The inaugural THING festival is taking place in Port Townsend, Washington, during the last weekend in August, and today we got a look at what this THING might actually entail. It’s the brainchild of Adam Zacks, former booker of the Gorge’s annual Sasquatch! Festival, which ‘quatched its last ‘quatch in May 2018. THING appears to […]
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Happy Face Focuses on the Haunted Life of a Serial Killer’s Daughter
In the early ’90s, the Happy Face serial killer murdered women across the US, from Washington State to as far away as Florida. His first victim, Taunja Bennett, was from Portland, but Keith Hunter Jesperson’s work as a trucker gave him opportunities to murder people in California, Nebraska, and even Wyoming. If I don’t sound […]
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Did Tweets Kill Porn Actress August Ames? Jon Ronson’s New Podcast Argues No
There’s a good amount of bullshitting in The Last Days of August, despite Welsh journalist Jon Ronson’s best efforts to cut to the truth. Ronson is known for his investigative but extremely readable books So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed and The Psychopath Test. Last year saw him breaking into the podcast world with the Audible […]
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Did Tweets Kill August Ames? Jon Ronson’s The Last Days of August Thinks Not
In December 2017, porn actress August Ames killed herself. Jon Ronson’s new podcast The Last Days of August tries to answer why.
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The Second Annual Portland Podcast Festival Hits Your Ears This Weekend
The Portland Podcast Festival kicks off tonight! Since you’re alive in the year 2018, you definitely listen to podcasts, so you owe it to yourself to check out the one made right here in your hometown. The two-night affair starts at the Landmark with six great Portland podcasts in front of a live audience, then […]
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Why Do Women Love Murder?
CASSANDRA SWAN “Personally, I’m drawn to Jeffrey Dahmer. I guess I’d say that’s my favorite murder,” says Anna. “I wouldn’t go visit his house or anything like that. For me, that’s a bit much. I just like reading about him online. And I look at photos sometimes.” Anna is a 28-year-old stay-at-home mom and self-described […]
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XOXO’s New Look: Changes to the Fest and Expanding to Veterans Memorial Coliseum
⏰ Reminder: XOXO 2018 registration is open until this Friday noon PT/3pm ET! https://t.co/6EVw1d9Wof— XOXO (@xoxo) June 26, 2018 Registration for tickets to this year’s XOXO Festival will close tomorrow, Friday, at noon PST. The fest’s registration opened last Tuesday with the intention of only remaining available for ten days. Line-up for the festival includes […]
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OPB’s New Podcast Bundyville Drinks the Bundy Family Kool-Aid
OPB Leah Sottile opens her podcast series Bundyville with one of my least favorite questions of all time: What is truth? “Do the Bundys own the truth,” Sottile asks, “or is that the property of the US government?” The question, while a play on the Bundy family’s long history of disputes with the Bureau of […]
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Bundy Apologizin’
OPB’s Bundyville Serves Up Bundy Family Kool-Aid Shots
OPB’s Bundyville Serves Up Bundy Family Kool-Aid Shots
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Crooked Media’s Lovett or Leave It Hits Portland Tonight
Crooked Media Politics is crazy-making, and the discussion around politics—on cable news, on op-ed pages, on Twitter—is even worse. So it’s kind of unbelievable that the antidote to this ongoing madness is a group of podcasts about politics, in which conversations on the issues of today function as a countermeasure to the frustration, alienation, and […]
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Sanity in Your Earbuds
Crooked Media’s Lovett or Leave It Is a Necessary Antidote to Trump’s America
Crooked Media’s Lovett or Leave It is a necessary antidote to Trump’s America.