Best Andrew Nixon Podcasts (2024)

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Making An Author Dream a Reality with Elena Carter 53:42

9h ago53:42

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In this episode, I talk about winter management on the homestead and what things we are thinking about as we take care of the animals day to day. I dive into the logistics of our goat operations around breeding and how we've had to shuffle them around a bit to make sure we have the right goat kids at the right time. There was a bit of a change of p…

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How Oregon’s foster system failed to protect a Portland teen from sex trafficking 52:43

4h ago52:43

52:43

A new investigation published in The Oregonian/OregonLive focuses on the life of an Oregon girl who was repeatedly trafficked for sex and on how the foster care system had failed to protect her. On the latest Beat Check, investigative reporter Hillary Borrud talked about the story, including how sex trafficking of children can happen in a city like…

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Did Woke win it for Trump? 35:08

44m ago35:08

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In the first of a special 2 part interview, Nick Cohen and author and political scientist Yascha Mounk explore how centre and left progressives got it so wrong in their fight against Donald Trump and an insurgent radical right. Democrats misread minorities @Yascha_Mounk , Professor of Practice at John Hopkins University in the U.S., argues that the…

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Mr Tangerine Man & the challenge for Labour - Tom Baldwin 40:14

3d ago40:14

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Nick Cohen chats with Tom Baldwin, journalist, author, biographer of Keir Starmer and former Labour spin doctor about how the new government handles future challenges from Donald Trump to clearing up the omni-shambles left by 14 years of Tory incompetence. HANDLING THE ORANGE MENACE Tom @TomBaldwin66 says Starmer will probably adopt a strategy of s…

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Taskology: The Best Method for Maximum Productivity with Leslie Shreve 53:41

3d ago53:41

53:41

In this episode, I talk about the new newsletter for the podcast at www.thecasualauthor.com and how to sign up for it. You learn more about the ins and outs of winterizing a homestead when it comes to feed, water and shelters. Ginger's milk decreased alarmingly fast and unexpectedly over the past couple weeks and I tell more about that and what we …

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Unpacking Election Day 2024 with The Oregonian’s politics team 21:07

5d ago21:07

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We’re a few days out from Election Day 2024, and reporters at The Oregonian/OregonLive have been hard at work trying to decode all the results and what they mean for our region. Portland’s got a new mayor, and the new City Council is coming into focus too. Voters chose two new progressive Multnomah County Commissioner candidates over their more mod…

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How were we so wrong about Trump? 28:35

12d ago28:35

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SO, HOW DID WE ALL GET IT SO WRONG? Pollsters and pundits predicted a close-run race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, but the consensus was that Harris had led consistently in the polls and that her victory seemed assured given the massive financial resources at her disposal, the apparent momentum and the slickness of her campaign, particula…

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Oregon’s cutthroat race for congress and its national implications 27:55

10d ago27:55

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In one of the most contentious and consequential elections in recent memory, Oregon has become ground zero for one of the most intriguing and potentially important races in the United States. District 5, a wide swath of Oregon that stretches from SE Portland to Albany to Bend, is home to a heated and hotly-contested political showdown between Repub…

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Ep 48: The Tory press is trying to drive us all nuts 39:43

14d ago39:43

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Nick Cohen chats to Tim Walker @ThatTimWalker - journalist, columnist, commentator and playwright - about the appalling state of British journalism and how our news agenda is being driven by an increasing deranged, obsessive and extremist Tory press, mainly doing the bidding of their creepy billionaire non-dom proprietors. Brexit, Trussonomics, Bor…

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Adjusting Strategy to Achieve Success with Elizabeth Drysdale 58:47

10d ago58:47

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In this episode, I dive into some changes that I'm making to the podcast schedule and email list. I share about our homestead 'winter cleanup' efforts and talk about building a new structure for our cow to live in. I share some helpful resources for authors looking to upscale their authoring, primarily in podcast interviews that are helpful and Tur…

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A makeshift cell, a daring escape: Oregon trial brings kidnapper to justice 29:50

18d ago29:50

29:50

The Oregonian/OregonLive's Maxine Bernstein reported on the two-week trial in federal court that brought to light a pattern of crimes by defendant Negasi Zuberi. A final twist as the case was headed to the jury threatened to hold up the final verdict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Ep 47: Don't panic! Trump's gonna lose bigly 38:37

18d ago38:37

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Nick Cohen chats to Washington-based journalist & substacker Ben Cohen about the November 5th presidential election - considered the most fateful and important poll in recent U.S. history, possibly since the election of 1861 that ushered in the presidency of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. Ben @thedailybanter says dodgy billionaires and…

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Words Are Sharper than Swords with Bob Williston 42:35

22d ago42:35

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In this episode, I talk about the many things we've been up to on our homestead in the past couple of weeks, from moving nine tons of hay to processing over 50 meat and old egg laying chickens. I go into how I've finished some important drafts of books and am continuing to edit some older ones in an effort to get a book out every six months. With B…

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Unpacking pre-election poll results with John Horvick 26:51

25d ago26:51

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The senior vice president at DHM Research decodes his firm's recent polling on the Portland mayor's race, voter attitudes about downtown and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Oregonian/OregonLive

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Ep 46: A dog at Number 10! 32:32

25d ago32:32

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Nick Cohen chats to The Guardian's celebrated and much loved Guardian parliamentary sketch-writer John Crace about the pitiful state of UK politics over the last 14 years - dominated by the interminable shitshow of Brexit - a calamitous epoch that's seen John stick his pen into a line of Tory duds from Cameron to Sunak. It's been such a dog's break…

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Do tribes see a way forward for Oregon’s offshore wind? 44:06

1M ago44:06

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At the end of September, when the federal government canceled Oregon’s first-ever offshore wind lease sale, many people were left with questions about why and what’s next. The announcement from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management came after Gov. Tina Kotek sent a letter to the agency asking it to stop the Oct. 15 auction. Kotek cited tribal …

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Ep 45: How Putin corrupted Europe's banks 30:54

1M ago30:54

30:54

Nick chats to the Swedish Axel Gordh Humlesjö, the award-winnning Swedish investigative journalist and author about Vladamir Putin's agents have corrupted the West's banking system to fund the an illegal and genocidal war against Ukraine and their own fraudulently funded life-styles. Axel @axelhumlesjo co-authored The Honey Trap, a book that expose…

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Ep 44: How the West is helping Putin defeat Ukraine 35:11

1M ago35:11

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Nick Cohen talks to Phillips P. O'Brien - the American author, historian and professor of Strategic Studies at the University of St Andrews about the West's bungling over Ukraine. First the West's so-called "intelligence community" catastrophically miscalculated Ukraine's ability in fighting Russia, believing Putin's criminally insane invasion of F…

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Who will be Portland’s next mayor? 34:35

1M ago34:35

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On the latest Beat Check, Oregonian/OregonLive reporters Shane Dixon Kavanaugh and Julia Silverman discuss the prospects of Portland mayoral hopefuls Rene Gonzalez, Carmen Rubio and Keith Wilson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Oregonian/OregonLive

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Ep 43: The Tories in Lala Land with Nick Tyrone 37:29

1M ago37:29

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The political commentator and Tory observer Nick Tyrone @NicholasTyrone reports back directly to Nick Cohen from the Conservative Party Conference in a wet and windy Birmingham where four rather mediocre and charisma-lite candidates are vying to be - astonishingly - the 6th Tory leader in 8 years! Nick found the Tories weirdly euphoric at suddenly …

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Ep 42: The Brexit Blight with Simon Nixon 29:11

2M ago29:11

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Nick Cohen chats with Simon Nixon, one of the UK's foremost and finest economics writers about the UK'S deep economic hole and what if anything can be done to get the country out of it. Simon spoke from Riga in Latvia where he was attending a business conference. Sir Keir Starmer has been in Brussels recently as part of a charm offensive to reset t…

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Winning the Battle Over Author Burnout with Caitee Cooper 45:36

1M ago45:36

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In this episode, I talk about our new flock of chickens and how we are starting to get eggs from them in a very timely fashion. I explain more about buying a lot of hay in advance and taking the time to organize and stack it. I also walk through my new publishing schedule, how I've planned it out (against my normal process) so I can puslish a book …

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Election 2024 help for Oregon, Portland voters is here 23:06

2M ago23:06

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The general election is fast approaching and Oregon journalists are working hard to inform voters. The Oregonian/OregonLive’s politics team is tackling everything from congressional races to local measures. A particular focus this fall is Portland’s new ranked-choice voting system. Jamie Goldberg, who with Betsy Hammond leads the newsroom’s politic…

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Ep 41: Tories in the bin with Nick Tyrone 34:51

2M ago34:51

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The French post-revolutionary politician Talleyrand said of the Bourbon royals that they had learned nothing and forgotten nothing. In contrast, the Tories appear to have learned nothing, and forgotten everything - particularly about winning elections - including the longstanding UK political rule that the further the drift from centre ground polit…

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Ep 40: Labour's fight to govern with Steve Richards 43:52

2M ago43:52

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Nick Cohen @NickCohen4 and the author and political commentator Steve Richards @steverichards14 discuss the challenges faced by the Labour government as it faces down a ferocious backlash from the radicalised right and far right, and their client media. How can Sir Keir Starmer tackle the series of omni-crises - whether relating to the economy or p…

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The Trick to Writing Authentic Characters with Zachary Forbes 46:29

2M ago46:29

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In this episode, I dive into the troubles of training a calf to a halter as well as rationing feed for and raising meat chickens. I talk about the release of my next book Dragon Blooded, and the plan to publish the rest of the series a little more quickly than I have in the past, including some unexpected planning. With Zachary, we discuss the impo…

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Ep 39: Russia's war of lies & sneers on the West with Peter Pomerantsev 34:20

2M ago34:20

34:20

Nick Cohen gets The Lowdown on the Putin lie machine from well-renowned Kremlin disinformation expert and author Peter Pomerantsev. Earlier this month, the US seized Kremlin-run websites and charged two Russian state employees - of the TV channel Russia Today with conspiracy to commit money laundering and violating the Foreign Agents Registration A…

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Connie Chung on her new memoir, the future of women in journalism and Richard Nixon 30:19

2M ago30:19

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Connie Chung is an icon. It’s been almost 20 years since she was regularly on air, but she’s still a household name and a namesake for a generation of Asian American women. Americans remember her as one of the faces of the news, from the 1970s through the early 2000s. She interviewed Nixon and Oregon’s one-time Olympic darling-turned-national villa…

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Making Difficult Changes with L.G. Nixon 55:35

2M ago55:35

55:35

In this episode, I give an update about our homestead regarding our calf and disbudding experience, dealing with copious amount of manure and composting it as best as possible, as well as shifting chickens around. I talk about how Dragon Blooded is now available direct from my direct sale website at www.dankennerbooks.com and how flexible indie pub…

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Portland area schools work to address climate impacts 37:04

2M ago37:04

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School is back in session, but September has been warmer than usual. Thousands of students in the Portland area were let out of school early or had classes canceled earlier this month as temperatures reached triple digits and dirty air from wildfires in the region triggered air quality alerts. With extreme weather events on the rise both during sum…

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Ep 38: Labour's chance to salvage the UK with Rafael Behr 49:25

2M ago49:25

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Send us a text Nick talks to Lowdown regular, author and Guardian columnist Rafael Behr about what Labour does now in government after 14 years in opposition on the sidelines of terrible Tory governments delivering austerity, brexit, a bungled pandemic response, five failed prime ministers, economic decline and collapsing councils and public servic…

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Leaving Traditional Publishing for Independent Publishing with Andrew Johnston 49:57

2M ago49:57

49:57

In this episode, I give an update about our homestead regarding our various chicken operations, such as moving them to and from pastures. I discuss the various ways we use our six gallons of milk a day. In author updates, I discuss my upcoming book, Dragon Blooded, and my decision around publishing to my direct store early before it's available on …

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Chronicling Portland’s historic elections for mayor and City Council 27:39

2M ago27:39

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Portland City Hall is on the verge of some truly monumental changes, ranging from the radical transformation of how the city’s government operates to an historic election in November that will usher in a new mayor and expanded 12-member City Council. The work to get here has now been years in the making. Few have followed the twists and turns of th…

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Ep 37: The rise of the Far Right in Germany with Annette Dittert 36:52

2M ago36:52

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Send us a text Nick Cohen chats withAnnette Dittert, London Correspondent and bureau chief for ARD, Germany's first and celebrated post-war public broadcaster - also known as "Das Erste" (The First). The Far Right AfD (Alternative for German) made stunning gains in recent state elections in eastern German in Thuringia and Saxony, throwing mainstrea…

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Winning Social Media Through Escapism with N.D. Testa 54:39

2M ago54:39

54:39

Connecting with your readers, wherever they are around the world, is essential to not only make a living as an author, but build a community and an audience to sustain it for the future. With increasing costs of living and the challenging economy, many turn to social media, which is, aside from time, free marketing. But what if you don't know what …

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Will Oregon spark new clean energy boom at wave energy test site? 42:27

2M ago42:27

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new wave energy test site is nearly complete off the Oregon coast. The site, overseen by Oregon State University, will allow private developers to test devices that can harness the power of ocean waves, a technology that’s still in its infancy. The hope is that wave energy can become another major source of clean, renewable electricity akin to sola…

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By the Seat of Your Pants, The Secrets of Discovery Writing with KimBoo York 55:30

3M ago55:30

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Your writing process is unique to you and should remain that way. As we navigate the throng of advice for writing and the 'best way to do it', more often then not you'll find plotting and organization helps. What about discovery writing? Join me and KimBoo as we discuss the skill and strategy around discovery writing, the pros, the cons, the goods …

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The mysterious shadow economy around winning Oregon Lottery tickets 21:24

3M ago21:24

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Last month, watchdog reporter Ted Sickinger published an in-depth article examining a loophole in the Oregon Lottery’s rules. In Oregon, it is perfectly legal to re-sell your winning lottery ticket at a discount, allowing the buyer to claim the prize. Why would anyone do this? Well, if they wanted to avoid having the state seize part of their winni…

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Catharsis In Writing and Disability Representation with Kelly Allegretti 48:44

3M ago48:44

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When life hits you hard, sometimes the only thing you need is to sit in front of an empty page and write your heart out. Though it may not mend broken hearts, it can aid you in processing challenges, but also help you craft beautiful stories along the way. Join me and Kelly as we talk about her experience with writing through tragedy and how disibi…

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Oregon’s record-setting wildfire season 25:37

3M ago25:37

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The 2024 fire season so far hasn’t encroached on as many highly populated areas or forced as many mass evacuations as some recent years. But it’s been historic nonetheless. More acres have burned across the state than in any year since at least 1992, when officials started keeping a reliable tally. Sujena Soumyanath and Fedor Zarkin, public safety …

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Writing as a Life Saving Practice with Abdul-Azeez Ayodele Azeez 55:19

3M ago55:19

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Writing (and any creative outlet) can be such a cathartic experience, helping authors with their mental health and to keep a positive life. Join me and Abdul as we talk about his health and mental health challenges and how writing helped him flip his life around. SHOW NOTES: See my conversation on The Greatest Podcast in the Multiverse: https://you…

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Can Portland solve its housing crisis? 22:30

3M ago22:30

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Portland, like much of Oregon, is still in the throes of a housing crisis. Rents and home prices continue to squeeze some residents and move further out of reach for many more. Developers who could help reverse these troubling tends are skittish. Meanwhile, the dream of converting swaths of empty offices in Portland’s beleaguered downtown to apartm…

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Scale Your Author Business with Jennifer Carr 51:09

3M ago51:09

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Scaling a business is a challenge that all companies go through, so authoring is no exception. Whether you are casual or not, at some point, we have more readers to reach and more books to write. How can you go about scaling that? Join me and Jennifer Carr as we discuss technologies and strategies she's used to scale her author business. SHOW NOTES…

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Reporter Zane Sparling takes you behind the headlines of the Nancy Brophy podcast 21:45

3M ago21:45

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This summer marked the debut of The Oregonian/OregonLive’s first long-form serial narrative podcast with Wondery. “Happily Never After” rapidly climbed the charts and left listeners wanting more about the case of Nancy Crampton Brophy, convicted of murdering her husband, a Portland chef. Reporter Zane Sparling, who covers Multnomah County Courts fo…

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Ep 36: A new age of authoritarianism with Anne Applebaum 41:10

4M ago41:10

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Send us a text Nick talks with Anne Applebaum, the celebrated American journalist, author and historian about her new book Autocracy Inc., The dictators who want to rule the world, published by Penguin. Putin, Xi Jinping, Jong Un, Trump, Maduro - dictators great and small - wannabe or real deal - dominate the news space these days. Democracy hasn't…

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Getting in the Writing Flow with Sebastian 52:35

4M ago52:35

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Many of us have wished we could write the book that we've wanted to for most of our lives, but what does it take to actually get there? Join me and Sebastian as we talk about how he set out to write the books in his heart, how he gets into the flow, and where he gets inspiration for the books he writes. SHOW NOTES: Find out more about Sebastian and…

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Should Oregon add an environmental rights amendment to its Constitution? 27:54

4M ago27:54

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A new state-wide coalition wants to add an environmental rights amendment to the Oregon Constitution. It would enshrine the right to a healthy environment in the Bill of Rights. Proponents say making the right to a healthy environment a fundamental right is key in the era of human-made climate change. Right now, such a right is not explicitly spell…

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Remembering renowned Portland chef Naomi Pomeroy 21:17

4M ago21:17

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Few helped define the Portland food scene that would fuel the city’s glowing reputation for innovation and creativity the last two decades than Naomi Pomeroy, the celebrated chef, cookbook author and James Beard Award winner. Pomeroy died July 13 in a tragic accident while floating on the Willamette River near her hometown of Corvallis. She was jus…

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Connecting with Your Audience's Desires with Mr. Pixel Ate Books 54:06

4M ago54:06

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As authors, finding your set of readers, whoever they may be, is such an important part of finding success. But that isn't the only part! Understanding their desires and knowing how to set and keep up with their expectations is key to building a business and doing well. Join Mr. Pixel Ate and myself as we dive into his strategies for communicating …

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Nike’s ‘sustainability bloodbath’ 24:53

4M ago24:53

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Many consumers want to do their part to slow down global warming and they’re flocking to companies that try to do less harm to the planet. Companies, in turn, love to claim they’re environmentally friendly, sustainable or carbon neutral. Because in a world battered by climate change, it’s not just morally right to fight climate change, it also pays…

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