If you need help during these Eagle Creek Fire Evacuations:The Red Cross is operating relief shelters at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, and at Hedgewald Center in Stevenson, Washington.If you are looking for ways to help these people

The University of Washington's Olympic Rowing Team

Aug 28th, 2017 34m 52s

Michael Socolow, " Six Minutes In Berlin - Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing Gold at the Nazi Olympics " https://www.amazon.com/Six-Minutes-Berlin-Broadcast-Spectacle/dp/0252082214 Right now, you’re hearing audio from 1936. Berlin, Germany. Spec

Episode 24 - Hidden Figure

Feb 8th, 2017 24m 10s

Honolulu, Hawaii. Home to the University of Hawaii. And in the early 1900’s, when today’s story takes place, it was much different than the school it is today. Instead of teaching almost 20,000 young minds in one of the most beautiful places on

Episode 23 - A Portland Christmas Tradition

Dec 22nd, 2016 8m 31s

If you’re in Portland right now or are familiar with the area, you most likely haven't seen an enormous sign made of bright lights advertising sugar before. But I would bet that you know the sign I’m talking about. Right now it’s an outline of

How Seattle Was Saved From Darkness

Nov 16th, 2016 34m 2s

He’s going to go down in history as Seattle’s first superhero. Some will argue Seattle’s best superhero. Now some listeners might be thinking that “Yeh yeh, Superheroes aren’t real…they’re just make believe for kids or in comic books and movies

Episode 21 - Finding The Fisher Brothers

Oct 28th, 2016 19m 58s

Story told by Shane Proster. Cemetery explored with Dana Walters.Happy Halloween.

Episode 20 - Craigslist Scams and the Bike Batman

Oct 19th, 2016 21m 41s

Craigslist craigslist.com, you know it, I know it. It’s one of the largest sites in the world and I would bet that most of us, have bought or sold items from craigslist or at least know people that have. Internet marketplaces like this are a gr

Episode 19 - Oregon's Helldiver

Sep 29th, 2016 9m 57s

It's March 18th, 2010, Rockaway Beach, Oregon. Unusually sunny and clear for a spring morning on the Oregon Coast, a couple of loggers high up on a rocky, dirt road off of peterson creek are working in a clearcut. To harvest some timber they he

Episode 18 - The Battle Of Seattle

Aug 18th, 2016 16m 32s

Seattle 1999. As a part of the anti-globalization movement there were a series of protests surrounding the World Trade Organization or WTO that held a conference at the Washington State Convention. It was supposed to the launch of a new millenn

Episode 17 - Ryan Reynolds, Jon Stewart, Ezra Meeker and the Oregon Trail

Jun 7th, 2016 15m 30s

If you open up the Oregon Trail video game and press the number 3, you’ll see the default top scores from the game set up by the developers in 1990, ninth on the list with 2052 points, is Ezra Meeker and today we find out why and try to beat hi

Episode 16 - What I Saw At The Bernie Rally

Apr 4th, 2016 19m 56s

www.atom509.wordpress.comI have a few quick disclaimers before I start this episode: PNWcast is a region specific podcast covering history and culture in the Pacific Northwest. The story I'm bringing you today is technically political and curre

Episode 15 - Home, The Anarchist Colony of Washington

Mar 14th, 2016 12m 43s

UTOPIA is a Greek word for an imaginary place where everyone and everything is perfect. In the early 1890’s, this was an attractive society in America and resulted in the creation of model communities within the greater society and there were a

Episode 14 - The Golden Spruce Tree

Feb 15th, 2016 13m 46s

There was a forest in Port Clements on the Queen Charlotte Islands off the Beautiful British Columbia shoreline. This forest was home to the only Giant Golden Spruce in the world. This tree was sacred to the natives and it was the source of man

Episode 13 - 26 Dresses

Jan 19th, 2016 14m 9s

This whole adventure started when one man saw a stranger dumping boxes of wedding gowns, ball gowns, and bridesmaid dresses into a dumpster. He took the dresses and being a photographer, started taking incredible landscape shots with himself as

Episode 12 - The First Pacific Northwest Christmas

Dec 23rd, 2015 6m 29s

When I first got my dog, a little Australian Shepherd/heeler that I named Lando, we took a road trip through washington and stopped at Alki Beach in Seattle. It’s one of my favorite places to visit. It’s the westernmost point in the West Seattl

Episode 11 - The Great Yukon Silver Ore Heist

Dec 8th, 2015 24m 17s

in 1963, over $160,000 worth of ore—easily half a million dollars in today’s currency—was stolen from under the nose of one of the largest mining companies in Canada in a massive Yukon silver heist. the the would lead to a costly year-long inve

Episode 10 - Between Vancouver And Portland

Nov 17th, 2015 19m 12s

Natasha Geiling is a journalist for Think Progress and writes at @ngeiling. Her Smithsonian Magazine article for this story can be found here: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/history/vanport-oregon-how-countrys-largest-housing-project-

Episode 9 - The Thousand Steps

Oct 31st, 2015 11m 30s

The old staircase is called The Thousand Steps, even though there are only about 60. It gets that name apparently because it feels like it takes forever to walk up the stairs, as if there were a thousand of them. People have told stories of hea

Episode 8 - Alone On Mt. Stuart

Oct 15th, 2015 27m 6s

When it comes to the mountains, Zach and Bryson know their stuff. As guides on Mt. Rainier and strong rock climbers, they've seen and experienced more than most. But late August 2012 on Mt. Stuart...

Episode 7 - Amor De Cosmos

Sep 25th, 2015 23m 1s

Sometimes it's the strange, unconventional people that have the most impact. This is the story of Amor De Cosmos. His accolades are impressive and has all of the qualifications to be considered one of Canada's Fathers of Confederation, but he's

Episode 6 - Nobuo Fujita

Sep 11th, 2015 12m 12s

Finn J.D. John tells us the story of the man who conducted the first and only wartime aircraft-dropped bombing on the continental United States in 1942.20 years later, this man would be brought back to the city he tried to destroy to become an

Episode 5 - York

Aug 28th, 2015 17m 34s

When you think about the history of The Pacific Northwest, you might think about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This is the story of the only African American on the tour and his incredible impact to the exploration of the Northwest.

Episode 4 - The Three Kichis

Aug 13th, 2015 12m 7s

Three young sailors from Japan boarded a rice merchant ship for work in 1832. After being stranded at sea for over a year, they find themselves washed to shore on what is now Cape Flattery, Washington. This makes them the first Japanese people

Episode 3 - The Tea Bus

Aug 1st, 2015 9m 17s

This episode was a pleasure to make. Talking with Giuseppe was refreshing. His views and practices are nice to hear about. Plus, I just love old buses and free tea. So win-win.

Episode 2 - Helga Estby

Aug 1st, 2015 18m 18s

My friend Steve is walking across the country with his goat and I think that's awesome. There are alot of people who do this but on today's show, I want to tell you about Steve, his goat and Helga. I think you'll like it.