On the morning of February 3, right in the middle of Locus Focus, we learned
that Portland's new mayor and acting city administrator approved the much
contested Land Use Compatibility Statement for Zenith Energy's expansion
along the banks of the Willamette River. This w...
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This week on Century of Lies: Planet Youth.
Planet Youth is a community wide approach to encourage and enable people to
use data and evidence to create better, healthier environments for young
people and to support healthier choices around substance use. The Scottish
Dr...
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James and Nate Talk with Bert Hui, one of the founders of Columbia Gorge
Board Games, a group that meets weekly to play board games in Hood River. We
talk about running a board game meetup group, demo-ing games at conventions,
and judging TCG tournaments.
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Our guest is poet, filmmaker, educator, retired therapist, and thought leader
– La Toya A. Hampton, MSW ~ The Poet Lady Rose. She is holding Rhymes and
Roots: Celebrating North Portland through Poetry Workshops through Sunday,
February 9.
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For several years the city of Portland has been very opaque in its dealings
with Zenith Energy. Two years ago, in a backroom deal, the city gave Zenith
the green light to continue to expand its rail shipments of fossil fuels,
under the guise that the company would switch...
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Our guest is Fern Capella Allen of the New Earth School PDX in Southeast
Portland. She’s crowdsourcing knowledge as a mutual aid project. You can
engage with them online, @newearthschoolpdx on Instagram and FB.
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This week on The Songcircle:
More Music to Meet the Moment (and help us move through it).
Highlights:
Live and rare versions of fave songs from The Rolling Stones, The Doors, and
Joni Mitchell
Brand new country music from Ringo Starr
Words of wisdom from John Trudell an...
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This week on Century of Lies: The Intersection Between Services for the
Unhoused and Harm Reduction Work.
Homelessness is on the rise around the world. People who use drugs and who
are unhoused, or at risk of being unhoused, are key user groups of harm
reduction service...
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Nate and James welcome Ned Damon, the Portland Local Playtest Organizer with
Break My Game. He gives local board game designers a chance to have their
games played with a critical eye so they can improve their designs. Ned also
has a podcast about the trading card game S...
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Striking nurses and doctors at Providence St. Vincent's, Providence Portland,
and Providence Seaside Hospitals talk about working conditions, worker
solidarity and community connections on the picket line, on day one, two and
three of the open-ended strike involving over...
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