Joel Pelayo is one of the longest-serving Community Health Workers in the Gorge - he's also just an all-around great guy. In this HTG Extra we get to hear about his childhood, his mom's tamales, managing a hotel, meeting his wife, the air in Hood River, becoming a Community Health Worker, and his own health battle.

More at:

hearinthegorge.com

mtadamsinstitute.org/senseofplace

Thanks to:

The Gorge Community Foundation

The Hood River Cultural Trust

Alicia Swift & The Next Door

Photo credit: David Hanson, davidhanson3.com

We celebrate Minoru Yasui Day by checking back in with Homer Yasui - the younger brother of Min. Many will remember Homer from the very first episode of Hear in the Gorge - "Almost Home". Homer is 97 now, and the only living Yasui family member of the Nisei generation.

Hear more of Homer and his family's story at https://soundcloud.com/hearinthegorge/almost-home-hear-in-the-gorge-episode-1

Music by Kai Engel - "Ode to the World"

What happens when renowned mycologist, Michael Beug, agrees to take a total fungi rookie into the woods for some mushroom hunting? Join Hear in the Gorge host, Sarah Fox, as she explores the wild world of mushrooms and discovers why we should all be paying attention to the fantastic fungi.

Michael's Book: Mushrooms of Cascadia: An Illustrated Key available at fungi.com

Watch Michael's Sense of Place lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqn1z6v_O6c&list=PLMKlx93Ny44K01Od3QxKIox8m_9Vtdr4X&index=4

Music by: Scanglobe, Deef, and Memotone all from freemusicarchive.org

Stories from Johnny Jackson, Chief of the Cascade Tribe - one of the tribes in the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.

Photo credit: Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, critfc.org

What happens when you find yourself stuck in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, but you're thousands of miles from home? A conversation with Jonathan Graca and Becky Brun on March 16th after they caught the last bus (literally) out of Spain and into Portugal - and were now faced with trying to get home to Oregon and the Gorge, before time (and the airlines) ran out.

A quick phone call with Suzanne and Aaron, owners of Solstice Woodfire Cafe & Bar in Hood River, Oregon to find out how Covid 19 and social distancing is affecting their business. AND a handful of local kids share some of their favorite things about homeschooling.

This is Part Two of the Hear in the Gorge LIVE! event that happened October 24th, 2019. You'll get to meet Terrie Brigham, member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and also "fisherman, captain, hunter, and parent of 3 beautiful children".

This is Part One of the Hear in the Gorge LIVE! event that happened October 24th, 2019. Listen to find out how the podcast came to be, why Producer Sarah Fox did an entire interview in a car, and how the people she's met along the way have shaped Hear in the Gorge.

In this episode you’ll hear one piece of a much larger history. It considers a fight for civil rights that is uniquely connected to the Pacific Northwest, and the ensuing violence – the Fish Wars - that took place. It shares the story of fisherwoman, Terrie Brigham, her family - and the salmon in the Columbia River.

The Hear in the Gorge episode about the Crag Rats got featured on the Out There podcast. Here's the episode, preceded by a short interview with Host/Producer Sarah Fox - including talk about backpacking with llamas!