Oregon Lives https://www.oregonlive.com/podcasts en The Oregonian/OregonLive Reporters Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler tell the extraordinary stories of everyday Oregonians. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/77dc490e-c730-11ec-9bb5-fbb2e46af53a/image/show-cover.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Oregon Lives https://www.oregonlive.com/podcasts no episodic Reporters Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler tell the extraordinary stories of everyday Oregonians. The Oregonian/OregonLive Reporters Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler tell the extraordinary stories of everyday Oregonians. Reporters Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler tell the extraordinary stories of everyday Oregonians.

]]> podcasts@oregonian.com The Class Rings https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/theclassrings Samantha Swindler and Tom Hallman tell the stories of two lost-and-found class rings. One was returned to its rightful owner after 40 years. The provenance of the other remains a mystery. You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription to OregonLive. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0000 The Class Rings full The Oregonian/OregonLive Samantha Swindler and Tom Hallman tell the stories of two lost-and-found class rings. One was returned to its rightful owner after 40 years. The provenance of the other remains a mystery.You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscri... Samantha Swindler and Tom Hallman tell the stories of two lost-and-found class rings. One was returned to its rightful owner after 40 years. The provenance of the other remains a mystery. You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription to OregonLive. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Samantha Swindler and Tom Hallman tell the stories of two lost-and-found class rings. One was returned to its rightful owner after 40 years. The provenance of the other remains a mystery.

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]]> 1423 no The Portland Sleestak https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/theportlandsleestak Brent Marr created his own costume of the Sleestak monster from the 1970s children’s show, “Land of the Lost.” You might come across one of his “Sleestak Attacks” around Portland. You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription to OregonLive. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:00:00 -0000 The Portland Sleestak full The Oregonian/OregonLive Brent Marr created his own costume of the Sleestak monster from the 1970s children’s show, “Land of the Lost.” You might come across one of his “Sleestak Attacks” around Portland.You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription ... Brent Marr created his own costume of the Sleestak monster from the 1970s children’s show, “Land of the Lost.” You might come across one of his “Sleestak Attacks” around Portland. You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription to OregonLive. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Brent Marr created his own costume of the Sleestak monster from the 1970s children’s show, “Land of the Lost.” You might come across one of his “Sleestak Attacks” around Portland.


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]]> 1282 no The Rose Queens https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/therosequeens We speak with Rose Queens from the Portland Rose Festivals in 1947, 1962, 1980 and 2020, and the festival, a changing Portland, and a changing Rose Court. You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription to OregonLive. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:00:00 -0000 The Rose Queens full The Oregonian/OregonLive We speak with Rose Queens from the Portland Rose Festivals in 1947, 1962, 1980 and 2020, and the festival, a changing Portland, and a changing Rose Court.You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription to OregonLive. Go to oreg... We speak with Rose Queens from the Portland Rose Festivals in 1947, 1962, 1980 and 2020, and the festival, a changing Portland, and a changing Rose Court. You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription to OregonLive. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We speak with Rose Queens from the Portland Rose Festivals in 1947, 1962, 1980 and 2020, and the festival, a changing Portland, and a changing Rose Court.


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]]> 1607 no The Riddle House https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/theriddlehouse In the midst of the pandemic, a monument of sorts has been created on a quiet neighborhood street in Portland’s Southwest Hills, not far from Council Crest. You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription to OregonLive. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:00:18 -0000 The Riddle House full The Oregonian/OregonLive In the midst of the pandemic, a monument of sorts has been created on a quiet neighborhood street in Portland’s Southwest Hills, not far from Council Crest.You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription to OregonLive. Go to or... In the midst of the pandemic, a monument of sorts has been created on a quiet neighborhood street in Portland’s Southwest Hills, not far from Council Crest. You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription to OregonLive. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In the midst of the pandemic, a monument of sorts has been created on a quiet neighborhood street in Portland’s Southwest Hills, not far from Council Crest.


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]]> 1293 no The Good-News Cartographer https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/thegood-newscartographer Tired out from an onslaught of bad news in the era of COVID-19, Mark Lawton set out to scour the world for good stories that lifted his spirits. See his map at oneworld-stories.org. Read more about Lawton's project. You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription to OregonLive. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Jun 2020 12:00:00 -0000 The Good-News Cartographer full The Oregonian/OregonLive Tired out from an onslaught of bad news in the era of COVID-19, Mark Lawton set out to scour the world for good stories that lifted his spirits.See his map at oneworld-stories.org. Read more about Lawton's project.You can support th... Tired out from an onslaught of bad news in the era of COVID-19, Mark Lawton set out to scour the world for good stories that lifted his spirits. See his map at oneworld-stories.org. Read more about Lawton's project. You can support this podcast and local journalism with a subscription to OregonLive. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tired out from an onslaught of bad news in the era of COVID-19, Mark Lawton set out to scour the world for good stories that lifted his spirits.


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]]> 1506 no The Baker https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/thebaker Whitney Rutz made a giant cinnamon roll to cheer herself up. She ended up making more than 100 of them while raising thousands for the Oregon Food Bank. Support local journalism and this podcast by subscribing to OregonLive for just $10 a month. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:00:00 -0000 The Baker full The Oregonian/OregonLive Whitney Rutz made a giant cinnamon roll to cheer herself up. She ended up making more than 100 of them while raising thousands for the Oregon Food Bank.Support local journalism and this podcast by subscribing to OregonLive for just $10 a month. Go t... Whitney Rutz made a giant cinnamon roll to cheer herself up. She ended up making more than 100 of them while raising thousands for the Oregon Food Bank. Support local journalism and this podcast by subscribing to OregonLive for just $10 a month. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Whitney Rutz made a giant cinnamon roll to cheer herself up. She ended up making more than 100 of them while raising thousands for the Oregon Food Bank.


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]]> 1482 no The Searchers https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/thesearchers The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office spent days searching for the body of 27-year-old Saul Gallegos Ruiz in the Willamette River, without success. Then the family called on Gene and Sandy Ralston, a retired couple from Idaho, to find him. This week’s episode is about the many lives that the Ralstons have touched here in Oregon. Support local journalism and this podcast by subscribing to OregonLive for just $10 a month. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 May 2020 12:00:00 -0000 The Searchers full The Oregonian/OregonLive The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office spent days searching for the body of 27-year-old Saul Gallegos Ruiz in the Willamette River, without success. Then the family called on Gene and Sandy Ralston, a retired couple from Idaho, to find him. This week’s ... The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office spent days searching for the body of 27-year-old Saul Gallegos Ruiz in the Willamette River, without success. Then the family called on Gene and Sandy Ralston, a retired couple from Idaho, to find him. This week’s episode is about the many lives that the Ralstons have touched here in Oregon. Support local journalism and this podcast by subscribing to OregonLive for just $10 a month. Go to oregonlive.com/podsupport. Thank you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office spent days searching for the body of 27-year-old Saul Gallegos Ruiz in the Willamette River, without success. Then the family called on Gene and Sandy Ralston, a retired couple from Idaho, to find him. This week’s episode is about the many lives that the Ralstons have touched here in Oregon.


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]]> 1652 no Gratitude and Grief in a Pandemic https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/gratitudeandgriefinapandemic Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler sat down with Portland actress Wendy Westerwelle (outside, six feet apart) for some perspective during the coronavirus pandemic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 May 2020 12:00:20 -0000 Gratitude and Grief in a Pandemic full The Oregonian/OregonLive Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler sat down with Portland actress Wendy Westerwelle (outside, six feet apart) for some perspective during the coronavirus pandemic. Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler sat down with Portland actress Wendy Westerwelle (outside, six feet apart) for some perspective during the coronavirus pandemic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1458 no The Church Pews https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/thechurchpews There’s a place in Portland where you can admire more than a half-mile of painstakingly created art — and sit on it. The needlepoint pew cushions of Westminster Presbyterian Church, which have been part of a 30-year volunteer project, offer a glimpse of Portland history, and a reminder of the power of an old-fashioned, barn-raising, group effort. Reliable local journalism matters now more than ever. Please support our work for just $10 a month. Subscribe now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:00:00 -0000 The Church Pews full The Oregonian/OregonLive There’s a place in Portland where you can admire more than a half-mile of painstakingly created art — and sit on it. The needlepoint pew cushions of Westminster Presbyterian Church, which have been part of a 30-year volunteer project, offer a glimpse o... There’s a place in Portland where you can admire more than a half-mile of painstakingly created art — and sit on it. The needlepoint pew cushions of Westminster Presbyterian Church, which have been part of a 30-year volunteer project, offer a glimpse of Portland history, and a reminder of the power of an old-fashioned, barn-raising, group effort. Reliable local journalism matters now more than ever. Please support our work for just $10 a month. Subscribe now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices There’s a place in Portland where you can admire more than a half-mile of painstakingly created art — and sit on it. The needlepoint pew cushions of Westminster Presbyterian Church, which have been part of a 30-year volunteer project, offer a glimpse of Portland history, and a reminder of the power of an old-fashioned, barn-raising, group effort.


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]]> 1428 no The State Song https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/thestatesong A few years ago, I wrote a column about the lyrics to Oregon’s state song. Afterward, I was contacted by Amy Shapiro, a Beaverton woman who had been working for years to update the song for modern times. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:00:00 -0000 The State Song full The Oregonian/OregonLive A few years ago, I wrote a column about the lyrics to Oregon’s state song. Afterward, I was contacted by Amy Shapiro, a Beaverton woman who had been working for years to update the song for modern times. A few years ago, I wrote a column about the lyrics to Oregon’s state song. Afterward, I was contacted by Amy Shapiro, a Beaverton woman who had been working for years to update the song for modern times. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices lyrics to Oregon’s state song. Afterward, I was contacted by Amy Shapiro, a Beaverton woman who had been working for years to update the song for modern times.

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]]> 1828 no The Funeral Director https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/thefuneraldirector Last November, Tom Hallman and I went to a military funeral for two veterans who died with no family to claim their bodies. Crystal Purdy-Newland, the funeral director who oversees military honors for Portland-area veterans whose bodies are unclaimed. Often, these men and women have died with no known family, or only distant family. Many of them were homeless. But, she says, unclaimed does not mean unloved. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:00:00 -0000 The Funeral Director full The Oregonian/OregonLive Last November, Tom Hallman and I went to a military funeral for two veterans who died with no family to claim their bodies. Crystal Purdy-Newland, the funeral director who oversees military honors for Portland-area veterans whose bodies are unclaimed. ... Last November, Tom Hallman and I went to a military funeral for two veterans who died with no family to claim their bodies. Crystal Purdy-Newland, the funeral director who oversees military honors for Portland-area veterans whose bodies are unclaimed. Often, these men and women have died with no known family, or only distant family. Many of them were homeless. But, she says, unclaimed does not mean unloved. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices two veterans who died with no family to claim their bodies. Crystal Purdy-Newland, the funeral director who oversees military honors for Portland-area veterans whose bodies are unclaimed. Often, these men and women have died with no known family, or only distant family. Many of them were homeless. But, she says, unclaimed does not mean unloved.

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]]> 1535 no Mel's Scooter Club https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/melsscooterclub Everybody's heard about biker gangs, the wild ones. Well, 97-year-old Mel Hayes has a gang of his own. Read the story and watch the video. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:00:04 -0000 Mel's Scooter Club full The Oregonian/OregonLive Everybody's heard about biker gangs, the wild ones. Well, 97-year-old Mel Hayes has a gang of his own.Read the story and watch the video. Everybody's heard about biker gangs, the wild ones. Well, 97-year-old Mel Hayes has a gang of his own. Read the story and watch the video. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Everybody's heard about biker gangs, the wild ones. Well, 97-year-old Mel Hayes has a gang of his own.


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]]> 1198 no The Wedding Ring https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/theweddingring The mystery of a very special wedding ring: how it was lost, re-discovered, and took a long journey back home. Want more? Read the story and watch the video. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0000 The Wedding Ring full The Oregonian/OregonLive The mystery of a very special wedding ring: how it was lost, re-discovered, and took a long journey back home. Want more? Read the story and watch the video. The mystery of a very special wedding ring: how it was lost, re-discovered, and took a long journey back home. Want more? Read the story and watch the video. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Read the story and watch the video.

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]]> 1440 no Coming soon: Oregon Lives, a storytelling podcast from The Oregonian/OregonLive https://play.acast.com/s/oregonlives/comingsoon-oregonlives-astorytellingpodcastfromtheoregonian-oregonlive Welcome to Oregon Lives, the new podcast in which Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler introduce you to Oregonians with stories to tell. Subscribe today and don't miss a single episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:00:27 -0000 Coming soon: Oregon Lives, a storytelling podcast from The Oregonian/OregonLive trailer The Oregonian/OregonLive Welcome to Oregon Lives, the new podcast in which Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler introduce you to Oregonians with stories to tell. Subscribe today and don't miss a single episode. Welcome to Oregon Lives, the new podcast in which Tom Hallman and Samantha Swindler introduce you to Oregonians with stories to tell. Subscribe today and don't miss a single episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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