This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by [Blue City Blues](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blue-city-blues/id1777289409) co-hosts [David Hyde](https://x.com/hyded) and [Sandeep Kaushik](https://x.com/skaushik100) to discuss what the hell is going on in America’s most progressive major city. Featuring: drugs, homelessness, performative social justice, the tech-money “[prosperity bomb,](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattles-prosperity-bomb-may-finally-be-fizzling-so-now-what/)” a socialist mayor, a housing crisis, CHOP/CHAZ, Robin DiAngelo, Chris Rufo, and an equity agenda that hobbled Seattle Public Schools.

Show Notes:

[Blue City Blues](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blue-city-blues/id1777289409)

[Seattle Nice](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/seattle-nice/id1599891719)

[The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs - The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/09/city-drug-addiction-harm-reduction-policy/687967/)

[Will the Crazies Kill Seattle? - County Highway](https://www.countyhighway.com/archive/volume-4/issue-2/will-the-crazies-kill-seattle-kaushik)

[The Decade of Decline in Seattle Public Schools](https://www.educationprogress.org/p/the-decade-of-decline-in-seattle)

[The Battle Over Seattle Public School’s Gifted Progams Heats Up](https://www.thestranger.com/education/the-battle-over-seattle-public-schools-gifted-progams-heats-up-42169178/)

[Seattle School Board Takes Steps to Dismantle Gifted Program](https://www.thestranger.com/education/seattle-school-board-takes-steps-to-dismantle-gifted-program-42658513/)

Episode 325: What’s The Matter With Seattle?