Inside ODOT Podcast

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  1. Episode 18: Environmental practices, LiDAR drones and ODOT’s librarian

    06/09/2025

    Episode 18: Environmental practices, LiDAR drones and ODOT’s librarian

    Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast! In this episode: Hear about how drone LiDAR technology helps us improve efficiency, safety and accuracy. Meet ODOT Librarian Amanda Carter. Corissa Anderson-Horvath and Jessica Curteman share how they integrate environmental and construction practices in their work. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

    24 min
  2. Episode 17: Amtrak Cascades and Student Billboard Contest winners

    03/19/2025

    Episode 17: Amtrak Cascades and Student Billboard Contest winners

    Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast! In this episode: Hear from high school students Dashiell and Mason about their Work Zone Safety Billboard Contest winning designs. Jenny Cherrytree interviews Kathy Holmes from our Rail and Public Transit Division. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

    21 min
  3. Episode 16: Visual Storytelling and High School to Highway

    02/28/2025

    Episode 16: Visual Storytelling and High School to Highway

    Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast! In this episode: Meet High School to Highway trainee program recruit Maecie Lantis. Don Hamilton interviews ODOT Communications videographers Rod Stevens and Julie Murray. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

    26 min
  4. Episode 11: Career reflections, plus lessons from Take Your Child to Work Day

    01/17/2025

    Episode 11: Career reflections, plus lessons from Take Your Child to Work Day

    Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast. In this episode: Guest co-host Aaron Kelber interviews ODOT staff about their jobs for Take Your Child to Work Day. Resident Engineer for Construction Carolyn Heniges talks about her career, just in time for International Women in Engineering Day. Liz McIntire interviews Vivian Payne, who retired after most recently leading the Maintenance Service Section of the Maintenance and Operations Branch, about her more than 40 years working with ODOT. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

    24 min
  5. Episode 12: A deep dive into ODOT’s structural revenue problems (and how to fix them)

    01/17/2025

    Episode 12: A deep dive into ODOT’s structural revenue problems (and how to fix them)

    Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast! In this episode: -Liz McIntire interviews Tana Libby-Hewlett, training and communications project manager for ODOT’s Delivery and Operations Division, about their shared experience at this year’s ACEC conference. -Audio from ODOT’s video explaining the agency’s maintenance funding issues, “Why Transportation Agencies Are Cutting Maintenance.” -Guest interviewer Anna Howe of ODOT Communications speaks to Travis Brouwer about the agency’s structural funding issues and how we’re working to solve them long-term. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

    30 min
  6. Episode 1: Meet the Podcast

    01/17/2025

    Episode 1: Meet the Podcast

    Welcome to our inaugural episode. Why a podcast? To reach our ODOT coworkers not stationed at a desk, of course! Maybe you process information you hear more than what you read. It’s nice to hear the voices of ODOT, in their own voices. In our inaugural episode; Region 3 Manager Darrin Neavoll takes us on a tour of his ODOT career with his Origins story. Assistant Director of Government and External Relations Lindsay Baker talks with Internal Communications Coordinator Sarah Kelber about Governor Kotek’s priority of customer service and the legislative landscape. “Thank you for continuing to be the face of our agency, and for continuing to show up and serve every single Oregonian the way that we do.” Show notes: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

    23 min
  7. Episode 2: Talking Safety with Mac Lynde

    01/17/2025

    Episode 2: Talking Safety with Mac Lynde

    Episode 2: Delivery & Operations Administrator Mac Lynde reflects on safety Welcome to our second episode of the Inside ODOT podcast. In this episode: Sally Ridenour shares how ODOT joined the Equity in Infrastructure Program in D.C. in March Kacey Davey tells the story of teams coming together across Region 4 after a traffic signal was taken out in a crash Liz McIntyre interviews Delivery & Operations Administrator Mac Lynde at the first Oregon Safety Symposium, and he and other attendees share what they wish Oregon drivers knew. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

    20 min
  8. Episode 3: Employee Resource Groups and Opening McKenzie Pass

    01/17/2025

    Episode 3: Employee Resource Groups and Opening McKenzie Pass

    Episode 3: Learn about Employee Resource Groups and what it takes to open McKenzie Pass Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast. In this episode: Hear from Kacey Davey and Stacy Robinson on what it takes to clear OR 242 McKenzie Pass and get it open safely Assistant Director for Equity and Civil Rights Erika McCalpine talks about the launch of Employee Resource Groups at ODOT this summer and the importance of belonging. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

    24 min
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Podcast by Oregon DOT

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  • Creator
    Oregon DOT
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
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  • Show Website
    Inside ODOT Podcast