Latest Jeffers Podcast Episodes
'The Entire City Needs Access To Entertainment' - Harry Lennix Joins 'On The Block'
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - May 10, 2024 10:50 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsDistinguished film, television, stage actor and producer (and South Side native) Harry Lennix joins 'On The Block' to discuss performing back in Chicago, and how he is turning a building on South Cottage Grove into an African-American museum and stage. Host - Jon Hansen 'On The Block' Host - B...
Skill, stout shipbuilding kept wreck fatality-free
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 09, 2024 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsReally, the only reason the U.S.S. Peacock didn’t break into pieces and drown all hands within hours of slamming into the sand was that it was a United States Navy ship. That meant it was crewed by some of the best-trained sailors in the world, and built solidly enough for iron shot to bounce off...
Guild Lake was P-town’s water wonderland
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 08, 2024 14:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThe hordes of awestruck visitors who admired the scenery at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition would have been shocked if they'd known the beautiful little lake would be gone in 20 years — filled in for industrial lands. Not a trace remains. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1900s) (For text and pict...
Wreck of the U.S. Grant: A weird historical mystery
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 08, 2024 14:00 ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThe little riverboat came loose from its moorings during a storm and floated downriver and onto the deadly bar with the owners aboard. How could such a thing have happened? Did someone do it on purpose? (Astoria, Clatsop County; 1870s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1411c.3...
CHA’s Vacant Homes Are Turning Into Money Pits And Hubs For Drug Activity
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - May 08, 2024 10:50 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsIn Pullman, A roughly 150-year-old home the Chicago Housing Authority owns has sat vacant since 2005. Facing criticism, the CHA pledged to rehab it and others six months ago — but work hasn’t begun and it’s unclear if it ever will. In West Humboldt Park, neighbors surrounded by the drug trade a...
A NEW THING: New Margins
First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, MO - May 07, 2024 19:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsGod moves us beyond what we think is possible. Scripture: Acts: 8:26-40
Politicians’ plan for Army to seize gold mines foiled
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 07, 2024 14:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsSome Eastern politicians had a plan for paying down Civil War debt: Send in the Army, with the aid of foreign troops, and seize all the productive gold-mining operations in the West. Luckily, a Nevada Senator had a plan to pre-empt it. (Washington, D.C.; 1860s) (For text and pictures, see https:/...
What riding the transcontinental railroad was like (WPA oral-history interview with Mrs. Hortense Watkins)
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 06, 2024 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWhen we get the story of early-day Oregon emigrants' journeys, usually they involve covered wagons. This is a story of a lady who came to Oregon on the newly built transcontinental railway, which she did the same year the connection was finished: 1883. This is WPA writer Sara B. Wrenn's oral hist...
Ready Or Not, Here They Come -- What You Need To Know About The Cicadas About To Emerge
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - May 06, 2024 13:28 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsThe rare double brood of Cicadas is getting close to emerging across Chicagoland, and Janelle Iaccino from Rose Pest Solution fills us in on what we need to know. She's also getting ready to make a cicada album from the incest sounds! Host - Jon Hansen Guest - Janelle Iaccino Rose Pest Soluti...
His Church - Kevin O'dea
Heritage Fellowship Church - May 06, 2024 11:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis week, Kevin O'dea, a special guest and long-time friend of Heritage Fellowship, challenges us with a simple and profound question: How are we treating His bride? Support the Show.
The Supremacy of Christ
Jeffersontown Baptist Church - May 05, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJBC is a place where you don't have to be fluent at "church" in order to start or continue a journey with God. Our hope is that you will find JBC to be a place where you can grow through studying God's Word, reach those around with the saving news of the Gospel, and worship God in spirit and truth.
2024 Episode 4: One Sure Fire Way To Make Sure Your Lawn Looks Great!
Jefferson County Alabama: Podcast for the People - May 03, 2024 19:00 - 13 minutesDo you have turf envy? Jefferson County Stormwater Education Training Coordinator and Master Gardener Hana Berres tells you the first step to having a beautiful lawn in Jefferson County, AL (hint: it isn't triple 13) and Margaret Tanner, deputy director of Environmental Services, explains why ov...
The Tiny Chicago Restaurant Quietly Serving Sports Biggest Stars
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - May 03, 2024 15:41 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsChicago Kalbi in Albany Park looks like an unassuming neighborhood spot until you see the lineup of stars on the wall, including Ichiro, who once ate there six nights in a row. Host - Jon Hansen Reporter - Dave Hoekstra Read More Here DONATE TO BLOCK CLUB ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY Want to ...
Oregon’s first murder defendant saved by wife
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 03, 2024 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIt was the first murder trial ever held in the Oregon Territory. The prosecution alleged that Nimrod O’Kelley was a land pirate who had invented an imaginary wife in order to fraudulently claim extra land, and that he had murdered Jeremiah Mahoney to prevent losing it, and to intimidate his other...
Mysterious skeletons of Oregon history: If only these bones could talk ...
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 02, 2024 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsSometimes the silent bones of the long dead almost seem to want to tell their stories ... but, of course, they can't.There are a few stories of skeletal remains found in Oregon whose secrets will probably never be known. (Scio, Ochoco National Forest, Peters Creek Sink) (For text and pictures, s...
Should Chicago Lower The Speed Limit?
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - May 02, 2024 10:50 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsA City Council committee revved up discussions Wednesday over dropping Chicago’s default speed limit from 30 to 25 mph. Transit experts and leaders with the Chicago Department of Transportation testified at a Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety hearing Wednesday that lowering speed limit...
Nutty 1890s governor gave state two Thanksgivings
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 01, 2024 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIn 1893, famously irascible governor Sylvester Pennoyer made a mistake on the date of Turkey Day in a speech. But then, instead of admitting his error, he defiantly doubled down on it. (Salem, Marion County; 1890s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1411b.312.pennoyers-thanksg...
The End Of The CTA As We Know It?
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - April 30, 2024 18:20 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsState lawmakers proposed new legislation on Monday that would overhaul public transportation in northeastern Illinois by merging CTA, Metra and Pace under a single agency. Host - Jon Hansen Reporter - Manny Ramos Editor - Iridian Fierro Read More Here Want to donate to our non-profit newsr...
Prospectors turned their backs on a fortune, twice
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - April 30, 2024 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsMiner William Aldred, traveling to a rumored bonanza in Idaho with five dozen other miners, found two gold mines on the way — but couldn't get the other miners to stay with him to work them. Luckily, one of the two mines was still unclaimed on their return. (Prairie City, Grant County; 1860s) (F...
Will Foxtrot & Dom's Closure Lead To Stronger Laws For All Chicago Workers?
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - April 29, 2024 14:38 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratings35 Foxtrot and Dom's stores closed abruptly Tuesday, devastating shoppers and employees. Did the owners violate state or federal laws? While the lawsuit moves through the judicial system, some leaders are calling for stronger protections for Chicago workers. Host - Jon Hansen Guest - Patrick ...
HEADLINE (WPA oral-history interview with NAMENAMENAME)
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - April 29, 2024 14:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWPA writer William Haight's oral history interview with Miss Etta Crawford, wealthy and cultured member of frontier Oregon's social elite and political activist, recalling her girlhood days in Portland shortly after the Civil War. (For the transcript, see https://www.loc.gov/item/wpalh001943/)
The Great Commission Part 3 - Dr. Casey Moss
Heritage Fellowship Church - April 29, 2024 11:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis week, we continue to look at the Great Commission and explore what the phrase "all authority" means. Support the Show.
Praying for Our Church: Part III
Jeffersontown Baptist Church - April 28, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJBC is a place where you don't have to be fluent at "church" in order to start or continue a journey with God. Our hope is that you will find JBC to be a place where you can grow through studying God's Word, reach those around with the saving news of the Gospel, and worship God in spirit and truth.
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...
Hometown All-Star Making Sure Kids Get The Same Chances He Got Playing Baseball
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - April 26, 2024 10:45 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsFormer UIC Flame and current MLB All Star outfielder, Curtis Granderson, generously donated a sum of $5 million to help fund a $10 million ballpark at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the largest one-time gift from a professional athlete back to their alma mater in history. 'On The Block' ...
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...
Why The Chicago Sky Are The Hottest Ticket In Town
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - April 24, 2024 10:45 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsThe Chicago Sky went big in the WNBA Draft, and the city is extremely excited about it. With the No. 3 and the No. 7 overall picks, the Sky selected 6-foot-7 Brazilian center Kamilla Cardoso of South Carolina and 6-foot-3 forward Angel Reese of Louisiana State University. What does that mean for...
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...
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