Stream These Oregon Podcasts and Songs

Podcasts

On She Goes

Started by Portlanders in 2017, On She Goes creates an empowering movement to encourage women of color to travel. Recently nominated for an iHeart Radio Podcast Award, On She Goes showcases personal stories from multiple women and ethnicities regarding their experiences around the globe. Expect podcast guests such as The Read’s Crissle West, Call Your Girlfriend host Aminatou Sow, and feminist author Roxane Gay as they share tales regarding food, travel and representation.

Peak Northwest

Clear blue rivers, snowy summits, dirt trails and awe-inspiring vistas are what makes the Pacific Northwest an outdoor playground. A venture of The Oregonian, Peak Northwest features hosts Jamie Hale and Jim Ryan as  they bring listeners along while exploring some of the state’s most wild and scenic places. From “How to Plan Your 2020 Northwest Travels” to “Some of Oregon’s Least Popular Parks to Visit,” Peak Northwest can be your oral guide to the wonders of Oregon.

Territory Tales

This podcast covers all things small business related, serving partners of the Portland, Willamette Valley and Hood-Gorge regions on how they are making the world go round. Territory Tales tells the stories behind the fascinating men and women from the owners of Timberline Lodge to Fearless Brewing to Lakewood Center of the Arts. These businesses are more than just attractions and this podcast shows you why.

Racist Sandwich

Originally launched in Portland, Racist Sandwich explores the intersectionality of food and race. From speaking to a food-justice advocate and food historian about the journey to preserve Salvadoran culture to unpacking Toronto’s food justice scene with community organizers, hosts Soleil Ho and Zahir Janmohamad serve up ongoing conversations about food, class, race and gender — claiming that the food we consume and the way we interpret it can be political.

Hear in the Gorge

Interested in history? Hear in the Gorge podcast dives deep into the narrative documentaries on stories told along the Columbia River, from tribal life to mountain rescues to Japanese American resistance to oppression. These podcasts, which are audio companions to the acclaimed Gorge Owned (GO!) Sense of Place lecture series, highlight once under-recognized stories of cultural history to inspire a rich community connection.

Minority Report – 1:30

Jason Lamb’s morning drive features conversations that reflect what’s going on in communities of color. His Portland-based platform highlights people of color, women and LGBTQ communities on topics regarding diversity within media, ad tech, advertising and marketing fields all shared through the lens of minorities. Listen to Dennis Colon of Operations and Strategies at Viacom speak on Kobe Bryant’s legacy or Janice Gassam on how she started her career as a writer at Forbes and Fast Company.

Kick Ass Oregon

Where can you find historical spots in Oregon? Doug Kenck-Crispin knows. Kenck-Crispin is the resident historian for the podcast Kick Ass Oregon History. The podcast takes you through the historical background of the story as well as detailed and less revealed aspects that everyone is itching to know. In addition to the podcast, Kenck-Crispin hosts various historical speaking series, field trips and historical tours that connect people with Oregon.

Explore Oregon

Longtime outdoor reporter Zach Urness features Oregon’s best destinations while covering outdoor news that Oregonians care about. Guests such as U.S. Sen Ron Wyden, fishing poets, park rangers and local business owners share wisdom about whale-watching, hunting, fishing, environmental activities and more. Not only does the podcast cover best outdoor gear or hidden campsites, but also complex issues including a series on permits that have changed hiking and camping in the Oregon wilderness.

Grant’s Getaways

For the past four decades, outdoor reporter and television host Grant McOmie has told the stories of the people, places, outdoor activities and environmental issues of the Pacific Northwest. Now, in a time when everyone is looking for new ways to escape, McOmie is sharing his vast knowledge of Oregon’s outdoors and his warm storytelling in the podcast series, “Grants Getaways”.

Music

Actors, singers, and musicians alike born in Oregon have shared their talents with the rest of the world. From country to rap to indie, Oregon musicians have blessed our eardrums with soulful sounds that make us proud of where we come from. Might we suggest our favorite songs, albums, and EPs to listen to?