In this episode of the Dive Podcast, journalist Sophie Peel joins host Brianna Wheeler to discuss the conditions of the popular food card pod, Hawthorne Asylum, and how, due to lax/nonexistent regulations, those conditions may be more common than we think.  But first we're joined by Rachel Saslow, whose contribution to this week's issue is a deep dive into  former WW freelancer Michael Bivins' spiral into extremism, bigotry, and eventually, a violent spree of hate crimes.

Brianna also shares what she learned from WW this week, including which local housing service might need an accountability check after using only a slim fraction of their federal funding,  what's driving the eternal lack of liquor bottle  aisles in Oregon grocery stores, and how one of  Portland's most polarizing council members is headed for a runoff election in November.