Episode 8: The End | Sonic Boom

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🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The Sonics pack their bags, and Seattle spends more than a decade wondering: Where do we go from here? Host: Jordan Ritter Conn Producers: Noah Malale, Isaac Lee, Kara Kornhaber, Karan Nevatia, Catherine St. Louis, Jonathan Hirsch and Vikram Patel Sound Design: Scott Somerville and Vikram Patel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast was originally recorded in 2019.
0:03.2	We're releasing it again in 2025.
0:06.3	Some small details may have changed.
0:09.6	If there's one person who's the villain, who is that to you?
0:15.4	I think there are multiple villains.
0:17.7	I don't really see anyone as a villain.
0:25.6	I think that Clay Bennett's mind was made up from day one. This is not his fault.
0:27.6	This is Howard Schultz's fault.
0:29.6	Well, Schultz.
0:31.6	Oh yeah, he's a villain.
0:33.6	I know the easiest one is to say Howard, but, you know, there were just a lot of things set in motion.
0:41.3	Well, I would say speaker job.
0:43.3	Greg Nichols is a villain. David Stern is a villain.
0:47.3	If you were going to build a Mount Rushmore villains in Seattle, those might be on there.
0:52.3	But there have been a lot of forces along the way.
0:55.0	I blame our city council for that, for sure.
0:58.0	I blame our leaders in the community with all the deep pockets for sure.
1:04.0	There are so many villains in the whole story of losing the Sonics.
1:09.0	It ended up being a terrible, terrible, perfect storm.
1:12.6	Seattle never had a chance.
1:18.6	This is Sonic Boom.
1:20.6	I'm Jordan Ritter-Con.
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