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City Cast Portland captures the one-of-a-kind creative spirit of this place and tackles who we are and where we’re going — from big deals, like equity and livability, to tiny delights, like the city's most wonderful doughnut. Our home is teeming with creativity and controversy, natural beauty and impossibly good food and drink.
Host Claudia Meza is so over the notion that ‘Portland is over.’ On the show, she’ll revive your civic pride and stir you to help create local change — through conversations with neighbors, newsmakers, artists and entrepreneurs about our ever-changing city.
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503 Day Good News: City Money for Portlanders, Biking Improvements, and Reclassifying Cannabis
Happy 503 Day, everyone! Today on City Cast Portland, we’re talking about some of the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s planned greenway additions, what the upcoming federal reclassification of cannabis would mean to our local industry, and the participatory budgeting campaign currently gathering signatures. Plus, we reveal our new unofficial city slogan! Joining host Claudia Meza on this week’s Friday news roundup are Willamette Week’s Potlander column author, Brianna Wheeler, and our very own executive producer, John Notarianni.
Discussed on Today’s Episode:
Federal Cannabis Reclassification Could Bring Pharmaceutical Companies to Oregon’s Marijuana Industry [OPB]
What Would You Do With $15 Million of City Money? Petition Would Give Portlanders a Say [Portland Mercury]
News Release: Biking in Portland Grows by 5%, as PBOT Announces New Greenways and Retrofits Opening This Year [Portland.gov]
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How To Celebrate 503 Day: Portland’s New, Totally Real Holiday
For the past month, City Cast Portland has been campaigning to make May 3 an official holiday celebrating all that is Portland. But since it’s a brand-new holiday, host Claudia Meza and producers John Notarianni and Giulia Fiaoni have picked the best ideas for how to celebrate the inaugural 503 Day, with contributions from city leaders, regular contributors, and you — our amazing listeners.
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Your Guide to May in Portland
If you're new here, welcome! We’ve put together a starter pack for you, with episodes and articles to welcome you to the City Cast Portland community.
From checking out a mausoleum tour to getting outdoors with a NW forest pass, there’s no shortage of things to do this month in Portland. So the City Cast Portland team is here to narrow down your May bucket list to the must-dos, like this seasonal food guide.
One bonus suggestion from our episode archive: “Why Spring Is the Perfect Time To Visit Oregon’s High Desert”
For even more tips on how to make the most of May in Portland, check out Hey Portland’s take on what to do this month.
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What Portland Gets Wrong About Old Town
Today, we’re starting something new: neighborhood guides where we talk with notable Portlanders about the good, the bad, and the ugly of where they live.
First up: potentially our most controversial neighborhood, Old Town Chinatown. Suzette Smith, from the Portland Mercury, has lived there for nearly a decade and has plenty of reasons why we have Old Town pegged all wrong.
And a note to our ride-or-dies: our midweek roundup will be back next week.
Places mentioned in this episode:
Karaoke From Hell at Dante’s
Sushi Ichiban
Darcelle XV Showplace
Kingsland Kitchen
Little Peacock
Hallway PDX
Deadstock Coffee
Cafe United
Stumptown
Kells Irish Pub
Buranko Cafe
The Society Hotel
The Hoxton
Lan Su Chinese Garden
Sizzle Pie
Voodoo Doughnut
Pine Street Market
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Why Spring Is the Perfect Time To Visit Oregon’s High Desert
Despite our iconic forests, mountains, and waterfalls, some Oregonians say the real adventure awaits us in the high desert, east of the Cascades. Out there, you’ll see landscapes unlike anywhere else in the Northwest, remnants of volcanic activity, aromatic brush and desert wildflowers, black-tailed jackrabbits, and a big ole crack in the ground. Today on City Cast Portland, Norther Emily of Wild Solitude Guiding fills us in on why spring is the perfect time to visit the high desert.
Discussed in today’s episode:
Maupin
Lower Deschutes River
Criterion Tract
Smith Rock
Gray Butte
Painted Hills Natural Beef
Christmas Valley
Fort Rock
Crack in the Ground
The Lost Forest and Shifting Sand Dunes
Summer Lake Hot Springs
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Homeless Shelters That Work, Cheap-Ass Apartment Buildings, and Empty Senior Housing
Today we’re talking about why a North Portland affordable housing development for seniors is sitting empty, which type of homeless shelters are most successful in moving people into permanent housing, and whether Metro should be diverting supportive housing services dollars to buy existing cheap residential properties. Joining host Claudia Meza on this week’s Friday news roundup are KOIN 6 investigative reporter Elise Haas, and our very own executive producer, John Notarianni.
Stories discussed in today’s episode:
Rosemont Court Residents Wonder, ‘What Is Our Fate?’ [KOIN]
Study Finds Motels and Village Shelters Provide Best Outcome for Those Experiencing Homelessness [KGW]
Portland Apartment Buildings Are Selling Cheap. Is That an Opportunity for Local Governments? [Willamette Week]
Inside a Portland Micro-Village [City Cast Portland 🎧]
What’s Working (and Not) in Portland’s Shelter Programs [City Cast Portland 🎧]
Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up here.
Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at portland@citycast.fm, or leave us a voicemail at 503-208-5448.
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Customer Reviews
Excellent podcast, fostering community, great hosts and reporters
I have been listening to City Cast Portland podcast most everday for the last year. Claudia’s and John’s voices, and their laughs, are with me as I’m walking my dog, doing dishes, chillin’ outside, etc. This is the must-listen podcast for anyone in the Portland area. I recommend it to all my friends. All the VIP topics are covered, as well as things I’d never otherwise think about or know about going on locally. This podcast fosters the community, engages us, educates us and has fun concurrently and is a major asset to locals.
Show artisans and the artistic community more love!
Really like the show but majorly lacking coverage on the arts and artisans and importance of creative expression in this community. Everything they do cover they cover well, but I would love to see you regularly expand beyond food, bars and the outdoors when talking about Portland culture.
Indispensable
I’m kinda writing this review because Claudia and John gave more or less a command on a recent episode, but also because I am so grateful for the smart, curious, joyful work this team is doing. I listen for the stories about Portland but also for the camaraderie. Can we get a blooper reel, please?