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Footnotes is a Portland Monthly podcast hosted by digital editor Gabriel Granillo. Every Friday we break down some of our stories published online at pdxmonthly.com and in print with the Portland Monthly writers, contributors, and editors who crafted them.
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Jul 16, 2021
The Bearded Woodworker Dishes on Being a Contestant on NBC's 'Making It'
Oregon, as we all know, is full of makers, crafters, and creators. And if you’ve been watching NBC’s Making It, now in its third season, you may have recognized a few familiar faces—or maybe even one very recognizable beard.
That’s right—*Waldport’s own Gary Herd, also known as the Bearded Woodworker to his some 9,000 subscribers on **YouTube**, made the cut for season three of the goofily good-hearted crafting competition reality show.* Hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman of Parks and Rec, contestants compete in challenges ranging from making an interactive toy that reflects their personalities to transforming a closet into a tiny-yet-meaningful nook for a friend or family member.
In this week’s episode of Footnotes, Portland Monthly news editor Julia Silverman sits down with the Bearded Woodworker himself, Gary Herd, to talk about what it was like filming the show during COVID, how Making It offers a kindler, gentler approach to an often cutthroat genre of reality TV, and how Oregon inspires Herd’s craft
Guest
* Gary Herd, the Bearded Woodworker
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Jul 9, 2021
How to Recognize and Recover from Burnout, with Regan Gurung
You may be familiar with "The Great Resignation." It’s a term coined by Anthony Klotz at Texas A&M and refers to a mass exodus of US workers leaving their jobs as we emerge from COVID. In April alone, about four million people clocked out for good, and it’s got a lot of people wondering what the heck is going on. Part of that has to do with our redefinition of success post-pandemic.
But another piece to this Great Resignation puzzle, however, predates the pandemic: burnout, a prolonged psychological response to chronic work-related stress. In layperson’s terms: you’ve got too much to do, you’re not feeling rewarded, and you’re exhausted because of all of it. But, of course, it’s a little more complicated than that.
So for this week’s episode of Footnotes, we wanted to chat with Regan Gurung. He’s a social psychologist and professor at Oregon State University, and we wanted to pick his brain a little bit to help us break down what exactly burnout is, how to recognize it, and how we—as employees and employers—can prevent it and recover from it.
*Guest *
* Regan Gurung
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Jul 2, 2021
Climate Change, Cascading Disasters, and the Pacific Northwest Heat Wave, with Jola Ajibade
Last weekend saw a record-breaking heat wave in the Pacific Northwest, with some areas experiencing over 115 degree temperatures. As someone who spent a lot of my adolescence in Arizona, I can tell you that is exactly how it feels in Phoenix, and it sucks, and it’s why I left, really. But one of the saving graces of living in a town like Phoenix is that just about everybody and every building has air conditioning.
In Portland and the Pacific Northwest, it’s not quite the same, and so when the historic heat wave hit us this weekend, it hit hard, *revealing just how underprepared our region is for such a climate disaster and resulting in at least 60 heat-related deaths in Oregon. *
So for this week’s Footnotes we wanted to chat with Jola Ajibade. She’s an assistant professor in the geography department at Portland State University, and her research focuses on how individuals, communities, and cities respond to global climate change. In this interview, we talk about the record-breaking heatwave that slammed the Pacific Northwest and the need for adaptation measures and climate action now.
"It's hard for me to use the word 'normal.' I really don't want this to be normal, but if this is going to happen a bit more frequently, we need to be prepared," Ajibade says.
*Guest *
* Jola Ajibade
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Jun 25, 2021
A Conversation with Leila Haile, Subashini Ganesan, and Joaquin Lopez
After a months-long search, Commissioner Carmen Rubio and Portland’s City Arts program has appointed the city’s two new creative laureates—that’s right, two. That’s a first for the city’s creative laureate program, which was created in 2012. Photographer Julie Keefe was our first creative laureate. Now, *Leila Haile* and *Joaquin Lopez* will both serve as the city’s official ambassadors to the broader creative community.
For the week’s episode of Footnotes, we chat with our two new creative laureates about what they’re hoping to bring to Portland’s creative community and how COVID and the fight for racial justice have changed our view of art in our everyday lives. Leila Haile is a queer activist and tattoo artist at Ori Gallery, focusing on curating spaces for queer and trans communities. Joaquin Lopez is a musician, performing artist, and counselor whose work is grounded in personal transformation, self-expression, and Latino queer identity.
We are joined by *Subashini Ganesan*, a dancer and educator who served as Portland’s creative laureate from 2018 to 2021.
*Guests*
* Leila Haile
* Joaquin Lopez
* Subashini Ganesan
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Jun 18, 2021
What’s Next After Oregon’s Mass Vaccination Sites Close Down?
We are about 2 percent, or 60,000 people, away from reaching the state’s 70 percent threshold. That is, when 70 percent of the state’s residents 16 and older have at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has said she will lift most statewide restrictions—including indoor capacity limits, mask mandates, and physical distancing requirements—and reopen the state’s economy. Part of what’s gotten us this close to that 70 percent figure: Oregon’s mass vaccination sites at the Oregon Convention Center, the drive-thru sites at the Portland International Airport, and the Hillsboro Stadium.
But with all three sites closing this month, what does that mean for the future of vaccinations in Oregon? What are the next steps?
This week on Footnotes, the closure of Oregon’s mass vaccination sites, the continued health equity and access issues facing our state, and the role community health clinics will play moving forward toward a post-pandemic future.
*Guests*
* Max Janasik, CEO of One Community Health
* Lorena Mosqueda, health and wellness director at Latino Network
* Mara Gross, interim executive director at the Coalition of Community Health Clinics
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Jun 11, 2021
LISTEN AGAIN: What Albert Camus's 'The Plague' Can Teach Us About the Pandemic, with Courtney Campbell
For this week’s Footnotes, we're revisiting an episode from last year with Courtney Campbell, a professor in the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion at Oregon State University. We talk about Albert Camus's The Plague, the lessons we’ve learned from this pandemic, and how philosophy will continue to play a role in our everyday lives.
*Guest *
* Courtney Campbell
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Jun 4, 2021
What Does Portland's Pride Festival Look Like in 2021?, with Conner Reed
June is Pride month, which in non-coronavirus times means a festival, a parade, and a month-long celebration. And after 2020’s festivities were scaled way back, Portland’s Pride Festival—organized by Pride NW—will cautiously return in 2021. But how has the past year affected Portland’s LGBTQ+ community, and what does the future hold?
In this week’s episode of Footnotes, Portland Monthly arts editor Conner Reed talks about how the coronavirus shaped this year’s festivities, the Pride package in our Summer 2021 issue of the magazine, and what a return to the Pride Festival means for Portland.
*Guest *
* Conner Reed
*Links*
* How to Celebrate Pride 2021 in Portland
* Pride NW
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May 28, 2021
Understanding Water Challenges Facing Oregon's Native, Black, Latinx, and Migrant Communities, with Alaí Reyes-Santos
Last year the Oregon Water Futures project, in partnership with Unite Oregon, the Chinook Indian Nation and other organizations, conducted a series of water-focused conversations with Native, Black, Latinx, and migrant communities around the state to learn about their cultural connections to water and their concerns when it comes to water education, access, and advocacy. And earlier this week the project released a report of their findings from those conversations to Oregon policy and decision-makers.
So for this week’s episode of Footnotes, we wanted to talk with Alai Reyes-Santos. She’s the lead author of the Oregon Water Futures Project Report. She’s also a professor at the University of Oregon in its Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies department. In this interview, we talk about the Oregon Water Futures Project Report, how COVID and the wildfires of 2020 shaped the report and its finds, and the steps we can take now to help bring underrepresented communities into our conversations about water.
*Guest*
* Alaí Reyes-Santos
*Links*
* Oregon Water Futures Project Report
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May 14, 2021
Listen Again: Coronavirus Vaccine Second Dose Potential Side Effects, with Dawn Nolt
In this episode of Footnotes, published on April 30, I talked with Dawn Nolt, a professor of pediatrics, with a special focus on infectious diseases, at Oregon Health & Science University, about the potential side effects from first and second doses of the coronavirus vaccine. We talked about why people may or may not experience these side effects, and why, if you do experience them, it’s actually good thing.
Guest
* Dawn Nolt, professor of pediatrics at Oregon Health & Science University
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May 7, 2021
Farewell, Eden Dawn—Portland Monthly's Veteran Style/Senior Editor
This week has been full of ups and downs for us here at the magazine. On Wednesday, Portland Monthly took home four City and Regional Magazine Awards. But it’s also been a very stressful close week, and we’re currently putting our upcoming summer issue to bed. And on top of all of that has been the lingering knowledge that by the end of the week, we’d have to say goodbye to Portland Monthly’s own senior editor Eden Dawn.
*Eden has been with the magazine since 2010 as our veteran style editor. She’s produced thousands of articles, pulled together elaborate (and award-winning) fashion shoots, and championed the small businesses, creators, and makers that have helped put Portland on the map.*
Unofficially, Eden has also served as what we call the Shenanigans Editor—the person on the editorial staff we could always count on to dole out spontaneous fun exactly when it was needed. No staff happy hour, party, or karaoke night was complete without her. And while those things never showed up in the pages of the magazine or on the website, they were and are a deeply important part of our magazine’s culture.
This week on Footnotes, we wanted to chat with Eden Dawn about her time and accomplishments here at Portland Monthly. And who better to chat it up with her than our own editor in chief Marty Patail, who started working for Portland Monthly about a week after Eden.
*Guests *
* Eden Dawn, Portland Monthly senior editor
* Marty Patail, Portland Monthly editor in chief
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Apr 30, 2021
Coronavirus Vaccine Second Dose Potential Side Effects, with Dawn Nolt
On Wednesday, I received the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
It’s a day that I've been anticipating and dreading. Anticipating because of the sense of relief I’d feel afterward, the sense that I'd be one step closer to returning to normal. Dreading because of the possible side effects people have reported experiencing, the side effects that I am currently feeling. Fever, chills, headaches, body aches, fatigue. You name it. I either felt it last night or am feeling it right now. And it sucks. It really does. *And with vaccine eligibility open to folks 16 and older, I know a lot of other people will be getting the first or even their second vaccine dose soon, and that many of those people might be anxious about the imminent potential side effects. *
So for this week on Footnotes, we spoke with Dawn Nolt. She’s a professor of pediatrics at Oregon Health and Science University, with a special focus on infectious diseases. I spoke with her yesterday—just after my second do…
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Apr 23, 2021
The State of the Coronavirus in Oregon
On Monday, everyone 16 and older became eligible to schedule a vaccine appointment, which is good news for folks who do not like living through a pandemic. But the bad news is, the pandemic is far from over. Recent data suggests that case numbers are increasing in 89 countries, including in the United States, where we’re currently seeing twice as many cases as in the past month.
In Oregon, even though nearly one million Oregonians, or 23 percent, are fully vaccinated, we’re seeing similar data.
“As of today OHA has reported 173,626 COVID-19 cases in Oregon," says state epidemiologist Dean Sidelinger. *“But recent data are troubling, showing that the virus is again on the march throughout our state, sickening our friends and neighbors. Daily cases, hospitalizations, our positive case rate, and, sadly, COVID-19 deaths are all on the upswing.* Daily cases of COVID-19 have more than doubled in just over a month, increasing from a seven-day moving average of 249 on March 6, to a d…
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Apr 16, 2021
Tra'Renee Chambers on Elevating Underrepresented Voices with Her New Show
Portland knows Tra’Renee Chambers’s voice. It’s the afternoon drive time voice that spins hip hop hits on Jam’n 107.5 and, before that, KinkFM and Z100. We also know it from Afternoon Live, the lifestyle television show she hosted for years on KATU, covering everything from films to fashion to parenting topics. For some kids, it was the voice of their social worker. At Self Enhancement Inc people know her voice as their licensed therapist, friend, and even, at one point, the interim director of SEI’s community and family services.
Now, the mom of three is embarking on a new—kind of old—chapter: a revival of her former public affairs radio show, Situations & Conversations with Tra’Renee, this time as a video and audio podcast and social media talk show, bringing together people from all aspects of her life and career to date. The show was recently picked up by KATU for its first season consisting of 12 episodes.
So for this week’s episode of Footnotes, Portland Month…
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Apr 9, 2021
How Beverly Cleary Wrote about Motherhood, Parenting, and Portland, with Lydia Kiesling
When news hit that the beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary had passed on March 25, it seemed inevitable—she was 104, after all—and yet it was still deeply devastating, especially to the children and adults alike who had grown up with and had been shaped by her works. Her characters like Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and more, give children people with whom they can identify, even though their stories preserve an extinct midcentury America.* *
Throughout her 20-year journalism career in Oregon, Portland Monthly news editor Julia Silverman had long dreamed of one day interviewing Beverly Cleary. And, sadly, while she can’t quite do that now, she did the next best thing, which is to call up a local author, also profoundly inspired by Cleary’s works, to talk about the late writer’s vast and enduring legacy.
In this episode of Footnotes, Julia Silverman talks with Portland-based author Lydia Kiesling about how Beverly Cleary wrote about motherhood, parenting, and Portland…
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Apr 2, 2021
Understanding COVID-19's Long-Term Health Effects, with Eric Herman
It’s been a year and some change since the first reported COVID-19 case in the United States. Since then we’ve learned a lot about the virus, and while vaccination rates and loosening restrictions suggest that the worst of coronavirus may soon be behind us, there’s still much about it that we don’t understand. Recent upticks in concerning variants like the B.1.1.7 are being studied, and we still don’t quite understand when or if we’ll reach herd immunity.
And there’s another big gap in our knowledge: *the long-term physiological health effects of COVID-19. *
Recently, Oregon Health and Science University launched its Long COVID-19 Program, aimed at studying and providing comprehensive care for patients who have experienced COVID-19 symptoms for more than a month. For this week’s episode of Footnotes, we talked to Eric Herman, the program’s lead physician, about the types of symptoms folks are experiencing and what this new program hopes to learn from studying these…
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Mar 26, 2021
Breaking Barriers in Science, Research, and STEM, with Gail Stonebarger
Last quarter at Oregon Health and Science University, graduate student Gail Stonebarger taught a section of an undergraduate class focused on the neuroscience of oppression and privilege.
For this week on Footnotes, we wanted to talk with Gail about that class, as well as a larger issue of representation in science, research, and STEM-related fields. We touch on the hierarchal structure of research, the lack of mental health support for underrepresented communities within STEM fields, and what we can do to change that.
Guest
* Gail Stonebarger, PhD candidate in the Behavioral Neuroscience department at OHSU
Links
* NogginFest
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Mar 19, 2021
The Portland Rose Festival and the Future of Large-Crowd Events in Oregon, with Julia Silverman
In the last few weeks we’ve seen bouts of good news regarding the coronavirus, signs that give us hope for the upcoming spring and summer. Earlier in March, President Biden announced that he would direct all states, tribes, and territories to make every adult eligible to be vaccinated no later than May 1. It took some time, but on Wednesday, March 17, Oregon Health Authority announced it would be able to meet the president’s timeline. Further, new guidance from OHA has expanded the capacity for indoor and outdoor activities in the state.
But even as COVID vaccinations go up and caseloads go down, festivals and other large-crowd events have been playing it safe, and are either changing their formats drastically or not happening at all. *Most recently, the **Portland Rose Festival**, for the second summer in a row, announced it would not host its Grand Floral Parade or City Fair. *Typically a huge deal and the historic summer kickoff in Portland, the Rose Festival will again operate…
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Mar 12, 2021
What Will Schools Look Like in the Fall?, with Julia Silverman
As the nation continues to see promising news about coronavirus vaccinations and declining case rates—dare we say—there is much reason for cautious optimism. And yet, while we transition slowly back to some semblance of normalcy, schools are very much still in question.
In order for schools in Oregon to return to normal, not only do more people need to be vaccinated and case numbers need to stay low, but, also, rules on how many kids are allowed to return at once and how much personal space they all get will need to be changed.
This week on Footnotes, news editor Julia Silverman channels her fellow public school parents across the region and asks Oregon Department of Education director Colt Gill everything they want to know about when schools might be able to go back to normal—hopefully by this fall. Pretty please?
*Guest*
* Colt Gill, director at the Oregon Department of Education
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Mar 5, 2021
Spacetime Diaries, and Other Portland-Produced Pods You Need to Listen to Right Now
A conversation with Spacetime Diaries creator Ghan Patel. Plus, we highlight local podcasts you need to listen to right now.
*Guest*
* Ghan Patel
*Podcast Links*
* Gender Reveal
* A Kids Podcast About
* Spacetime Diaries
* PROTOCOL
* Cancer for Breakfast
* Flagrant Pod
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Feb 26, 2021
Portland Monthly Looks Back on One Year with the Coronavirus
The Oregon Health Authority announced the first presumptive case of coronavirus in the state on February 28, 2020. Since then, businesses have been shattered, mutual aid groups and volunteers have stepped up, a racial reckoning simmered to a boil, and hundreds of thousands of Americans have perished. 2020 has revealed the cracks in our healthcare system, brought out the kindness in us for those in need, and has individually and collectively shaped us into a different community.
Today on Footnotes, Portland Monthly’s Marty Patail, Fiona McCann, Margaret Seiler, and Kathrine Chew Hamilton look back on one year of the coronavirus—how we’re coping, overcoming, and changing.
*Guests *
* Marty Patail, editor in chief
* Fiona McCann, deputy editor
* Margaret Seiler, managing editor
* Katherine Chew Hamilton, food editor
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Feb 19, 2021
The Downtown Crows and Portland’s Relationship to Nature
For more than a decade crows have been roosting in Portland. During the fall and winter months, American crows will congregate in numbers from a couple dozen to tens of thousands, and make their way to urban and rural landscapes around Portland where they chat it up and camp out for the night, but by far the largest congregation takes place in downtown proper. At its peak, the crow roost in downtown Portland can exceed 15,000.
*The spectacle, beautiful though it may be, presents a problem for downtown businesses that have often complained about the noise and the fecal matter.* The city has deployed numerous efforts to combat theses problems including the Poopmaster 6000. And for four years, Downtown Portland Clean & Safe has worked with Integrated Avian Solutions, a group of urban falconers, biologists, and bird management professionals, to conduct something known as hazing. Avian Solutions works with a small team of trained Harris Hawks to assist with the moving the crows out of the…
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Feb 12, 2021
What Does Defunding PPB Look Like?, with Fiona McCann
If you want to see what defunding the police might look like in Portland, a good place to start is Portland Street Response, a non-police response to assist people experiencing houselessness or a behavioral or mental health crisis. The program was approved in November of 2019, started training this January, and on February 16, the small four-person team spearheading the program will begin taking calls in Lents in Southeast Portland.
Portland Monthly deputy editor Fiona McCann talks about the new Portland Street Response, how it differs from traditional police, and what we can expect when the team rolls out on February 16.
*Guest *
* Fiona McCann
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Feb 5, 2021
How Oregon's New Drug Decriminalization Law Treats Addiction as a Mental Health Issue, with Ron Williams
In November 2020, Oregonians voted to approve all of the state’s four ballot measures, including campaign contribution limits, an increase in cigarette tax, and a statewide psilocybin mushroom therapy program. But perhaps the most controversial and progressive was *Measure 110**,* the Drug Decriminalization and Addiction Treatment Initiative, which decriminalized the personal possession of small amounts of schedule 1 through 5 substances like heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamines. And on February 1, the new law, called the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, went into effect.
To help break down this act, Portland Monthly spoke with Ron Williams, outreach director at the Health Justice Recovery Alliance, the statewide advocacy coalition tasked with ensuring the new law is implemented.
*Guest*
* Ron Williams, outreach director at the Health Justice Recover Alliance
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Jan 29, 2021
Flashback: Police Violence, Civil Rights, and Black and Latinx Movements, with Joseph Orosco
In this interview from July 2020, Joseph Orosco talks about how Black and Latinx/Chicanx movements of the past intersect in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. We talk about state and police violence against Mexican-American communities, the unity between César Chávez and Martin Luther King Jr., and points of solidarity between Black and Latinx movements.
*Guest*
* Joseph Orosco, professor of philosophy at Oregon State University
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Jan 22, 2021
What Do Oregon's New COVID Guidelines Mean for Reopening Schools?, with Julia Silverman
In Oregon and across the country, school districts are navigating how to send students back into the classroom safely, and earlier this week, Oregon’s state education agency released an update to its “Ready Schools, Safe Learners” guidance, which outlines health and safety requirements across the state in an effort to gradually bring students from comprehensive distance learning to in-person classes.
10 months after closing down all of its public schools, and as Oregon continues to battle COVID-19, even seeing some cases of a new variant of the coronavirus, the state’s updated guidance effectively lowers the bar for returning to in-person instruction. Portland Monthly news editor Julia Silverman breaks down what these new guidelines mean for Oregon's school reopening efforts.
*Guest*
* Julia Silverman
*Links*
* The Bar to Reopening Schools in Portland Just Got a Little Bit Lower
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Jan 15, 2021
The Portland Book of Dates, with Eden Dawn
Who doesn't love a good power couple? Portland Monthly style editor Eden Dawn and illustrator Ashod Simonian do a lot together: they have fun, go on (lots of) dates, and now they have written a new book, The Portland Book of Dates: Adventures, Escapes, and Secret Spots. The new guidebook features a collection of more than 155 outings in and around the Rose City to inspire romance and adventure.
For our first episode of 2021, Portland Monthly digital editor Gabriel Granillo spoke with Eden Dawn about the research behind the book, how COVID has impacted its release, and how small businesses are still struggling.
*Guest*
* Eden Dawn, Portland Monthly style editor
*Links*
* Sasquatch Books
* Powell's
* The Portland Book of Dates Instagram
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Dec 25, 2020
Is Learning a Language Possible on the Duolingo App?, with Marty Patail
In the beginning weeks of lockdown, digital editor Gabriel Granillo and editor in chief Marty Patail connected on Duolingo, a language learning app with millions of active users worldwide and notoriously naggy reminder notifications. Now they sit down to discuss their progress. Is the app truly useful? Is it possible to learn a language for 10 minutes a day without talking to anyone else? And, most crucially, can you connect with your own heritage through an app?
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Dec 18, 2020
What Albert Camus's _The Plague_ Can Teach Us About the Pandemic, with Courtney Campbell
This week on Footnotes, we spoke with Courtney Campbell, a professor in the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion at Oregon State University, about what Albert Camus's 1947 novel The Plague, philosophy, and human nature.
*Guests*
* Joseph Orosco
* Courtney Campbell
*Where to Buy **The Plague*
* Broadway Books
* Powell's
* Mother Foucault's Bookshop
* Green Bean Books
* Melville Books
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Dec 11, 2020
Philosophy, the Pandemic, and Star Trek, with Joseph Orosco
This week on Footnotes, how we’re thinking philosophically about the pandemic, particularly through the lens of our media, our books, and our imagined spaces. So this week, we’re traveling to … space, the final frontier.
Joseph Orosco, a professor of philosophy at Oregon State University, talks understanding the pandemic through science fiction and literature, and about Star Trek’s treatment of a virus outbreak in an episode called “Miri.”
*Guest*
* Joseph Orosco, professor of philosophy at Oregon State University
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Dec 4, 2020
Listen Again: Trauma and Relationship Stress Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Today on Footnotes, we revisit an episode from August in which Portland Monthly digital editor Gabriel Granillo talks with Aurora Sherman, Jessi Beyer, and Jan Dworkin about the coronavirus’s effect on social behavior, relationships, and mental health:
Trauma and Relationship Stress Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Guests
* Aurora Sherman, professor of psychology at Oregon State University
* Jessie Beyer, author and mental health advocate
* Jan Dworkin, author and couples therapist
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Nov 27, 2020
What Oregon’s Freeze Means for Portland Restaurants, with Katherine Chew Hamilton
Portland Monthly food editor Katherine Chew Hamilton talks about how restaurants are adapting to the freeze, and the burden being placed on consumers to try and save the food and beverage industry.
Guest
* Katherine Chew Hamilton
Links
* What Multnomah County's Four-Week Freeze Means for Restaurant and Bar Owners & Workers
* Food News: Outdoor Dining Is Back
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Nov 20, 2020
Happy 90th Birthday, Darcelle!, with Eden Dawn
Today, on a special episode of Footnotes, guest host and Portland Monthly style editor Eden Dawn celebrates drag queen and fashion icon Darcelle's 90th birthday by revisiting a The Long Play interview from 2016. In this excerpt, Dawn, Poison Waters, and Darcelle talk drag styles and all things shiny.
The Long Play was a Portland Monthly podcast, featuring unedited conversations with Portland innovators, game changers, and generally fascinating people.
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Nov 16, 2020
Flashback: Darcelle and Poison Waters Swap Stories on Portland’s Evolving Drag Scene
We're revisiting this episode of The Long Play from 2016 featuring Darcelle XV.
Before Stonewall and the legalization of gay marriage, before RuPaul or Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, there was Darcelle XV’s. Founded in 1967, it’s the longest-running drag revue in the country, with a never-ending parade of bejeweled dresses, feather boas, Cher tunes, and double entendres. Now 86 years old (at the time of this interview), and still hosting multiple shows a night, we sat down with *Darcelle* and her right-hand queen, *Poison Waters*, to talk about *what drag means and how the club has evolved*, and to swap some *great old stories*.
The Long Play was a Portland Monthly podcast, featuring unedited conversations with Portland innovators, game changers, and generally fascinating people.
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Nov 13, 2020
What It's Like Starring in a New Hulu Food Show, with Karen Brooks
Today on this extended edition of Foodnotes, Portland Monthly arts editor Conner Reed talks with Karen Brooks about her appearance on the new Hulu series Eater's Guide to the World, why she chose the restaurants she visited, and what she hopes viewers will take away about Portland’s food scene.
*Guests*
* Conner Reed
* Karen Brooks
*Links*
* Portland Monthly's Own Karen Brooks Kicks Off New Hulu Food Series
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Nov 6, 2020
Yes, there Was An Election, but Can We Interest You in Food?, with Katherine Chew Hamilton
Portland Monthly Food Editor Katherine Chew Hamilton talks about food news you may have missed this week and the future of Portland’s restaurants as we head into winter. We also try the Squid Ink Tonarrelli from L’unico Alimentari, in this week's edition of Foodnotes.
Guest
* Katherine Chew Hamilton
Restaurants/Food to Try
* Berlu
* Mama Dút
* Lokanta
* República
* L'unico Alimentari
Links
* Pok Pok Announces Its Permanent Closure
* This Week in Portland Food News: November 4
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Oct 30, 2020
Why Stenography Matters in Oregon Today, with Stephanie Gehring
Portland Monthly digital editor Gabriel Granillo talks with contributor Stephanie Gehring about the importance of courtroom reporters and stenographers and why the shift toward digital recordings matters.
*Guest*
* Stephanie Gehring
*Links*
* In Oregon, Stenography Is a Social Justice Issue
* You Could Join a Steno Pool
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Oct 23, 2020
How the Coronavirus Killed the Ballot Measure in Oregon, with Julia Silverman
Gabriel Granillo talks with Portland Monthly news editor Julia Silverman about how the coronavirus has impacted Oregon’s ballot measures this election, as well as the state’s history with citizen-backed initiatives.
Guest
* Julia Silverman
Links
* The Coronavirus Killed the Ballot Measure
* Voting Now: Turning Rights into Reality
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Oct 16, 2020
Working at Portland Monthly From Home—In Ireland, with Fiona McCann
Portland Monthly editor in chief Marty Patail speaks with senior editor at large Fiona McCann her work-from-home experience in Ireland and the joy of seeing her parents amid a pandemic.
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Oct 9, 2020
How We're Celebrating Nonprofits During a Pandemic, with Fiona McCann
Portland Monthly editor in chief Marty Patail speaks with senior editor at large Fiona McCann about our annual Light a Fire awards happening October 14, which celebrates nonprofits from all over our city and state that are working hard to make this a better place.
Guest
* Fiona McCann, senior editor at large, Portland Monthly
Light a Fire
* Register to attend
* Read more about this year's winners
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Oct 2, 2020
Retail and Fashion in a Coronavirus World, with Eden Dawn
Portland Monthly editor in chief Marty Patail talks with style editor Eden Dawn about recent small business news, including an update on Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s eviction moratorium on commercial leases, as well as how retail and fashion in Portland are adapting to the coronavirus.
*Guest*
* Eden Dawn, Portland Monthly style editor
*Links*
* Black-Owned Businesses
* Fashion New Normal
* Oregon Unemployment
* Here's How You Can Help Portland Small Businesses
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Sep 25, 2020
#LandBack and Indigenous Sovereignty, with Paul Robert Wolf Wilson
Host Gabriel Granillo speaks with Paul Robert Wolf Wilson, an enrolled member of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and photojournalist living in Chiloquin, Oregon, about Indigenous sovereignty, wildfire management, and the #LandBack Movement.
*Guests*
* Erica Fleishman
* Paul Robert Wolf Wilson
*Articles*
* Climate Change and Wildfires
* How to Help the Victims of the Oregon Wildfires
*Resources*
* Chiloquin Community Rebuild GoFundMe
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Sep 18, 2020
The West Coast Wildfires, with Eden Dawn, Riley Blake, and Erica Fleishman
How Oregon has been responding to the threat of the wildfires, the short-term health effects of smoke inhalation, and the long-term effects of climate change on wildfires in the west.
*Guests *
* Eden Dawn, Portland Monthly style editor
* Riley Blake, Portland Monthly editorial intern
* Erica Fleishman, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute and professor in the college of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University
*Read more *
* Here's How to Help the Victims of Oregon's Wildfires
* Wildfires and the Flu Season
* Interviews from Clackamas Community College
* Q&A with Erica Fleishman
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Sep 11, 2020
The Sounds of the Portland Protests
In this extended episode of Footnotes, Gabriel Granillo discusses how the sounds, chants, and music emanating from the protests in Portland, which have been happening for more than 100 straight days, are energizing the movement.
*Guests *
* Phillip Wenzel / Frontline Drumline
* Portland Sound Bloc
* Karma Rivera
* Jordan Fletcher
*Oregon Wildfire Resources*
* Red Cross
* Northwest Response Fund
* Wildland Firefighter Foundation
Read Gabriel Granillo's full article online here.
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Sep 4, 2020
How Drive-In Theaters and Cinemas Are Adapting to the Coronavirus, with Conner Reed
Portland Monthly arts editor Conner Reed talks about how drive-in theaters have reemerged in the age of coronavirus.
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Aug 28, 2020
Portland's Changing Food Scene, with Karen Brooks and Katherine Chew Hamilton
Portland’s food scene continues to adapt to a world being shaped by the coronavirus and social and racial justice. Portland Monthly food critic Karen Brooks and Portland Monthly food editor Katherine Chew Hamilton discuss how restaurants and food writing are changing.
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Aug 21, 2020
Trauma and Relationship Stress Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
The external threats of this new pandemic world are changing us internally, even if we aren’t always aware of those changes or don’t feel as though we’re being impacted. Today on the show, why recognizing and maintaining our mental health is crucial in this moment not only for ourselves, but for those around us.
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Aug 14, 2020
Behind the "Wall of Moms" with Jagger Blaec
Just as quickly as the Wall of Moms protest group began, it imploded, very publicly, amid accusations of anti-Blackness and that the original Black Lives Matter message had been abandoned by its founders. Host Gabriel Granillo chats with Jagger Blaec about the rise and fall of the Wall of Moms.
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Aug 7, 2020
The State of the Portland Protests with Tuck Woodstock
Host Gabriel Granillo talks to independent journalist Tuck Woodstock about their experiences covering the BLM protests as federal agents descended on Portland.
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Jul 31, 2020
Schools vs COVID-19
Host Gabriel Granillo talks to news editor Julia Silverman about public schools this fall.
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