Willamette Week Podcast

City Hall wants to impose a carbon tax. This tax was drafted in a weird way and has a lot of unintended consequences. Reporter Nigel Jaquiss comes on the Dive Podcast to help us better understand this policy, who it affects, and what will happen if it's passed. Jules Bailey - a long time environmental advocate in Portland - talks about some of the problems with the bill and the change we really need for our city. All that and more, in 20 minutes.

Can't we all just get along? WW's editor Aaron Mesh joins the podcast to discuss the cover story of the week: a moderated debate between Susheela Jayapal - a Democrat serving as Multnomah County Commissioner - and Stan Pulliam - a Republican serving as Mayor of Sandy. They disagree on an array of topics, and Mesh tells us whose right. We also go over the biggest stories of the week and Hank Sanders tells you what business in Portland is boomin'. All that and more on E.4 of the Dive Podcast

In this episode of the Willamette Week Podcast, Hank Sanders talks to the authors of two stories. First, Hank talks to Matthew Singer who wrote the cover story about board games. Game sales have skyrocketed during quarantine and Singer brings us 9 games made from Oregon game companies. Second, Hank sits down with Tess Riski to talk about her report on how the Oregon Department of Corrections mishandled the evacuation of jails in response to forest fires in September. We also go over the biggest news stories and the quote of the week. Enjoy!

In this week's episode, Hank sits down the Rachel Monahan who authored Willamette Week's January 6th cover story about who isn't getting the COVID-19 vaccine. We talk about how Rachel came up with this story, her opinions, and what got left out of the story. We also sit down the Rachelle Dixon who is an activist in the Black community and serves as Vice-Chair of Multnomah County Democrats. Rachele tells us why Black and minority groups are hesitant to get the vaccine. We also talk about the biggest news of the week and of course, play some games.

History is written by the victors, while little attention is paid to the losers. In today's episode, Hank sits down with two people who lost their elections. Sarah Iannarone lost her bid to be Portland's next mayor to incumbent Ted Wheeler. Jo Rae Perkins lost her election to incumbent Senator Jeff Merkley. Hank, Sarah, and Jo reflect on their races and discuss their futures.  

Welcome to the Willamette Week Podcast. Every Saturday, Hank Sanders moderates a 30-minute discussion on a topic uniquely Portland. Come for the interviews, stay for the banter, deep questions, silliness, and headline news that ensues.