The Upper Lefters Podcast
Living and loving the Pacific Northwest. Longtime Seattle journalists Kim Holcomb and Jim Dever share what makes the upper left corner of the map such a great place to live and explore.
Episodes
12 episodes
Episode 11 - First True Day of Fall / Are PNW Pets Spoiled? / BC’s Disappearing Island
Grab your dauber! Which moment marks your bingo card for the first true day of Fall? 🍁Seattle now has more spoiled dogs than spoiled kids. 🐶>👧🏻And how did a BC island just go missing? 🏝️
Episode 10 - Seattle Star Sightings / Practically Magical Coupeville
Hey, is that the kid from “Stand By Me” and “Star Trek Next Gen”?! Lots of celebs hangin’ out in Seattle recently, from Guy Fieri to Padma Lakshmi. ⭐️Has Jim been over-served? 🥃And Kim is in Coupeville to revisit sites from the cl...
Episode 9 - Harry Potter LIVE in Seattle! / 3 Yummy Restaurants / Strange Tomatoes
Anita is sitting in for Kim for Jimnita Birthday Week™️. The boy who lived has apparated to Seattle! 🧙♀️And we taste-test weird heirloom tomatoes. Does the one called “Pineapple” really taste like a pineapple?🤔
Episode 8 - Saucy Paul Silvi / Use by: / Bye Bye Wild Waves
Seattle sports legend Paul Silvi is getting saucy, and we’re taking a taste test. Do those food expiration dates mean anything at all? The University of Washington weighs in.And we wave Wild Waves a fond farewell.
Episode 7 - Goats on a Bus / Hard Knockin' Seahawks / AK is OK
Move over, Jimothy! Late summer 2026 belongs to Billy the Goat and Billy the Kid.🐐🐐Kim has a "list." Wanna guess who's on it? It's "Hard Knocks" for the Seahawks. (Coachin' is cursin'.) And can Alaska survive a vi...
Episode 6 - Paint Grass / Summer Sucks? / Snake Touchers
Wait, what? Another podcast episode? Yes, lucky you! And it’s educational this time, too: Grass painting 101 - or is it paint-grassing? Why women love the Fall. And is snake yoga the next big thing? (We hope not.)
Episode 5 - Ferrytale wedding / Jimothy overload / Super Troopers in Seattle
It’s been a few weeks since Kim and Jim attempted a podcast, but they have a good excuse for the delay. It involves true love and a ferry that sometimes carries furries. Plus, has Jimothy overstayed his welcome? And the stars of the Super...
Episode 4 - Canada vs. USA's big ass tree debate, and Seattle gets a new farmers market
A nationally renowned sushi place is coming to Western Washington, but do we already have them beat?🍣 Kim gives a fancy foodie lesson to her less-educated colleague. Jim talks about trees (and we swear it’s not as boring as that sounds). 😂 And ...
Episode 3 - Legally Blonde gets a Seattle reboot and British phone booths go PNW
Kim and Jim break down the current state of commencement ceremonies and explain why AI does not deserve to graduate. 👩🎓👨🎓Legally Blonde gets a grungy Seattle reboot. (The boots are Doc Martens.) 🎸And those British-style red phone booths are p...
Episode 2 - Vizige Update and PNW-speak
Kim and Jim share some of the theories and speculation that have poured in regarding those mysterious faces popping up all over the PNW, courtesy of the street artist named Vizige. (And you'll never believe who Jim's been talking to.) ...
Episode 1 - Whispering Campaign
Kim and Jim destroy the myth of Starbucks Store #1, but ask that you be kind to strangers anyway. Why is Jim's garbage can so damn heavy? Angela Poe Russell may very well be superhuman. Is it okay to stand up at a concert when everyone behind y...