New York times There is no lack of podcasts about The Internet being made right now—shows that cover the culture, politics, dark underbelly, and idiosyncrasies of being online are outnumbered only by mediocre true crime pods. Yet Rabbit Hole, the new audio series from the New York Times that explores the internet’s potential to radicalize […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Sun April 19
Oregon Symphony GalaThe Oregon Symphony perseveres in the face of the coronavirus crisis by ensuring their 2020 Gala still goes on—just in a more online, intimate manner than the normal Schnitz-based show might otherwise have been. Local diva Storm Large will sing while backed by a virtual performance from the Symphony, and while “attendance” is […]
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The Best Things To Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Fri April 17
SPLIFF Film FestivalIf you’ve never experienced the mind-altering fun of SPLIFF (from the crazy, creative minds behind HUMP! and SLAY) you are in for such a treat. This year you can expect 22 brand new wildly entertaining weed-inspired shorts (all 4:20 or less… of course) featuring funny psychedelic trip-outs, stoned flying cats, side-splitting animation, aggressive […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Thurs April 16
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Viewing Party Guaranteed to be the most wholesome thing you do this quarantine, WQED in Pittsburgh, the public broadcasting station that produced Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, is livestreaming three episodes of the beloved children’s program: “How People Make Crayons,” “How People Make Cellos (with Yo-Yo Ma)”, and “Musical Games/Talking About Feelings.” That last […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Wed April 15
Roar! You have to say it with the exclamation point. You should hear it in your head with that exclamation point. Because Roar is a movie that should not be. Noel Marshall, a film producer, agent, husband to Tippi Hedren, and notably not an animal trainer, blew $17 million trying to direct his first (and […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Tues April 14
Sunderland ‘Til I Die One of the biggest parts of being a Timbers fan is just that: being a fan. There’s a lot that goes into that level of devotion for a footy team, and if you count yourself as a member of the Army, or you’re on the outside looking in and wondering what […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Sat April 11
{{ image:1, width:500 }} Turn Your Home Into a Tiny Desk Concert The very first installment of our sheltered-in-place Things To Do roundup made sure to shout out NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series as a must-subscribe on YouTube, and that’s still true. But in the meantime, the Tiny Desk Concert has become the most reliably […]
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New Savage Lovecast: Paging Dr. Bummer…
This week, Dan’s guest is epidemiologist Daniel Westreich, who spells out the concept of physical distancing, and why sexual intimacy is going to be pretty difficult to attain for many of us. Some of the conversation is on the Micro, and all of it is on the Magnum. A man asks if virtual reality porn […]
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Sit Down and Listen: Four Podcasts About Gender
How’re you supposed to learn anything if you don’t listen?
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New Savage Lovecast: The Truth About Women’s Libido with Dr. Wednesday Martin
A man is going through a divorce from his wife of 7 years. Although their breakup was peaceful, now her communication is curt and unfriendly. Is he entitled to feel angry about her unwarranted coldness? Also, a man kindly lent a friend some money. Now she keeps asking him for more and more every month! […]
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New Savage Lovecast: Spanking Is for Grownups
A young man has been dating a woman for a short time. She seems great… except. Except she is anti-abortion, and anti-gay in a lazy, not very heartfelt sort of way. Can he use his sex powers to change her feeble mind? Meanwhile, a woman is dating a guy also for a short time. He […]
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New Podcast Alert: Andie Main’s People Enjoying Terrible Accidents (PETA)
Illustration by Jordan Doll Denver seems to be treating comedian—and former Portlander—Andie Main well. Her creative output has never been higher. In September, Main sold out two shows at Kickstand Comedy where she taped her debut stand-up album Magpie, which will be released via Blonde Medicine in January. In the interim, you should check out […]