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Laws in old Oregon were rough, not always ready
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - April 26, 2024 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings“From 1861 to 1876, every man committed to the Oregon State Penitentiary for ‘life’ either escaped or was pardoned,” writes historian and newspaper columnist Erik Bromberg, quoting from the U.S. Federal Writers Project’s “Oregon Oddities” article of 1939-1941. “Some who escaped were recaptured an...
Deadly weather usually catches Oregon by surprise
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - April 25, 2024 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsCyclones, tornadoes, flash floods, earthquakes and volcanoes — the Beaver State is not immune to any of these things, but they're rare enough that no one is expecting them when they appear. (Statewide) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1210b-deadly-weather-usually-catches-oreg...
The short, tragic story of P-town’s municipal whale
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - April 24, 2024 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings“Ethelbert” the orca somehow ended up stranded miles from the ocean in the Columbia Slough, much to the delight of most Portland residents. But it wasn't long before the city's would-be Nimrods came out and spoiled everything. (Columbia Slough, Multnomah County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see...
Bootlegger ‘lobster trap’ a huge but costly success
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - April 23, 2024 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsNo one in Tillamook County even suspected the “Lee Film Company” was a front for government Prohibition enforcement until the trap was sprung ... but it has to have been the most expensive law enforcement operation in the county's history. (Tillamook County; 1920s) (For text and pictures, see htt...
The Portland mining engineer who invented fracking (WPA oral-history interview with William Hampton)
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - April 22, 2024 14:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWPA writer Walker Winslow's oral history interview with William Huntley Hampton, a son of Brigham Young although not a Mormon, who was probably Oregon's second most famous mining engineer around the turn of the Twentieth Century (behind Herbert Hoover). He invented the process of hydraulic fracki...
CAP Sunday
Jubilee Church Wirral – Sunday messages - April 22, 2024 11:49 - 47 minutesChristians Against Poverty (CAP) has been providing free professional debt help through local churches across the UK since 1996. In 2023, Jubilee opened a new CAP debt centre in our home at The Jubilee Centre in Wallasey. CAP works with people who are struggling with their finances. No matter ...
1 Thessalonians: Joy & Suffering together
Gateway Church Leeds Podcast - April 21, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes ★ - 1 ratingJohn digs into the middle section of this book of 1 Thessalonians and draws out the themes; 'persecution is not strange' and 'Friendship is precious'.
1 Corinthians 7:25-40 • The Unmarried and the Widowed • 21 April 2024
Redeemer London's Podcast - April 21, 2024 12:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday, Pete preached to us on 1 Corinthians 7:25-40, reminding us of Paul's primary aim, to encourage us as believers to glorify him and pursue the extension of his kingdom, and unpacking what that means for those who are unmarried. Join us next week as we continue to hear from God's word about ...
Brothel owner Carrie Carrie’s sidekicks proved bad at corpse disposal (Part 2 of 2)
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - April 19, 2024 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsOn the morning of Nov. 25, 1881, two men were walking to work along the North End waterfront when they saw something incongruous in the river, just off the foot of Everett Street ... a pair of feet, sticking straight up into the air. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1990s) (For text and pictures, see...
Bordello madam Carrie Bradley was a real-life Brigid O’Shaughnessy (Part 1 of 2 parts)
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - April 18, 2024 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThe Femme Fatale, like most really satisfying tropes in fiction, is based on real life. And arguably, the closest Oregon has ever come to a real-life femme fatale worthy of Hammett’s pen was in early 1880s Portland, in what today is known as the Tenderloin — in the person of a gorgeous, hard-eyed...
Scholarly Albany flyer was the real father of Oregon aviation
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - April 17, 2024 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIn a race with Portland neophile Henry Wemme to be the first owner of an airplane in Oregon, Cornell-educated John Burkhart was two weeks too late; but unlike Wemme, he designed, built and flew his own machine. (Albany, Linn County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/14...
WSJ Tuesday
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 17, 2024 03:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWall Street Journal
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Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 16, 2024 16:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMonday - Friday Noon - 2pm
The New York Times April 16, 2024
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 16, 2024 15:31 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA reading of articles and features from the New York Times dated Tuesday April 16th, 2024
Supermarket Ads
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 16, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPopular grocery ads from the Sunday edition of the Buffalo News. Don't start your grocery list without it!
Was Bridge of the Gods real? Almost certainly yes
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - April 16, 2024 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThe geographical evidence isn't there; but every nearby Indian community has legends about the river tunneling underground for miles, and roughly similar accounts of the tunnel's collapse. What are the odds? (Near The Dalles, Wasco County; circa 1450 A.D.) (For text and pictures, see https://offb...
Buffalo News Tuesday
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 16, 2024 13:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsArticles and features from The Buffalo News
WSJ Monday
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 16, 2024 03:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWall Street Journal
The New York Times April 15, 2024
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 15, 2024 18:14 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA reading of articles and features from the New York Times dated Monday April 15th, 2024
USA Today Monday
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 15, 2024 16:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMonday - Friday Noon - 2pm
Sunday Times Magazine
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 15, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsNYT Magazine
The maddest man in old Portland (WPA oral-history interview)
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - April 15, 2024 14:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsYoung Charley Imus was the son of the local undertaker, and he and a school friend were tasked with watching over a corpse while an Irish wake was going on, as the wind howled in the shingles on a stormy, spooky night. Imagine the boys' consternation when the 'corpse' ... woke up. Apparently the ...
Buffalo News Monday
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 15, 2024 13:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsArticles and features from The Buffalo News
Sylvia Billington: The fruits of the spirit
Jubilee Church Wirral – Sunday messages - April 15, 2024 11:31 - 33 minutesSylvia on the fruits of the Spirit, how we have been chosen by God and how we have to keep bearing fruit, whatever gifts he has given us. Sylvia goes into how the Kingdom of God is not about what we want, but about doing what God wants us to do. If God wants us to do things differently, we shou...
Buffalo News Sunday Viewpoints
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 15, 2024 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBuffalo News Sunday Viewpoints
Sunday Times Sunday NY Times Arts & Leisure section
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 14, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSunday NY Times Arts & Leisure section
Sunday Times NY Review
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 14, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSunday NY Times Review
Sunday NY Times
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 14, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSunday NY Times
Buffalo News Sunday Home & Style/Sunday Gusto
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 14, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBuffalo News Sunday Home & Style/Sunday Gusto
The Wall Street Journal April 13, 2024
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Services Podcast - April 14, 2024 13:40 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA reading of Articles and Features from the April 13th issue of the Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition
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