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Manage episode 377857260 series 2965418
Let’s explore Oregon and and particularly Old Town Portland, which has its roots in racism, beer, gambling and sex work, and predatory policing. This city truly was built by alcoholics and hustlers: Let’s talk ghosts of old-timey Oregon with Weird History Podcast Host and author, Joe Streckert.
3:00 why weird history is important
8:00 tour guide in Portland
11:00 a brief history of Vanport, Oregon
14:00 early Portland history demographics
17:00 beer and gambling and sw
19:00 why is Oregon so white and covertly racist?
23:00 Oro Fino Saloon and enforcement against sex work
26:00 why factory-working women also did SW
29:00 policing and sex work
32:00 Nita Belles is a modern day Lola Baldwin
35:00 psychics, bowling, shooting galleries were targeted by cops too
38:00 Chinese business owners and respectability politics
41:00 Marie Equi and birth control and lesbianism
44:00 a note on eugenics and early birth control
47:00 prostitution and “green” attitudes
51:00 why are Oregon clubs so different from neighboring states?
55:00 all old downtown buildings may have been used as brothels or rooms
58:00 the myth(?) of Nancy Boggs and the floating brothel
1:06:00 QAnon is like early century white saviorism
Find your guest on JoeStreckert.com and WeirdHistoryPodcast.com
Find your host Ellestanger.com
Write to Elle about the show theytalksex@protonmail.com
Use promo code 20TALKSWIRL on Amazon through October 31st for Kimono Swirl Condoms.
Sponsored by JoliQuiz.com - for smarter relationship-opening
See my $1 Behind-The-Scenes at Patreon.com/strangebedfellows
Please rate and review this podcast :)
91 episodes
Manage episode 377857260 series 2965418
Let’s explore Oregon and and particularly Old Town Portland, which has its roots in racism, beer, gambling and sex work, and predatory policing. This city truly was built by alcoholics and hustlers: Let’s talk ghosts of old-timey Oregon with Weird History Podcast Host and author, Joe Streckert.
3:00 why weird history is important
8:00 tour guide in Portland
11:00 a brief history of Vanport, Oregon
14:00 early Portland history demographics
17:00 beer and gambling and sw
19:00 why is Oregon so white and covertly racist?
23:00 Oro Fino Saloon and enforcement against sex work
26:00 why factory-working women also did SW
29:00 policing and sex work
32:00 Nita Belles is a modern day Lola Baldwin
35:00 psychics, bowling, shooting galleries were targeted by cops too
38:00 Chinese business owners and respectability politics
41:00 Marie Equi and birth control and lesbianism
44:00 a note on eugenics and early birth control
47:00 prostitution and “green” attitudes
51:00 why are Oregon clubs so different from neighboring states?
55:00 all old downtown buildings may have been used as brothels or rooms
58:00 the myth(?) of Nancy Boggs and the floating brothel
1:06:00 QAnon is like early century white saviorism
Find your guest on JoeStreckert.com and WeirdHistoryPodcast.com
Find your host Ellestanger.com
Write to Elle about the show theytalksex@protonmail.com
Use promo code 20TALKSWIRL on Amazon through October 31st for Kimono Swirl Condoms.
Sponsored by JoliQuiz.com - for smarter relationship-opening
See my $1 Behind-The-Scenes at Patreon.com/strangebedfellows
Please rate and review this podcast :)
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