# Week in Review: January 9, 2026 - with Robert Cruickshank Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacks-wonks-870505/week-in-review-january-9-2026-with-robert-cruickshank Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacks-wonks-870505/week-in-review-january-9-2026-with-robert-cruickshank.md Podcast: [Hacks & Wonks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacks-wonks-870505) Published: 2026-01-10T00:16:00+00:00 Episode link: https://crystal.libsyn.com/week-in-review-january-9-2026-with-robert-cruickshank Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/crystal/HW20260109-wir-robert-cruickshank-podcast.mp3?dest-id=1454990 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hacks-wonks-870505/episodes/week-in-review-january-9-2026-with-robert-cruickshank Duration seconds: 2443 ## Resource On this week-in-review, Crystal Fincher and Robert Cruickshank discuss: ๐Ÿ˜ก WA still providing driver data to federal immigration agents ๐ŸŒฑ New Seattle electeds inaugurated ๐Ÿคจ SPOG misleads on drug policy ๐Ÿฅณ Mike Solan out as SPOG president ๐Ÿช“ Bob Ferguson proposes an income tax โ€“ and huge austerity ๐Ÿ’ธ Inslee criticizes Ferguson's raid on climate funding As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at officialhacksandwonks.com . Follow us on Bluesky at @HacksAndWonks . Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Bluesky at @finchfrii and find today's co-host, Robert Cruickshank, on Bluesky at @robertcruickshank.com . ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hacks-wonks-870505/episodes/week-in-review-january-9-2026-with-robert-cruickshank/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacks-wonks-870505/week-in-review-january-9-2026-with-robert-cruickshank.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.