Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat a Stripper Knows About Portland Lust
Personal finance website WalletHub ranked Portland 30th for the country’s most sinful cities, although Portland scored higher — 11th — for lust. We d…
3 years, 5 months ago
This Portland Man Wants Humanity to Go Extinct
Portlander Les Knight has made a lot of people on the internet angry when the New York Times published a profile on him and his Voluntary Human Extin…
3 years, 5 months ago
Why Your Utility Bills Are Skyrocketing
Utility bills have skyrocketed this winter. Even natural gas, which at one point was considered the cheapest energy source, has more than doubled in …
3 years, 5 months ago
What Old Town Needs, Instead of Sweeps
Conversations about crime or homeless encampments often focus on one symbolic neighborhood: Old Town. The district has a long history as Portland's o…
3 years, 5 months ago
Layoffs, Kotek's Housing Plan and Truffle Dogs
We're rounding up headlines that caught our attention this week, everything from Governor Kotek's proposed housing plan to the possibility of the Flo…
3 years, 5 months ago
Is Portland the New Pizza Capital of the World?
A few years back a world-renowned pizza consultant (yes there’s such a thing) proclaimed that Portland might have the best pizza scene in the country…
3 years, 5 months ago
What A Non-Portlander Wants To Know About Portland
Usually, on the show, host Claudia Meza asks the questions. But today, David Plotz, co-host of the Slate Political Gabfest podcast and CEO of City Ca…
3 years, 5 months ago
What Portland’s ER Doctors Are Worried About
Oregon is officially in a COVID lull, but Portland’s hospitals are still struggling. Today on the show, Dr. Esther Choo, an ER doctor and associate p…
3 years, 5 months ago
A Day in the Life of a Portland Bridge Operator
Portlanders spend a lot of time crossing the 12 local Willamette River bridges. But have you ever wondered: who are the people in charge of lifting t…
3 years, 5 months ago
Why Walking in Portland Is So Dangerous
More pedestrians were killed by cars in Portland in 2022 than in any of the past 70 years. And a Multnomah County report a few years ago also found t…
3 years, 5 months ago