Contributing editor w/GeekWire.com. Contributor w/KIRO 97.3 FM & KUOW 94.9; Formerly w/AOL, the Seattle P-I & McClatchy Newspapers in CA. Also I own a bar.
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Mike Lewis retweeted
Hundreds of kids -- minors -- are walking the track in Seattle every year. It's brutal, sometimes deadly, and a safe place for them is within reach. Why can't we get there?
Crisis on Aurora Avenue: Why can’t we solve this? | The Seattle Times share.google/DJoAI54vuliBoCY…
Mike Lewis retweeted
Memorial Day weekend is the start of peak Alaska cruise season. Even here in Seattle, I don't think people realize how big the Alaska cruise summer tourism boom actually is.
330 vessel calls expected in 2026, catering to more than 1 million individual travelers(!!!), generating $1.2B in local economic impact.
Mike Lewis retweeted
On @KUOW's Week in Review today, I ranted about addiction and encampments, and then I ranted about a duplicitous effort from (not entirely confirmed, but it seems very suspicious) a politically powerful union to block a low cost, affordable employee-owned Winco grocery from opening in Seattle, and after that I ranted about the failure of Olympia politicians to ban cell phones from schools.
And my fellow reviewers of the week, @omnibusproject's John Roderick and former City Council candidate Heidi Stuber, seemed willing to play ball in what turned out to be an excellent convo. Special shout out to guest host @MikeLew65, who traded stories with me about the late, great Joel Connelly, and of course to the man behind the Week in Review curtain, producer Kevin Kniestedt.
Mike Lewis retweeted
First time guest-hosting in 2026 — looking forward to talking with @MikeLew65 as we sit-in for @jcurleyshow on @KIRONewsradio. Tune in from 3-7pm PST, here: tuner.bonneville.com/live/KI…
Mike Lewis retweeted
Back at it again today on @KIRONewsradio 97.3FM with @MikeLew65 from 12-3pm. Tune in, here: tuner.bonneville.com/live/KI…
Mike Lewis retweeted
Looking forward to being on @KIRONewsradio today from 3-7pm with @MikeLew65. Tune in, here: tuner.bonneville.com/live/KI…
Mike Lewis retweeted
Rick Flynn truly gets it: #Foster care is an invisible system with outcomes that affect us all. Have a listen!
Listen to @RoweReport on Rick Flynn Presents discussing her book, WARDS OF THE STATE: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care. bit.ly/4ozCppr @ABRAMSbooks
Mike Lewis retweeted
Tune in to @KIRONewsradio today and tomorrow from 3-7pm as I’ll be filling in for the @jcurleyshow with @MikeLew65. Streaming here: tuner.bonneville.com/live/KI…
Mike Lewis retweeted
Wow! Thank you for this excellent review of WARDS OF THE STATE!
“Essential for anyone concerned with child welfare & social justice...Expertly written, impressively organized, emotionally & intellectually engaging, eloquently presented…Unreservedly recommended.” Midwest Book Review on @RoweReport's WARDS OF THE STATE: bit.ly/3HFkDA0
Mike Lewis retweeted
Hey look, @MikeLew65! Our talk about WARDS OF THE STATE made it to @ShelfAwareness! So cool.
So happy to see this shot from @RoweReport's @ElliottBayBooks event for WARDS OF THE STATE: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care as @ShelfAwareness' "Image of the Day!" bit.ly/4dLN4Z5 @MikeLew65 @ABRAMSbooks
Mike Lewis retweeted
One week to launch! WARDS OF THE STATE comes out May 20. Readers in WA: Come out to @ElliottBayBooks on May 23 to hear me interviewed by @MikeLew65 about this powerful project. Foster care is all around us, but invisible.
Mike Lewis retweeted
SAVE THE DATE: Those who hear @MikeLew65 on @KIRONewsradio know his cut-to-the-heart interviewing style.
On 5/23 at @ElliottBayBooks he'll turn those high beams on me, #fostercare, and WARDS OF THE STATE. Come on out and watch the fireworks.
eventbrite.com/e/claudia-row…
Mike Lewis retweeted
On the heels of Jimmy Carter's death, how will we remember current or future presidents when they pass? Will they be remembered fondly or will their partisan politics skew their legacy? @MikeLew65 and @AngelaRussellTV debated during today's @GeeUrsulaShow.
Mike Lewis retweeted
How will you best remember President Jimmy Carter? @MikeLew65 and @AngelaRussellTV shared their impressions on @GeeUrsulaShow this morning.
Mike Lewis retweeted
A story about devastating Everett Herald layoffs has been *unpublished* by the Herald’s corporate owners. Publisher is calling it a “hit piece.”
Yes, this story has been unpublished from @EverettHerald, by order of Carpenter Media Group.
Just spoke with the publisher, Rudi Alcott, who said it was not his decision, but that the article "smacks of an incredible hit piece." I told him I respectfully disagree.
More to come.
Mike Lewis retweeted
Loved watching Willie play. And to think I got to interview him on my Coors show in 1986. Around that time, I actually was one of the lucky guys who played softball with him in a charity event in NY. So many of the greats from my youth are gone. Love ya Willie. #williemays – at Cleveland, OH
ALT Willie Mays tribute.
Mike Lewis retweeted
kind of remarkable. when amazon chose not to fill rainier square, it felt like the sky might be falling. one pandemic later and it's one of the more occupied towers in downtown seattle. good find from @MarcStilesPSBJ bizjournals.com/seattle/news…
Mike Lewis retweeted
Thanks, @longreads!
"What Hance didn’t realize was that the crime he’d begun to uncover was massive—perhaps one of the largest of its kind anybody had ever seen."
@chrisasolomon @WIRED #longreads
wired.com/story/silicon-vall…
