On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Shawna Gandy, recently retired library director for the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) in Portland, Oregon.

In this informal "exit interview" recorded on Friday, August 15, 2025, Gandy talks about changes in the history and heritage field over the past three decades, challenges facing archive-holding institutions, and differences between heritage organizations in Oregon versus those in Washington. Shawna Gandy’s career at OHS stretched from 1996 to 2025.

CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms’ quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

You may also be interested in these other recent “exit” interviews with Pacific Northwest heritage leaders:

Washington State Historical Society Director Jennifer Saunders

https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-exit-saunders

Legacy Washington Director John C. Hughes

https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-john-c-hughes

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