bookstore to clarify the
... Read More
September 23, 2018
Upisode 27: A new season! Aiko Schaefer has worked for 20 years to promote economic justice and elect
... Read More
August 21, 2018
Upisode 26: Season One Finale! After a brief celebration of one season of UpZones under the books, Ian hears
... Read More
August 13, 2018
Upisode 25: After a championship-level rant about the Showbox and related housing issues, Ian sits with poet, photographer,
... Read More
August 8, 2018
Upisode 24: Inveterate hockey fans Jackson Taylor and Doug Abbott swung by the bookstore late at night to
... Read More
July 23, 2018
Upisode 23: Seattle City Council staffer and inveterate local activist Michael Maddux stopped by to pet the dog
... Read More
July 16, 2018
Upisode 22: Lauded Seattle journalist Erica C Barnett stops by the bookstore for a chat about discourse in
... Read More
July 8, 2018
Upisode 21: State Legislature candidate Joe Nguyen swings by to talk about the dynamics of being an underdog,
... Read More
June 24, 2018
Episode 20: Town Hall neighborhood fellow Jordan Alam pays us a visit and raps with Ian about equity
... Read More
June 17, 2018
Episode 19: Tech veteran, local entrepreneur and founder and executive director of the Pan-African Center for Empowerment (PACE) Arif
... Read More