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City Cast Portland — 967 episodes · page 7 of 10

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What Comes After Measure 110, Body Cams on Police, and Closing a Jail Release Loophole

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Why Mingus Mapps Wants To Be Mayor

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Why No One Ever Moves Out of Concordia

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Why Carmen Rubio Wants To Be Mayor

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The Secrets of Portland's Vibrant Food Scene With Eater Portland's Outgoing Editor

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$750 for Every Oregonian? Plus, Unclaimed Treasures and Rising Utility Shutoffs

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Why Rene Gonzalez Wants To Be Mayor

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Why Liv Osthus Wants To Be Mayor

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A Guide To Making Friends in Portland (As An Adult)

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Former Portland Mayor and Sexual Abuser Dies, Curbside Battery Recycling, and Traffic Camera Shootings

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Why Keith Wilson Wants To Be Mayor

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The Ultimate Guide to Portland’s Thrift Shops

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Why It’s a Great Time To Invest in Portland — From a Developer Who’s Going Bankrupt

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Oregon Strawberry Varieties You Need To Eat This Season

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Two Local Media Empires Crumble, an Eyesore’s Impending Foreclosure, and PPS's New Boss

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The Willamette River’s Wild and Smelly Past

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The Plan To Banish a Toxic Nuisance From the Willamette River

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Reviving Portland’s Port, Hot Takes on Fleet Week, and is Herman the Sturgeon a Sham?

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Where To Kayak, Canoe, and Paddle Board on the Willamette

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Winemakers Sue Over Smoky Grapes, Rare Coastal Creatures, and Don’t Eat Those Mussels!

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Your Guide to June in Portland

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When Oregon’s Second Largest City Flooded

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How Portland Police Investigate the Most Notorious Graffiti

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Portland’s Progressive DA Loses Election; Outside Money and Zoo Animals Win

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How To Buy Your Perfect Portland Bicycle

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Is Montavilla the Best Neighborhood in Portland?

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A High-Profile Murder Case, Scrutinizing the City Budget, and Good News on Gun Violence

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Getting the Most Out of Farmers Market Season

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An LGBTQ+ Clinic’s Scandal, Outside Money Floods the Election, and Mismanaged Affordable Housing

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Fighting for Oregon’s Salmon, From Broken Treaties to Black Markets

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Must-Try Wineries Close to Portland

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Oregon’s Latest Eyebrow-Raising Spirituality Group

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Best Dance Spots in Portland

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From City Cast Denver: Introducing ‘Lauren Boebert Can’t Lose’

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How Safe is the MAX? Plus, PSU Protests’ Aftermath and a Scaled-Back Camping Ban

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Why You Should Really, Really Care About the Multnomah County Commissioners’ Election

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Is Life Getting Better on Portland’s Roughest Streets?

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Digging Into the Mayor’s $8.2 Billion City Budget Proposal

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Ranking Portland’s Best Burgers With Legendary ‘Simpsons’ Writer Bill Oakley

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503 Day Good News: City Money for Portlanders, Biking Improvements, and Reclassifying Cannabis

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How To Celebrate 503 Day: Portland’s New, Totally Real Holiday

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Your Guide to May in Portland

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What Portland Gets Wrong About Old Town

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Why Spring Is the Perfect Time To Visit Oregon’s High Desert

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Homeless Shelters That Work, Cheap-Ass Apartment Buildings, and Empty Senior Housing

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Can DA Challenger Nathan Vasquez Fix Crime in Portland?

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Is This Portland Bar the Global Home of Women’s Sports?

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There’s How Much Trash in the Willamette? Plus, More on Camping Bans and Hot Dogs

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What’s Working (and Not) in Portland’s Shelter Programs

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Gonzalez’s Punitive Camping Ban, Unfinished City Projects in SE, and Changing Public School Funding

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Oregon’s Controversial, Insanely Huge, $5.61 Billion ‘Kicker’ Tax Credit

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Inside a Portland Micro-Village

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What’s Next for the Restaurant Closed for ‘Smelling Like Food.’ Plus, the 1-Star Review Game!

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Portland’s Newest Foodie Hotspot Is… Beaverton!

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Mayor Wheeler’s Missing Texts, Who Can Swim in Lake Oswego, and the Jefferson High School Rebuilding Saga

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What Goes On Inside a Portland Psilocybin Treatment Center?

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Earthquake Preparedness for Non-Preppers

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City Camping Ban Revised and Portland’s Giant Powerball Winner. Plus, Plans for 503 Day!

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Why Your Local Portland Library Might Look — and Feel — a Lot Different

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Wonky 3-Point Lines, Not Enough Behavioral Health Staff, and PPB’s Handling of the Christopher Knipe Case

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Unique Portland Foods on the Verge of Extinction

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Huge Changes Coming to PDX Airport, From Carpet to Ceiling

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Oregon’s New ‘Right to Repair,’ the Latest Pickleball War, and Our Listener Mailbag

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Your Guide to April in Portland

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House-Stealing Scammers, Zenith Energy’s Undisclosed Lobbying, and Murder Plea Deals

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The Mega-Corporation Eyeing Portland’s Independent Music Scene

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DA Mike Schmidt on Measure 110 and Workplace Complaints Against Him

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Commissioner Rubio Backpedals PCEF Funds and Gov. Kotek’s First Lady Gets Staff. Plus, Listener Tips

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Why a Portland Restaurant Closed for Smelling Like Food

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A Controversial New Police Unit, PCEF Tax Questioned, and What Is a Soho House?

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Go to These Bars for Great Cocktails

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How To Actually Go Chasin’ Waterfalls

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Cheap Rent for Lawmakers, PGE Rate Hike Pushback, and Hunting for Potholes

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The Funky, Community-Driven Sound of Black Portland in the ’60s and ’70s

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Relentless Utility Rate Hikes, Halving Homelessness by 2025, and Cutting Student Recess?

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Recapping a Surprisingly Productive Short Legislative Session

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How To Make Friends in Portland

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Updates to the Homeless Camping Ban, Housing Pod Costs, and More State Sandwiches

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Did This Filmmaker Find D.B. Cooper?

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Millions More To Build Houses, Thousands More To Buy Them, and Prizes for Dinner

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Portland’s Ultimate Old-School Restaurants

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Mayor Ted Wheeler’s Agenda Before Leaving City Hall

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The Conscious Uncoupling of Rene Gonzalez & Portland Street Response

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Your Guide to March in Portland

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DA Mike Schmidt’s Change of Heart, the Portland Police Union’s New Ballot Petition, and a Controversial Bottle Drop Location

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Commissioner Rubio on Her Endless Bag of Money

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A Local Historian Tests Our Knowledge of Portland History

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What Oregon’s Stricter Drug Penalties Might Look Like. Plus, Mailbag!

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Where To Throw Your Next Birthday Party

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Sam Adams’ Political Comeback, PPS’s Giant Land Deal, and Plans To Fix Emergency Services

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Why You Need To Know the Lovejoy Columns

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Are Strict Building Codes Blocking Housing?

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An Insider’s Look at Portland Bridge Lifts

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Portland Boosts Traffic Tickets, Less Money for Students, and No More Hip-Hop at Kelly’s Olympian

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Go Eat at These Restaurants Now

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How to Behave in a Portland Tattoo Shop

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Did Commissioner Gonzalez Cry Wolf? Plus, the Bottle Bill’s Ties to Fentanyl

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Are We About to Finally Cancel Daylight Saving Time?

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Saving Portland Street Response, Fighting Over Parks, and Clapping Back on the Fentanyl Plan

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Shouldn’t Our Roads Be Less Dangerous by Now?