Best Gresham College Podcasts (2025)

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Why Do We Fear? - Robin May 45:14

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Fear is one of the earliest emotions to have evolved. Most vertebrates – and possibly some invertebrates – show fear when they are threatened. At its most core, fear keeps us alive, helping us flee from predators or avoid dangerous environments. But why does this process sometimes backfire, leaving us paralysed by otherwise harmless phobias? And wh…

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How an old Gresham hotel shows one solution to community college housing problems 4:45

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A nonprofit is offering low-cost apartments to students, even if they have no credit score or co-signer. This story comes to OPB from the education journalism nonprofit, Hechinger Report.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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A new chapter for Portland’s long-standing outdoor store, Next Adventure 4:50

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The iconic outdoor store will keep two locations open with new ownership and an eye on community engagement. A third location in Scappoose was purchased by a local couple and rebranded as The Paddle Shack" this month.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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9th Circuit rules that National Guard can deploy to Portland, but legal questions loom 7:15

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The appeals court overturned the ruling of a lower court judge in Oregon, which could pave the way for President Trump to deploy the National Guard to Portland.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Protesters show up for No Kings Day across the Northwest 3:32

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Thousands across the Pacific Northwest took part in the national "No Kings 2.0" protests Saturday. Demonstrations happened in nearly every major city in the region and in many small towns, including in places that voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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CTUIR Food Carts 3:56

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Casino and resort operations have brought some prosperity to the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Eastern Oregon. But tribal officials say a lot of that money doesn’t stay on the reservation. Now they’re looking to change that.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Hood River’s Fruit Loop 4:45

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Hood River’s Fruit Loop has everything from grape harvests to U-Pick pears and packaged goods, all basking in the glory of fall colors.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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101725 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 50:28

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Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 17, 2025. This video covers day 2 of an exam review for the upcoming Midterm Exam I. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!By [email protected]

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After finding forever chemicals in its drinking water, this Eastern Oregon city stopped testing for them 4:59

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PFAS turning up in Oregon cities remain unregulated by federal clean water laws.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Exam I Review Session Complete Lecture 1:17:28

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This video shows the Complete Lecture for the Exam I Review in CH 221.By Michael Russell

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CH 221 - A Video Introduction to Midterm Exam I 2:01

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This video offers a few tips and tricks on how to prepare for the first midterm exam in CH 221.By Michael Russell

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101625 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 3 46:01

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 16, 2025, Part 3 of 3. This video covers Part 3 of an exam review for the upcoming Midterm Exam I. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!By [email protected]

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101625 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 2 49:14

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 16, 2025, Part 2 of 3. This video covers Part 2 of an exam review for the upcoming Midterm Exam I. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!By [email protected]

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101625 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 1 48:18

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 16, 2025, Part 1 of 3. This video covers Part 1 of an exam review for the upcoming Midterm Exam I. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!By [email protected]

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Julian Brave Noisecat is part of the tradition of surviving “while laughing and smiling and crying about it” 8:12

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Julian Brave Noisecat’s new book ‘We Survived the Night’ blends personal memoir and indigenous history.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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101525 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 49:51

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Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 15, 2025. This video covers day 1 of an exam review for the upcoming Midterm Exam I. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!By [email protected]

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Portland author Daniel H. Wilson’s new thriller combines Indigenous knowledge with science fiction 5:24

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Portland author Daniel H. Wilson’s new thriller combines Indigenous knowledge with science fictionBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Hitler, Jesus & How to Win a Culture War - Alec Ryrie 45:51

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Since 1945 Hitler and the Nazis have been the Western world’s one fixed moral reference point: the way we know what evil is. But that consensus has always been more fragile than it felt, and now it is unravelling. This lecture will trace how we came to build our values around the memory of the Second World War, why that consensus isn’t enough to de…

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Right-wing influencers shape nation and Trump’s understanding of Portland protests 3:54

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Social media personalities, conservative media outlets and the Trump administration itself are blending online content to serve the administration’s policies.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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101325 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 48:11

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Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 13, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including the nomenclature of ionic compounds, the nomenclature of covalent compounds, variable charge metals, Roman numbers, Greek prefixes, polyatomic ions, acid and bases, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any que…

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How Oregon’s only monastic brewery keeps the faith in craft beer 5:21

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The Benedictine Brewery at Mount Angel Abbey brews beer in a centuries-old tradition.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Rocky Horror Picture Show turns 50 4:24

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Rocky Horror Picture Show turned 50 years old this year, and for nearly as long it's been shown at Portland's Clinton Street Theater.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Lett'er bus or Lett'er fly? 6:36

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Taxpayers subsidize a thrice-daily small plane from the Pendleton to the Portland airport through the Essential Air Service program. Would it be more efficient to provide bus service instead?By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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101025 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 50:29

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Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 10, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including electron configurations for neutral atoms and ions (cations and anions), periodic trends (for size, ionization energy and electron affinity), and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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Farmworker Overtime 4:36

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It’s been three years since Oregon legislators passed a law requiring employers pay overtime to farmworkers. But as OPB’s Alejandro Figueroa reports, some farmworkers say they’re making less money, not more. And growers say they can’t afford to pay the overtime.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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How It Ends: What We Know about the Fate of the Universe - Chris Lintott 49:41

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How will it all end? Predicting the far future of our Universe depends on understanding its present. This lecture starts with what seems to be a paradox in modern cosmology: that we have a model that does a fantastic job of explaining what we see, but which says 95% of the Universe is in forms (dark matter and dark energy) that we don’t understand.…

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Many Oregon GOP lawmakers silent as Trump seeks National Guard deployment to Portland 4:31

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OPB emailed every Republican state lawmaker in Oregon on Monday to ask whether they support the deployment of National Guard members to the Rose City. Two responded.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Soil and Water Conservation District 4:38

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We vote for directors of soil and water conservation districts every couple years, but not everyone knows what they do. Kristian Foden-Vencil talked to one director, and a farming family in Troutdale, for a better understanding.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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CH 221: A Video Introduction to Chapter Guide Three 1:05

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This is the video introduction to Chapter Guide Three for Chemistry 221.By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Waves and Frequencies for Electromagnetic Radiation 19:34

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Waves and Frequencies for Electromagnetic Radiation”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Planck's Constant 9:09

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Planck's Constant”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Photoelectric Effect / nm to kJ Conversions 6:42

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Photoelectric Effect / nm to kJ Conversions”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - The Bohr Model 25:53

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “The Bohr Model”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - de Broglie and Heisenberg 9:20

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “de Broglie and Heisenberg”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Schrodinger and the Four Quantum Numbers 18:29

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Schrodinger and the Four Quantum Numbers”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - nl Notation, Orbital Shapes and Nodes 16:09

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “nl Notation, Orbital Shapes and Nodes”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - The Pauli Exclusion Principle / n+l Rule 8:58

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “The Pauli Exclusion Principle / n+l Rule”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Atomic Electron Configurations 23:57

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Atomic Electron Configurations”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Periodic Trends 11:36

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Periodic Trends”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Naming Ionic Compounds / Polyatomic Ions 16:18

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Naming Ionic Compounds / Polyatomic Ions”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Covalent Compounds, Acids, Bases, Hydrates 6:01

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Covalent Compounds, Acids, Bases, HydratesBy Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Complete Lecture Part I 1:29:16

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This the Complete Lecture for Chapter 3. This episode is part 1 of 2 episodes.By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Complete Lecture Part II 1:24:36

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This the Complete Lecture for Chapter 3. This episode is part 2 of 2 episodes.By Michael Russell

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100925 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 4 20:50

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 9, 2025, Part 4 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including ionic compounds with variable charge metals, covalent compounds (Greek prefixes), acids, bases hydrated compounds, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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100925 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 3 37:20

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 9, 2025, Part 3 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including periodic properties using the periodic table, ionic versus covalent bonding, fixed charges on metals and non metals, variable charge metals, creating ionic compounds (and naming them), and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221…

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100925 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 2 49:09

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 9, 2025, Part 2 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including an overview of quantum numbers, the Pauli Exclusion principle, the Aufbau diagram, the n+l rule, placing electrons in atoms, electron configurations of ions, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have an…

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100925 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 1 52:41

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 9, 2025, Part 1 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including an overview the de Broglie equation, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Schrödinger's equations, the four quantum numbers and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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Colleagues say Oregon judge who blocked Trump troop deployment is ‘well-respected’ and ‘has no fear’ 7:16

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Former colleagues describe Judge Karin Immergut as exceptionally qualified and not influenced by politics.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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100825 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 50:40

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Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 8, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including an overview of the four quantum numbers, nl notation, the Pauli exclusion principle, Aufbau diagrams, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!By [email protected]

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Funding changes fracture support for Washington County library levy among city leaders 4:48

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By Oregon Public Broadcasting