Nora and Marcus are back in Seattle after Marcus's whirlwind reporting trip to Minneapolis, and what he saw there stayed with him. From vigils and memorial sites honoring Alex Pretti and Renee Good, to organizers building "community protection" in real time (warming stations, escorts, carpools, and mutual aid), Marcus reflects on how grief travels across time and distance, and how solidarity can, too.
They talk about what feels different right now: a shift from performative outrage to everyday people asking, "What are you doing?" and then actually doing it. The conversation also zooms out to the bigger picture: state violence, the fragility of billionaire leadership, the stakes for local journalism, and the hard truth that you can't "microwave" a community when the crisis hits.
Plus: a little righteous pettiness about the Melania documentary flop, and Nora's eight ounces of joy, which features Ian McKellen bringing Shakespeare to late-night TV as a fierce, immigrant-rights mic drop.
Mentioned in the episode:
Common Power | Charles Douglas III | Seattle Indivisible | George Floyd Square | Pastor Sergio Amezcua | Philly's ICE out law | New Mexico ban on detention centers | Minnesota Star Tribune | Melania movie box office failure | Ian McKellan on Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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