Readers Respond to Portland Police Officer’s Contentious Statement About Pedestrian Safety in New Podcast

Last week, on wweek.com, we wrote about a new podcast launched by the Portland Police Bureau called Talking Beat.

In New Portland Police Bureau Podcast, Officers Say Pedestrians Need to Make Themselves More Visible to Avoid Getting Hit by Cars

The Portland Police Bureau today announced the launch of Talking Beat; a podcast where officers discuss topics like traffic, behavioral health and recruitment. So far, three episodes have been recorded.

Bullseye’s Jesse Thorn on the Early Days of Podcasting, Getting Made Fun of by Neil deGrasse Tyson and the Medium’s Potentially Uneasy Future

Today, Thorn is something of a rap-loving, comedy-geek Terry Gross and podcasting now passes what one of his friends terms “the dentist test,” as in, “Does your dentist know what a podcast is?”

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“Your Instagram Protest Photos Aren’t Doing Shit,” Says Oregon Get-Out-the-Vote Campaign

The Bus Project—a group that, on its website, calls itself “Oregon’s next generation, doing democracy right”— just released a new ad campaign telling young voters: “Guess what, your protest photos on Instagram aren’t doing shit.”

You’ve Got Your Ballot. Now What? Listen to Our Short Endorsement Podcasts Before Casting Your Votes.

We summarize key Oregon elections in four short podcasts.

XRAY’s “This Is Cannabis” Discusses the Science of Weed In Terms Everyone Can Understand

This Is Cannabis is the latest addition to XRAY’s Thursday evening lineup, making it the first FM radio show in Portland devoted entirely to weed.

With Her New Podcast, Portland’s Tiara Darnell Wants to Amplify the Nonwhite Voices of the Cannabis Industry

As the cannabis industry gets more interesting, so do the conversations about it. Several Portlanders are starting to record theirs.