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City Cast Portland

City Cast Portland

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City Cast Portland captures the one-of-a-kind creative spirit of this place and tackles who we are and where we’re going — from big deals, like equity and livability, to tiny delights, like the city's most wonderful doughnut. Host Claudia Meza is so over the notion that ‘Portland is over.’ On the show, she’ll revive your civic pride and stir you to help create local change — through conversations with neighbors, newsmakers, artists and entrepreneurs about our ever-changing city. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at portland.citycast.fm.670761 Daily Politics & Government Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
Episodes
  • The Auto Tycoon Buying Up Downtown Portland. Plus, 800 City Workers Ready To Strike and Portland Etiquette Gripes

    The Auto Tycoon Buying Up Downtown Portland. Plus, 800 City Workers Ready To Strike and Portland Etiquette Gripes
    28 Oct 2026
    We're talking about how hundreds of Portland city workers may go on strike as soon as next week. We’re also digging into the Las Vegas-based auto tycoon buying up downtown properties promising a better Portland. Plus, a few Portland etiquette conundrums. Joining host Claudia Meza are Oregonian housing reporter Jonathan Bach and Bryan M. Vance — the founder of Stumptown Savings, your friendly neighborhood grocery economy newsletter. Send us your city dilemma to be discussed on an episode of Your City Could Be Better using this Google form! Discussed in today's episode: More than 800 city of Portland workers poised to strike [OPB] Nevada auto tycoon backs Oregon candidates, business group [Oregonian] Newcomer nabs another Portland high-rise as real estate influence grows [Oregonian] Jeff Swickard Is Collecting Downtown Towers. He Says He Has No Plan. [Willamette Week] Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up here. Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at portland@citycast.fm, or leave us a voicemail at 503-208-5448. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter and be sure to follow us on Instagram. Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. Learn more about the sponsors of this October 28th episode: League of Women Voters Portland Grand Central Bakery D'Amore Law The Reser OPB Literary Arts ADX
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    42 min
  • The Surprising History of Our Local Exports, From Tuna to Tofurkey

    The Surprising History of Our Local Exports, From Tuna to Tofurkey
    27 Oct 2026
    Portland is famous for its music, coffee, craft beer, and a little sneaker brand called Nike — but our city and state’s influence goes far beyond that. Today on City Cast Portland, producers John Notarianni and Giulia Fiaoni join host Claudia Meza to talk about the history of some of the best and most surprising Oregon products. This episode previously aired February 12, 2025. What’s a Portland etiquette conundrum you’re grappling with right now? How do you be the best neighbor you can be, and what do you do when other people have different definitions of what that means? Send us your city dilemma using ⁠this Google form⁠, and our national team of City Cast hosts will help you sort it out in an upcoming episode of City Cast’s national podcast,⁠ Your City Could Be Better⁠. Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up ⁠here⁠.⁠ ⁠ Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at ⁠portland@citycast.fm⁠, or leave us a voicemail at ⁠503-208-5448⁠. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our ⁠morning newsletter⁠ and be sure to follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠. Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at ⁠citycast.fm/advertise⁠. Learn more about the sponsors of this October 27th episode: ⁠League of Women Voters Portland⁠ ⁠Grand Central Bakery⁠ ⁠The Reser⁠ ⁠OPB⁠ ⁠Literary Arts⁠ ⁠ADX⁠
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    35 min
  • A Cursed Portland Arcade Game and Other Creepy Lore. Plus, the Wildest Halloween Parties in Portland

    A Cursed Portland Arcade Game and Other Creepy Lore. Plus, the Wildest Halloween Parties in Portland
    26 Oct 2026
    Host Claudia Meza gets into the Halloween spirit with Matthew Trueherz, arts and culture editor at Willamette Week, and Alex Frane, food and culture reporter. They dig into the city's spookiest lore — from the CIA-tinged urban legend of the Polybius arcade game to the surprisingly haunting history buried beneath the Oregon Zoo — then round up the best Halloween parties happening across Portland this Saturday, from an Erotic Ball to a Morrison corridor bar crawl. Discussed in today's episode: Slabtown Tours Halloween at Thunderbird Mississippi LaVerne’s Pass the Hatchet Rhinestone’s Viva Goth Vegas Portland Mercury’s Scream Queen Halloween Portland Erotic Bal Good Girl Halloween Creepy’s Halloween Eldorado Halloween Holocene’s Betty: A Queer Dance Party The Coffin Club We want to hear your conundrums, gripes, and complaints about city life for a future episode! Let us know your gripes about city etiquette using this Google Form. Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up here. Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at portland@citycast.fm, or leave us a voicemail at 503-208-5448. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter and be sure to follow us on Instagram. Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. Learn more about the sponsors of this October 26th episode: League of Women Voters Portland Grand Central Bakery The Reser OPB Literary Arts
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    36 min
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