James and Nate Talk with Bert Hui, one of the founders of Columbia Gorge
Board Games, a group that meets weekly to play board games in Hood River. We
talk about running a board game meetup group, demo-ing games at conventions,
and judging TCG tournaments.
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Our guest is poet, filmmaker, educator, retired therapist, and thought leader
– La Toya A. Hampton, MSW ~ The Poet Lady Rose. She is holding Rhymes and
Roots: Celebrating North Portland through Poetry Workshops through Sunday,
February 9.
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Laurie Mercier interviews Desiree Hellegers about her web series, a surreal
and hallucinogenic monologue set entirely inside their mind during a
thirty-day silent Buddhist retreat in the woods of British Columbia during
the 2005 winter holiday. While outwardly appearing...
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Tanner is the co-author, along with Kai Whiting, of the new book, What Is
Stoicism?: A Brief and Accessible Overview. Tanner is an American
philosopher of Stoicism living in the United Kingdom. He is the producer and
host of the Practical Stoicism podcast, which was name...
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Nate and James welcome Ned Damon, the Portland Local Playtest Organizer with
Break My Game. He gives local board game designers a chance to have their
games played with a critical eye so they can improve their designs. Ned also
has a podcast about the trading card game S...
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On today's episode, we welcome Sarah Neidhardt, author of the memoir Twenty
Acres: A Seventies Childhood in the Woods, from The University of Arkansas
Press. The book recounts Sarah’s experience growing up as part of a
back-to-the land family in a small, isolated town in...
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Nate and James interview founder of Community Connection Gaming and Twitch
streamer, Jessy Damon about streaming board games, the importance of game
stores, and expanding diversity in the hobby. Jessy also used to program at
KBOO under the name Just Jess and hosted The M...
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Mara is the author of Ritual As Remedy: Embodied Practices For Soul Care.
Mara hosts international wellness retreats and programs across the globe.
Her trainings in the Incan Shaman lineage and the Pagan tradition have
inspired her life’s work, She is the also the author...
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“Take a deep a deep breath and think about the best way ground yourself in
this moment and to present for what is come in this year of Wood Snake . . .
”
-El
DJ Ellie D.
Eleanor Kiyoko Rose Nakayama
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