Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat We Know About Portland’s First Giant Homeless Camp
Earlier this month, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler unveiled the operator of the city’s first major tent site for unhoused Portlanders: San Francisco-base…
3 years, 7 months ago
Freeway Tolls Are Coming, but What Should They Pay For?
Like it or not, tolling is coming to Portland freeways. But there’s a lot of tension about how those dollars will be spent, and the effects they’ll h…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Lore of Old Town’s Shanghai Tunnels
Old Town’s Shanghai Tunnels are believed to be the remnants of Portland’s seedy past. Stories of human trafficking, opium dens, and gangster hideouts…
3 years, 7 months ago
Burning Bridges, Missing Evidence, and Oregon’s Secret Problem
Today on the show, we’re rounding up some headlines that caught our attention this week. Everything from bridges catching fire to the police not full…
3 years, 7 months ago
Potato Pizza and Mozzarella Shots: Portland’s New Italian
There’s a new crop of restaurants that are challenging the boring old red-sauce-and-meatballs cliché of Italian food in Portland. It’s seasonal, it’s…
3 years, 7 months ago
How U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Plans to Solve Oregon’s Housing Crisis
Everyone in Portland knows that Oregon is facing a giant affordable housing crisis. Local officials talk about it a lot, and the new governor has mad…
3 years, 7 months ago
Will Oregon’s Best Farmland Start Harvesting Silicon?
Oregon lawmakers are working on a $200 million dollar plan to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the state. But part of that plan would give Gov. T…
3 years, 7 months ago
The True Cost of Parking in Portland
If you feel like it’s getting harder and harder to find a parking space in Portland, you’re not crazy: at the beginning of the year, Oregon adopted n…
3 years, 7 months ago
Oregon Cashes in on CHIPS, Smaller Classes for Kids, & Bigger Penalties for Thieves
Oregon just passed a big deadline in this year’s legislative session in Salem. Basically, all the bills they’ll be considering are finally in, and wi…
3 years, 7 months ago
Is Natural Wine Just a Fad?
Natural wine’s popularity has exploded in recent years, especially here in Oregon. But does it deserve all the hype, or is it just another trend? On …
3 years, 7 months ago