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Transplants - March 3, 2018

CAITLIN WEIERHAUSER: Voted Portland’s Funniest Person 2017,  2-Time Back Fence PDX RUSSIAN ROULETTE | watch

CHRIS WILLIAMS: Broke Gravy Improv, 3-Time Back Fence PDX RUSSIAN ROULETTE Winner | watch

JEN FELDMAN and JONATHAN COHEN: Kidney Donor/Donee telling in tandem | watch

JENNY BRUSO:  Unlikely Hikers | watch

LAUREN WEEDMAN: People’s Republic of Portland at Portland Center Stage at The Armory, HBO’s LOOKING | watch

SHANNON BALCOM GRAVES: 5-Time Back Fence PDX: RUSSIAN ROULETTE Winner, HR Professional | watch

Knife - November 16, 2017

JOEY SLAMON: Writer for Arrested Development, Showrunner for I’m Sorry | watch

KATIE NGUYEN: Named one of the Portland Mercury’s Geniuses of Comedy, Host of Earthquake Hurricane | watch

LAUREN MODICA: Actor/Acting in Various Productions for Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Portland Center Stage | watch

MATTHEW PRESTON: Marketing/Communications Director for ADX PDX, Consultant for Makers/Artists | watch

RACHEL RATNER: Event & Marketing Manager at Portland Monthly | watch

Cats - September 16, 2017

ANDREW HARRIS: Sketch Comedy King/Actor/Past Performer for Live Wire! Radio | watch

BEALLEKA: Cultural Competency Consultant/Educator | watch

BEN WEBER: Actor/Co-writer of the web-series ‘I F’ed Up Royal’ | watch

CAITLIN WEIERHAUSER: Winner Portland’s Funniest Person 2017/Winner Stand Up Best of WW 2017 | watch

Cells - June 3, 2017

ALI ARAMI: Computer Software Engineer | watch

EMILY HEMSON: Co-HOST of  PARTY TIME! with Jocelyn and Emily | watch

ERIC SNYDER: Founder of Mental Health Nonprofit Live Again, Preschool Teacher | watch

JOY BRYANT: from Good Girls Revolt, Parenthood, Girls, and Viceland | watch

JESSICA LEE WILLIAMSON: Writer, Comedian, Regular contributor to KCRW’s UnFictional | watch

Snapshot - March 11, 2017

DAN KENNEDY: Host of The Moth Podcast | watch

SHANNON BALCOM GRAVES: Four-Time Back Fence PDX: RUSSIAN ROULETTE Winner  | watch

JORDAN HAYLES: Brand Strategist, Comedic Writer, with Imaginary Cat Named Stanley | watch

HEATHER AUGELLO: Works for Banfield Pet Hospital | watch

SUPER: Women in Tech - January 27, 2017

MARIA WEBSTER: | watch

LEAH SIDDALL:  | watch

SAIRA WEIGEL: | watch

MELINDA CAMPBELL:  | watch

BROOK SHELLEY:  | watch

DOM DeGUZMAN:  | watch

Snooping Around - November 19, 2016

COLTON DUNN: Garrett on Superstore, Writer/Performer for Key & Peele

EDEN DAWN: Portland Monthly Style Editor, Stylist | watch

JORGE AMIGO: Director of Engagement at National Observer | watch

PETER AMES CARLIN and LEATHER STORRS: PETER: New York Times Bestselling Author, former TV Critic, People Magazine Senior Writer / LEATHER: Chef/Yeller/Arm-Waver, Winner of Food Network’s Exrteme Chef | watch

SARAH SWENSON SMITH: Human Services Provider to People with Disabilities | watch

Leap of Faith - September 10, 2016

ALINA ALIYAR: Stay-At-Home Mom, Former Pastry Chef | watch

BRIAN FINKELSTEIN: Emmy-Nominated Writer for Ellen Degeneres Show, Moth Radio Hour Performer

KELLY KITCHEL: Digital Marketing Account Manager, Short Fiction Writer | watch

SASHA SCARLETT aka JOSHUA RYAN: Drag Persona + Emmy Nominee | watch

JOEY SLAMON: TV Writer for Arrested Development, Those Who Can’t (trueTV) | watch

Flirting With Disaster - June 4, 2016

ROBERT KATSUNO: Financial Advisor, Upcoming United Solo Theatre Festival performer | watch

KARL MIDDLEBROOKS: Technologist, Completed 4-Year Philosophy Degree in 15 Years | watch

JOHN RODERICK: Frontman for The Long Winters, Roderick Live Podcast, Seattle City Council Candidate | watch

KAHLIE TOWLE: Veterinary Technician, Animal Rescuer and Caregiver | watch

MOON ZAPPA: Actress + Writer | watch

Outcasts / Left Behind - March 12, 2016

AYLA ROSE GILBERT: Memoir Writer, Digital/Broadcast Producer, Lover of Cats, Chameleon | watch

RASHEED JAMAL: Hip Hop Artist, Voted Top 10 New Band in 2015 Willamette Week Readers’ Poll | watch

RENEE JENKINSON: Traveled the World Teaching Wilderness Medicine, Placed 15th in the Nation in Debate | watch

DYLAN REIFF: Co-Founder of Kickstand Comedy Space, Former Professional Video Game MC | watch

JESSICA LEE WILLIAMSON: Writer/Producer, Failed Ventriloquist, Accidentally Ate a Cintronella Candle Thinking It Was Candy | watch

Underdogs: They Came From Behind - November 20, 2015

COURTENAY HAMEISTER: Head Writer/Essayist for Live Wire! Radio + Screenwriter + Knows All The Words to the Musical A Chorus Line + Once Rode in an Elevator With Dan Rather | watch

JOEY SLAMON: Writer for Arrested Development & the upcoming Those Who Can’t for TruTV + Can Recite Every Opening to Each Individual Law and Order Series + Cries Every Time Someone Mentions WALL-E | watch

RYAN ALEXANDER-TANNER: Portraits for Portland Mercury + Hosts a Weekly Saved by The Bell Podcast + Vows to One Day “Eat Every Sandwich” | watch

VIRGIE TOVAR: Memoirist & Full Time Fat Babe + Coffee Snob #1 + Armchair Cacao Expert + Once Watched Alec Baldwin Sign Someone Else’s Napkin Outside Grand Central

CHRIS WILLIAMS: Works for Portland Public Schools + Improviser/Teacher at Brody Theater + Die Hard Michigan State Spartan Fan + Taught English for 2.5 Years in South Korea + Has Never Had a Cup of Coffee or Smoked a Cigarette, Like Ever + Scared of Clowns | watch

Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. Stories: SPECIAL EVENT - September 25, 2015

BEATRICE JENKINS: | watch

LAURIE SUCHAN: | watch

JEN NETHERWOOD: | watch

SARAH HEIDLER: | watch

Cried Like a Baby - September 12, 2015

SHANNON BALCOM: Office Manager + Two-Time Back Fence PDX: Russian Roulette Winner + As a Baby, Won Chubbiest Cheeks Contest at JC Penney + Taught Scrapbooking in High School  | watch

DAN KENNEDY: Host of The Moth Podcast + Author of 3 Books Including the Memoir Loser Goes First  + Used to be Wedding DJ, but Never Said Anything on the Mic to Get People Having Fun—Just Played Love Songs Staring at Couples Pensively | watch

MINDY NETTIFEE: Award-Winning Writer + Headlined National Poetry Tours + Under Cover of Darkness Buys Domain Names such as: spapranks.com, moonmojo.com, and witch.life + Favorite Flavor is Peach, But Due to Creepy Fuzz Cannot Actually Touch a Peach| watch

JEFF OLIVER: Filmmaker + Musician + Featured Comedian at Bridgetown + Huge Steely Dan Fan + Once Said “Bring Down The White Devil” While Interviewed on FOX News | watch

JOHN RODERICK: Lead Singer/Guitarist for The Long Winters + Roderick On The Line Podcast + Candidate for Seattle City Council + Very Huggable | watch

The Seven Deadly Sins - June 5, 2015

DAVID ALEXANDER: Screenwriter + Most Proud of Having 3 Daughters & 5 Grandchildren + Sheds Tears Watching Animal Rights Commercials + Able to Cross One Eye at a Time + Kicked Off His Own Movie Set | watch

JASON ROUSE: Writer/Director/Actor + Writer/Announcer for Live Wire Radio/Announcer for Back Fence PDX | watch

LAUREN WEEDMAN: Author + Award-Winning Playwright of Numerous Solo Shows including + The Peoples’ Republic of Portland + Doris on HBO’s LOOKING + Youngest Member of Weight Watchers in Indianapolis, 1984 + Will Always Eat a Doughnut + Wears Hair the Same Not Fun Way Every Day

MAURA DOHERTY: Former Nun + Safety Champion + Fought the KKK and Knife-Wielding Assailant + Won Medal for Dancing the Irish Reel | watch

NANCY ROMMELMANN: Award-winning Journalist/Author + Knows the Words to Every Song She’s Ever Heard/Still Looking for a Use for This + Interviewer of Thousands, From Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy to Hunger Games Badass Jena Malone | watch

VIRGIE TOVAR: Memoirist & Full Time Fat Babe + Coffee Snob #1 + Armchair Cacao Expert + Once Watched Alec Baldwin Sign Someone Else’s Napkin Outside Grand Central | watch

Something I Cannot Unsee or Undo - March 7, 2015

ARTHUR BRADFORD: Director of Six Days to Air: The Making of South Park + Author of the Book of Stories, Turtleface + Buck Teeth Were So Big He Was an Orthodontist’s Before/After Model + Had a Pet Raccoon Named Rackers | watch

COLTON DUNN: Writer for Key & Peale/MadTV + Actor on Parks & Recreation + As a Child Had Adventures in the Laundry Basket with All His Stuffed Animals + Was Once Roommates with Brian Finkelstein | watch

CASEY PARKS: Oregonian Reporter + Documentary Filmmaker + Grew Up with 13 Toy Poodles + Over the Course of a Summer Won a Contest to ‘Save’ or Bring the Most People to the Lord + Tried to Get Her Mother a Chance to Meet the Bee Gees by Writing Letters to Oprah | watch

JEAN VILLEPIQUE + BRIAN FINKELSTEIN: JEAN: Actress/Writer for Second City + Performed M*A*S*H’s “Suicide Is Painless” Song at 6th Grade Talent Show. BRIAN: Writer/Performer + Volunteered for a Suicide Hotline for 4 Years + Was Once Roommates with Colton Dunn | watch

MISS RENEE: Tarot Card Reader + Spiritual Astrologer + Drunk White Guy Magnet + Soul Singer Extraordinaire/Shy Karaoke Diva | watch

Sex, Lies, and Social Media - November 21, 2014

JESSICA LEE WILLIAMSON: Writer + Producer + Tried to Beat the World Record in Pogo Sticking + Failed the 9th and 11th Grade + Accidentally Ate a Citronella Candle Thinking It Was Candy  | watch

KRISTINE LEVINE: Stand-up Comedian + Numerous Portlandia Appearances + Has Lived in Egypt +  In the Guinness Book of World Records for Being the 1st Female to Play 50 States in 50 Days on The Biggest Tour Ever  | watch

MATT BROWN: Bunk Bar Co-Owner + Bands: Holy Crud & Phantom Ships + Father of Future Rock Star + Anti-Mixologist + Knows How to Shag & Moonwalk | watch

ROBYN BATEMAN: Comic Artist + Writer + Advocate for PDX Community Members who Live With Developmental Disabilities + Gags at the Thought of Sharing Milk + Cried for Two Straight Hours Reading Blue Is The Warmest Color | watch

TYLER ROBINSON: Emmy Nominated Production Designer of Portlandia & Kings of Summer + Weapons Specialist + Elongated Coin Collector + Opal Miner | watch

Gone But Not - November 1, 2014

This was a mini show held as a benefit for The Dougy Center

BRIAN FINKELSTEIN: Emmy-Nominated TV Writer + Moth Radio Hour Performer | watch

KAREN FINNEYFROCK:  Author of The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door | watch

MATTHEW DICKMAN:  Award-Winning Poet + Writer + Performer| watch

VIN SHAMBRY:  Actor + Artist | watch

Blindsided - August 15, 2014

COLE KAZDIN: Emmy-Winning TV News Producer + Modern Love Columnist + Former Samba Dancer + Makes a Mean Vegan Mac and Cheese + Survived an Awkward Interview with Kirk Cameron, After Which He Told Her She Was Going to Hell | watch

ANDY LINDBERG: Host of Kick Ass Oregon History + Musical Pirate on Hiatus + Played Lard Ass Hogan in “Stand By Me” + Took an American Alligator in a Canvas Sack Above the Arctic Circle | watch

VAL MALLINSON: Author + Freelance Pen for Hire + Plays with Mosaic Glass & Nature Photography + Rear Admiral on Tandem Bicycle + Addicted to Mozart Balls + Was Once Complimented by Dolly Parton on Her Earrings | watch

JOHN RODERICK: Lead Singer/Guitarist in the Band The Long Winters + Roderick On The Line Podcast + Worked as a Sluice Box Mucker for a Gold Mining Operation + Very Huggable | watch

CLAIRE WILLETT: Award-Winning Playwright + Company Member of Playwrights West + Obsessed with Liberace + Banned From Hand Percussion By Three Different Church Choirs + Had a Star Wars-Themed Sweet Sixteen | watch

Rituals & Superstitions - June 27, 2014

BRIAN KOCH: Musician + Actor + Member of the Portland Band Blitzen Trapper + Literal and Figurative Clown + Likes Yoga, Hates Asthma + Never Finished Law School + Never Started Law School | watch

DANIEL H. WILSON: NY Times Bestselling Author of ‘Robopocalypse’ + PhD in Robotics + Citizen of the Cherokee Nation + Former TV-Show Host + Once Ate Cookies with Steven Spielberg | watch

INTISAR ABIOTO: Photographer + Founder of Black Portlanders + Dancer + Writer + Adventurer/Explorer / Vegan Mylk-Maker + One of Irish Triplets | watch

JESSICA LEE WILLIAMSON: Writer + Producer + Tried to Beat the World Record in Pogo Sticking + Failed the 9th and 11th Grade + Accidentally Ate a Citronella Candle Thinking It Was Candy | watch

MOON ZAPPA: Writer of Books/Film/TV + Loves Real Butter/Yoga/Anything Sherlock Holmes + Has Made Out With Every Teenage Crush She Ever Had Except Jon Bon Jovi (and now she’d never pick him) | watch

Don't Box Me In - April 5, 2014

AARON SPENCER: Dance and De Facto Drag Queen Writer for Willamette Week + Web Design Pro + Go-To Karaoke Song is “Under The Sea” + Once Broke a Window to Escape a Hookup | watch

JOEY SLAMON: Co-Producer of Arrested Development + Can Recite Every Opening to Each Individual Law and Order Series + Cries Every Time Someone Mentions WALL-E | watch

JOY BRYANT: Star of Recent Box Office Hit ‘About Last Night’ + Jasmine on NBC’s ‘Parenthood’ + Bronx, NY Born + Went from Rags to Riches… or The Projects to a Ski Condo + Powder Loving Snowboarding Fool + Amateur Astronomer | watch

PAUL GLAZIER: Actor + Writer + Husband + Father + Seen on Leverage & Grimm + Heard on Live Wire! + Worked as a Waiter at Montage Where He Invented the Sperm & Egg Foil Wrap For Leftovers + Strong Feelings Against Oyster Shots | watch

REBECCA GATES: Musician + Artist + Curator + Activist + Once Bicycled from Bordeaux to Amsterdam – via Germany + Has Talked with Willie Nelson about Whether One of Them Knew the Chords to Any Fleetwood Mac Songs | watch

Ch Ch Ch Changes - February 1, 2014

NORINA BECK: Teacher of Small Children + Survived a Tornado + Has 33% More Neanderthal DNA Than the Average Person + Thinks Neanderthals Might Have Been More Intelligent Than People Think | watch

LITSA DREMOUSIS: Essayist + Fairly Certain She Was a Guy in All Her Past Lives + Had a Crush on Christopher Hitchens, RIP + If Possible, She Would Subsist on Sex and Cashews + Loves Dogs, Obviously | watch

GLORIA HARRISON: This American Life, The Weeklings Contributor + Auditioned for The Price Is Right, Jeopardy!, and The Weakest Link + Lived in a Funeral Home Until High School with Her Mortician Stepfather | watch

MITCHELL S. JACKSON: Author + Sentencesmith + Wannabe Slangologist + Proud Founder of the Anti-Selfie Coalition + Still-Believes-He-Can-Dunk Former Hooper + Black Boot Collector | watch

LINDY WEST: Staff Writer at Jezebel.com + Recently Won the Women’s Social Media Award, presented to her by Jane Fonda + Longtime Film Reviewer, Her Scathing/Hilarious Sex and the City 2 & Love Actually Reviews Went Bonkers Viral

Great Expectations - December 9, 2013

JEFFERSON SMITH: Started Bus Project | watch

JESSICA LEE WILLIAMSON: Writer/Producer

GREG NIBLER: Host of Funemployment Radio | watch

TIM GANEY: Architect | watch

Recipe For Disaster - November 22, 2013

ALIA AL-HUMAIDHI & THOM YOUNG (telling a story in tandem!): ALIA Analyzes Bigger Disasters than Most Scientists Would Care to Imagine + Raised in both Kuwait & New Hampshire + Is a True Pyromaniac at Heart. THOM Spent Over a Month of His Life Underwater + Sailed Across the Pacific Ocean Twice + Has Been Within Inches of the Jaws of a Hungry Wild Bear | watch

BUCK BALL: Southern Gentleman + Standup & Sketch Performer + Former Mental Patient + Was a Large Baby + Mark Twain Aficionado | watch

JULIE SABATIER: Creator/Host of Public Radio Show & Podcast Destination DIY + Producer for OPB’s Think Out Loud + Avid Canner & Gardener + Lackluster Knitter | watch

LAUREN WEEDMAN: Writer/Performer of the Portland Center Stage Smash Hit ‘People’s Republic of Portland’ + Actor, Writer for HBO’s ‘Hung’ + The Daily Show Correspondent | watch

MATT SHEEHY: Frontman for the band Lost Lander + Forester + Amateur Astronomer + Armchair Psychologist + As a Teenager Told Bob Saget His Jokes on ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ Were Stupid, Later Apologized via Fan Mail | watch

Losing My Religion - September 28, 2013

BRIAN FINKELSTEIN: Emmy Nominated Writer for the Ellen DeGeneres Show + Volunteered at Suicide Hotline for 4 Years + Has Seen the Indigo Girls in Concert Over 50 Times | watch

NICOLE HARDY: Author of the memoir, Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin + Former Wrigley Field Peanut Vendor + Swam with The Original Members of Rockapella | watch

ALLISON FROST: Senior Producer and Occasional Host of Think Out Loud + Deviled Egg Connoisseur + Consistent Loser of Monster Bingo to Four-And-A-Half-Year | watch

BRI PRUETT: Receptionist/Barista/Karaoke Jockey + Owns a Custom Hula Hoop + Subscribes to Bon Appétit + Has Used Over 70 Flavor Descriptors When Writing About Pizza |watch

ALICIA J. ROSE: Photographer + Filmmaker + Retired Accordionista Miss Murgatroid + Lifetime Rock Band/Cat Whisperer | watch

COREY ROSEN: Visual Effects Artist + Has Woken Up Nude in Public Places While Sleepwalking + Collected More Than 400 Snow Globes | watch

After Dark - September 27, 2013

BRIAN FINKELSTEIN: Emmy Nominated Writer for the Ellen DeGeneres Show + Volunteered at Suicide Hotline for 4 Years + Has Seen the Indigo Girls in Concert Over 50 Times | watch

CHELSEA CAIN: Best-Selling Thriller Writer + Parallel Parker Extraordinaire + Secret Taxidermy Enthusiast + Claim to Fame: At Ten Years Old, Touched Liza Minelli’s Elbow | watch

COURTENAY HAMEISTER: Former Host & Current Head Writer of Live Wire! Radio + Screenwriter + Knows All The Words to the Musical A Chorus Line + Once Rode in an Elevator With Dan Rather | watch

JENNIFER JASPER: Manages a Greek Restaurant + Curates and Performs in Family Affair Storytelling in Seattle + Has been to every Old Spaghetti Factory in USA + Does Not Eat Spaghetti | watch

JOHN RODERICK: Lead Singer/Guitarist in the Band THE LONG WINTERS + Worked as a Sluice Box Mucker for a Gold Mine + Voted Seattle’s 3rd Sexiest Man in 2003 | watch

RENEE JENKINSON: Travels the World Teaching Wilderness Medicine + Worked as a Stand-In Hula Dancer on Wheel of Fortune + Placed 15th in the Nation in Debate | watch

Anxieties and Phobias - June 21, 2013

CURT HOPKINS: Journalist Who’s Written For the BBC, Salon & Christian Science Monitor + Lived in a Cave in Spain + Electrocuted in a Guatemalan Shower + Appeared in the Movie “The Comedians of Comedy” | watch

DANI TURNER: Makeup Artist + Knows Every Line in The Rocky Horror Picture Show by Heart + First Kiss was at Disney’s Haunted Mansion + Took Clowning in High School + Knocked Front Teeth Out, Twice | watch

DAVID ALEXANDER: Screenwriter + Most Proud of Having Three Daughters & Five Grandchildren + Sheds Tears Watching Animal Rights Commercials + Able to Cross One Eye at a Time + Kicked Off His Own Movie Set | watch

JORDI BARNES & LAURA FAYE SMITH: JORDIGrew Up on the Beaches of Sydney, Australia + Owns Over 1000 Record Albums + Reprimanded 3 Times for Skating Too Fast at Oaks Park;LAURA Audio Book Narrator + Obsessed With Shows About Hoarding + Entertained US Troops Overseas + Freakishly Accurate & Specific Memory + Taken a Joyride on a Black Hawk Helicopter | watch

JUSTIN HOCKING: Director of the IPRC + Known by Friends as The Rooster + Did a Lot of Skateboarding During Graduate School + Wrote a Book About His Weird Obsession With Moby Dick | watch

MARY PURDY: Integrative Clinical Nutritionist + Once Swallowed a Quarter When Doing Sambuca Shots + Went to Camp with Gwyneth Paltrow + Arrested in Panama City for Riding on the Back of Bud Light Truck | watch

ROBERT KATSUNO: Financial Advisor + Loves Cuban ‘Son’ Music + Married to a Wildly Charismatic Carioca from Rio de Janeiro + Awarded a Prep School Basketball Scholarship + Pharmaceutical Virgin | watch

But Wait... It Gets Worse - April 5, 2013

A special show with 5 Truths And A Lie!

DERRICK BROWN: President of Write Bloody Publishing + Paratrouper for the 82nd Airborne + Was a Magician at Knotts Berry Farm + Loves Shooting Bows & Arrows at Beer Cans | watch

JESSICA LEE WILLIAMSON: Personal Assistant + Tried to Beat the World Record in Pogo Sticking + Failed the 9th and 11tth Grade + Accidentally ate a Citronella Candle Thinking it Was Candy | watch

LEATHER STORRS: Chef at Noble Rot + Featured in a Wanted Poster + Punched in the Head by Jazz Band Instructor + Rafted and Reefered with Travel Guide Rick Steves | watch

MATT BROWN: Co-Owner Bunk Bar & Trigger + Raised in Rural Farm Country North Carolina, Pop. 2800 + Had 5 Car Wrecks in High School Due to a “Bridges are a Nightmare” Panic Attack Problem (No Injuries) + 3 Surgeries in Foreign Lands to Correct Twisted Balls | watch

SHANNON BALCOM: Administrative Assistant + Voted 2003 Tigard High School Class Clown + Scared of Low Flying Birds + Won 1st Place in Chubby Cheeks Contest + Career Bridesmaid | watch

ZACHARY SCHOMBURG: Oregon Book Award Winner + Accidentally Spent an Entire Day on an Italian Tour Bus in Russia + Has Never Bought a Pack of Gum + Tried to Train Turtle to Jump From a Ledge | watch

Breaking The Rules - January 24, 2013

BRIAN FINKELSTEIN: Emmy Nominated Writer for the Ellen Degeneres Show + Volunteered at Suicide Hotline for 4 Years + Was a Skincare ‘Expert’ at Kiehl’s in NY for 6 Years + Has Seen the Indigo Girls in Concert Over 50 Times | watch

JOY BRYANT: Jasmine on NBC’s Parenthood + Bronx, NY Born + Went from Rags to Riches… or The Projects to a Ski Condo + Powder Loving Snowboarding Fool + Amateur Astronomer | watch

LAUREN GOCHE: Commercial Fisherman by Trade + Accidentally Set Self on Fire 3 Times + Known to Wear Huge Moses Beard on First Date + Can Skin & Clean a Squirrel in Under 5 Mins. | watch

PETER ZUCKERMAN: Dropped Out of Kindergarten Because He Couldn’t Talk + Massaged Rat Bladders to Pay for Summer School + Escaped Taliban in Northern Pakistan + Hangs Out in Africa’s High-Security Prisons | watch

TED DOUGLASS: One Third of the Daria, Mitch, & Ted Show on 105.1 The Buzz + 1/52 of the 3rd Floor Sketch Comedy Troupe + One Time Grazed the Back of Rob Reiner’s Head with His Elbow on a Dare at Spago in LA | watch

VIN SHAMBRY: Door Guy at #1 Hipster Bar in PDX, Dig a Pony + Obsessed With Ping Pong + Born and Raised in PDX + Been Married to His Best Friend for 7 Months + Realized the Dream of Being Pictured on the Pamphlet for His College | watch

Catch Me If You Can - November, 14, 2012

EIREAN BRADLEY: Worked in Every Hipster Coffee Shop West of the Mississippi over the Past 15 Years + Plays Drums in Tiananmen Bear + Runs the PDX Poetry Slam, Miraculously Doesn’t Hate Poems | watch

JENNIFER JASPER: Manages a Greek Restaurant + Has been to every Old Spaghetti Factory in USA + Does Not Eat Spaghetti | watch

JOHN GRADY: Past Member of the Blue Man Group + Solo Show Fear Factor: Canine Edition was a 2011 LA Weekly Top Theatrical Production + Stories Have Aired on The Moth Radio Hour + Makes His Own Granola | watch

RENEE JENKINSON: Travels the World Teaching Wilderness Medicine to Wild People + Worked as a Stand-In Hula Dancer on Wheel of Fortune + Placed 15th in the Nation in Debate | watch

RON ROLEY: Manages Events & Meetings Globally for NIKE+ Is Relaxed by Chopping Food + Distributed More Than 4 Tons of Sport Clothing & Equipment in Countries Like Romania, Cuba, and Kazakhstan | watch

WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY: Editor in Chief of the Portland Mercury + Author of the Non-award Winning Nationally Syndicated Column I Love Television™ + Actor in The Lost Boys: Live + Placed second in 165 lb. division of the Reno Arm Wrestling Championship of 1995 | watch

The Graphic Details - October 6, 2012

This was a mini show that took place at the IPRC Text Ball Benefit

CARSON ELLIS: Children’s Book/Album Cover Illustratrix + Collaborated with Her Husband Colin Meloy on the Illustrated Children’s Book Wildwood Chronicles + Former Hotdog Vendor | watch

MATT BORS:  2012 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Political Cartoons + Syndicated Political Cartoonist + Creator of the Avenging Uterus Animation | watch

NICOLE J. GEORGES:  Author /Illustrator of Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir (2013) + Pet Portrait Artist | watch

Hashtag Nerd - September 23, 2012

BRUCE OBERG: Co-Founder of Sucker Punch, makers of the Infamous and Sly Cooper PlayStation Games + Can Solve the Last Bit of the Rubik’s Cube Behind His Back + Owner of Numerous Pinball Machines | watch

CHELSEA CAIN: Best Selling Thriller Writer + Parallel Parker Extraordinaire + Secret Taxidermy Enthusiast + Claim to Fame: At Ten Years Old, Touched Liza Minelli’s Elbow | watch

GABE CARLETON-BARNES: Fixes Computers Professionally + Captain of High School Chess Team, Champion Mathlete + Played Magic the Gathering on 3 Continents + Allergic to Sunlight |  watch

KIALA KAZEBEE: Co-hosts a Web Series on the Geek & Sundry Channel with Felicia Day + Writes for Nerdist.com, io9.com + Would Someday Like to Write a Book about Teen Space Dragons… with Kissing | watch

LINDY WEST: Staff Writer at Jezebel.com, Written for GQ and Cracked.com + Longtime Film Reviewer, Her Scathing/Hilarious Sex and the City 2 Review Went Bonkers Viral + Has Spent Some Quality Time Viewing Degrassi: The Next Generation | watch

MATT FRACTION: Eisner Award-winning Comic Book Writer + Wrote the Iron Man 2 Video Game That Tied into the Film Sequel + Has a Dented Skull + Can Do a Mean ICE T Impression | watch

At A Crossroads - May 25, 2012

BRIAN TIBBETTS: Accidental Salesman + Never Been Beat at Scrabble + Unintentionally Drove the Getaway Car for an Armed Robbery at 16 | watch

CARLOS KOTKIN: Author of PLEASE GOD LET IT BE HERPES (Penguin, March 2012) + Winner of Multiple MOTH StorySLAMs + Swam with Sharks in Bora Bora | watch

CHERYL STRAYED: Gives Advice as DEAR SUGAR + NY Times Best-Selling Author of the memoir WILD  + At 14 she performed in a waterski show on a Minnesota lake called Minnewawa with a guy named Quaalude | watch

JOHN RODERICK: Lead Singer/Guitarist in the Band THE LONG WINTERS + Worked as a Sluice Box Mucker for a Gold Mine + Voted Seattle’s 3rd Sexiest Man in 2003 | watch

LAURA GIBSON: Folk singer & songwriter, her latest record, LA GRANDE + Can recite the abbreviations for the first 36 elements in the periodic table | watch

NATHALIE WEINSTEIN: Editor of PDX PIPELINE + Back Fence PDX House Manager + Lover of All Things Kitty Cat | watch

Just Can’t Get Over It - March 30, 2012

ADAM ARNOLD: Local Fashion Designer Icon + Collects Marmalade + Is an INFJ + Owns all of the Original ‘Hawaii Five-O’ | watch

BETH LISICK: Lead in the Award-Winning Feature Film: ‘Everything Strange and New’ + NY Times Best-Selling Author + ‘Yokohama Threeway’ (Michelle Tea’s City Lights imprint) | watch

DAYVID FIGLER: Became One of the Youngest Lawyers in Nevada History (at 23 yrs. old) + Commentator on ‘The Nancy Grace Show’ | watch

JEFF HARDISON: Currently Building ‘Meridian’, a Mobile-App Startup + Kentucky Born and Raised + Post-College, Supported Himself Winning Foosball Tournaments for Cash Prizes | watch

LAUREN WEEDMAN: ‘The Daily Show’ Correspondent + Actor, Writer for HBO’s ‘Hung’ + Creator of Critically Acclaimed One Woman Shows ‘Bust’ & ‘No, You Shut Up’ | watch

MATT SMITH: World Class Benefit Auctioneer + Longtime Newspaper Boy + Creator of Critically Acclaimed One Man Shows ‘All My Children’ & ‘My Last Year with the Nuns’

Be Careful What You Wish For - March 29, 2012

AMBER JO: Radical Social Worker + Undefeated Leg Wrestler in 4 States + Former Gambler + Featured Mortified Performer | watch

ARTHUR BRADFORD: Director ‘Six Days to Air: The Making of South Park’ + ‘Benny’s Brigade’ (McSweeney’s) + Co-Director for Camp Jabberwocky + Writer, Director, Producer of MTV’s ‘How’s Your News?’ | watch

BETH LISICK: Lead in the Award-Winning Feature Film: ‘Everything Strange and New’ + NY Times Best-Selling Author + ‘Yokohama Threeway’ (Michelle Tea’s City Lights imprint) | watch

BRIDGET PILLOUD: Pet Psychic + Intuitive Counselor + Athlete Wannabe | watch

ERIC SCHEUR: Freelance Animator + Karaoke Junkie + Collector of 1980’s Pocket Games + Ira Glass Wannabe | watch

LAUREN WEEDMAN: ‘The Daily Show’ Correspondent + Actor, Writer for HBO’s ‘Hung’ + Creator of Critically Acclaimed One Woman Shows ‘Bust’ & ‘No, You Shut Up’ | watch

I Didn’t Think This Through - January 23, 2012

CARLI DAVIDSON: Animal Obsessed Photographer + Pork Addict + NRA member | watch

DAVID SILVERMAN: World Class Benefit Auctioneer + Ate 18 Donuts and Still Lost the Eating Contest | watch

DOUG ASKELSON: Construction Estimator + Professional Pain in the Ass | watch

GREGG ABBOTT: Whiffies Pie Owner + Huge Ukulele Nerd Who Once Ate 75 Scoops of Ice Cream in 3 Days for Research | watch

LAURIE NOTARO: New York Times Best-Selling Author + Bigfoot Enthusiast | watch

MARY VAN NOTE: Weird Standup Comedienne + Specializes in Drawing Stick Figures | watch

That's A Mouthful- November 17, 2011

AMBER JO: Radical Social Worker + Undefeated Leg Wrestler in 4 States | watch

DARIA ELIUK: KRSK “the Buzz” (105.1 FM) + Once a Summer Camp Counselor | watch

DERRICK BROWN: Former Paratrooper + Write Bloody Publishing | watch

FIONA MCCANN: Born in Dublin + Lived in Japan, Argentina, and Cape Cod | watch

SHELLEY MCLENDON & WENDI MCLENDON-COVEY (telling a story in tandem!): Roadhouse: The Play! + Once an Awesome McMenamins Waitress; Bridesmaids + Reno 911 + Hillshire Farms Sausage Spokesperson | watch

Mistakes Were Made - September 21, 2011

EGAN DANEHY: Host/Producer of Mortified PDX + Changer of Diapers | watch

MATT SMITH: World Class Auctioneer + The Postman in Sleepless in Seattle | watch

MEG WORDEN: Former Federal Prisoner + Current Nutrition Coach and Yoga Teacher | watch

PRISCILLA G. ROBINSON: Former Forensic Military Photographer/Photojournalist + Current Fragrance Salesperson

SARAH GRACE MCCANDLESS: Author of The Girl I Wanted to Be + Cupcake Eater | watch

SAURABH TAK: Born and Raised in India + Current New Yorker + Moth StorySLAM Winner | watch

Camp - July 21, 2011

BOB MCCOY: Forest Park Park Ranger + Lapsed Quaker | watch

BRUCE OBERG: Co-Founder of Sucker Punch, makers of the INFAMOUS + SLY COOPER Playstation games | watch

DALE CHUMBLEY: Realtor + 5th Generation Vancouverite

JIMMY RADOSTA: Mortified Favorite + Super fan of Bob Barker and Andy Rooney | watch

KERRY COHEN: Psychotherapist + Author of Loose Girl | watch

LUCINDA JANE HOLSCHER: 12-Year-Old Drummer from Rock ‘N’ Roll Camp for Girls | watch

Hot As Shit or Misfit? - May 26, 2011

A WOLFE: Snap Judgement + Sketch Comedy Duo: Just Desperation | watch

ERIC SCHEUR: Animator for TV Commercials | watch

LAUREN WEEDMAN: HBO’s Hung + The Daily Show | watch

MOE BOWSTERN: Fisherwoman + Former anarcho-activist | watch

ROD ENGLERT: Blood Spatter Expert + Author of Blood Secrets | watch

ZACHARY SCHOMBURG: Scary, No Scary + Octopus Books | watch

Broke: Bones, Wallets & Hearts - March 24, 2011

ANDREW DICKSON: Filmmaker + Wieden Kennedy

COURTENAY HAMEISTER: Host of Live Wire! radio + Screenwriter

JENNIFER LAUCK: Author of Blackbird + Found

JOAN HILLER: Stellar Painter + Riot Act Media

KYLE HUMPHREY: Song and Dance Man + Poopsmith

TRES SHANNON: Voodoo Doughnuts + Karaoke From Hell

Our Bodies, Ourselves - January 24, 2011

ARTHUR BRADFORD: Dogwalker: Stories + MTV’s How’s Your News | watch

CHASE REEVES: Father Apprentice | watch

LAUREN WEEDMAN: HBO’s Hung + The Daily Show | watch

MARLENE TURNER: Trinidadian Baby Nurse | watch

MATTHEW BALDWIN: Peace Corps Volunteer + Defective Yeti | watch

TAYLOR CASS STEVENSON: Green Burial Assistant

Off The Hook - November 17, 2010

BEN Z SAMPLES: Professional Eavesdropper

CHRIS THOMPSON: Personal Assistant for a Famous Romance Novelist

KATRINA SCOTTO DI CARLO: Co-Creator of Supportland

MOLLY NORTON: Friend of Bob Barker

RICHARD LEFEVBRE: Hot Rod Builder + Filmmaker

Family Plots - September 22, 2010

ADAM ARNOLD: Fashion Designer |watch

ALEXIS REHRMANN: Web Editor Portland Monthly | watch

CAMI KAOS: Strange Love Live Host

JOHANNA STEIN: Writer, Comedienne

PAULS TOUTONGHI: Pushcart Prize Winner | watch

PETER AMES CARLIN: Biographer of Rock Stars

He Said/ She Said - July 29, 2010

GINA GLOVER & SEAN GUNN: Box Dancer at the Standard Hotel & Kirk from the Gilmore Girls

GREG GASPERIN & DIANE GASPERIN: Cat Enthusiast & Sex Researcher

NICOLE J. GEORGES & K. DAVIDSON & STS: Graphic Novelist, Pet Portrait Artist & Famous Singer/Songwriter & Lesbian Professional

At Your Service - May 19, 2010

COLE GAMBLE: Burt Reynolds’s Personal Assistant | watch

DOUG LYON: Medical Director of Mercy Corps

JILLIAN LAUREN: Harem Girl

SEAN MCGRATH: Dalton from Road House: The Play | watch

STEVE ALMOND: Author of Rock n Roll will Save Your Life

SUNNY PARKER: Corrections Officer

Lucky Bastards - March 24, 2010

ARTHUR BRADFORD: MTV Producer and Director, How’s Your News

DAVE WILLIAMS: Portland Actor | watch

HEATHER DAWN PARK: Riverboat Casino Dealer

LAURA FAYE SMITH: Voice over Actor, Star of The Receptionist

MATT PELLEGRIN: Lifelong Wheel of Fortune Fan | watch

MEAGAN KATE: Love in the Dump Chute Co-host, Intern Extraordinaire

SARAH MIRK: Cyclist, Portland Mercury News Reporter

Get Me Outta Here - November 19, 2009

EMILY RICHMOND: Las Vegas Journalist + Nice (enough) Jewish girl | watch

FATBOY ROBERTS: Recovering Radio Personality

FOGATRON: Vocal Synthesizer and Beat Box Mastermind | watch

KAROL COLLYMORE: Political Blogger

RILEY MICHAEL PARKER: Visual Artist and Talk Show Host | watch

RORY MILLER: Thug Wrangler + Former Corrections Officer

SCOTT KRAVITZ: Annie Award Winning Animator | watch

Temporarily Insane - September 23, 2009

AARON WALKER: Reluctant Systems Engineer | watch

BRIDGET PILLOUD: Intuitive Counselor

ELI HIRSCH: 14-year-old Musician + Actor + Producer | watch

ERIC REID: Director of Soap St. Theater | watch

MATT SMITH: World-Class Auctioneer

NATHANIEL BOGGESS: DJ Teenage and Author | watch

STACY BOLT: Deadbeat Blogger | watch

Caught Red Handed - June 17, 2009

ERIC SCHNIEWIND: Geologist | watch

JAMI CURL: Owner + Saint Cupcake | watch

JEFF HARDISON: Preacher’s Grandson | watch

NICOLE GEORGES: Comic Artist, Advice Columnist | watch

PEMA TEETER: Playwright

RAEL DORNFEST: Twitter UX engineer

VIVA LAS VEGAS: Stripper + Author

Fish Out of Water - April 22, 2009

ANDREW MONKO: Entertainment Specialist

DAVE WEICH: Powell’s Marketing Director | watch

DAYVID FIGLER: NPR Essayist | watch

MIC CRENSHAW: Writer + Journalist and Success Coach | watch

NATE ANGELL: Open-Source Evangelist | watch

SHELLEY MCLENDON: Performer with The Liberators

TARA DUBLIN: DJ for 94.7 | watch

The Moment After - February 18, 2009

ANIS MOJGANI: Slam Poet Who Has Appeared on HBO and NPR

BRAD FORTIER: Education Director at The Brody Theater

EZRA CARAEFF: The Music Editor + Portland Mercury

HEATHER STRANG: Writer + Journalist and Success Coach

JEFF BAKER: From The Oregonian

JORDI BARNES: Writer, Performer With The 3rd Floor

VANESSA VESELKA: Musician and Writer

Rock The Bells - December 10, 2008

ADAM SHEARER: Weinland Band Member

ALEX JAMES: Dolorean Band Member

DANNY SEIM: Menomena Band Member

GIDEON FREUDMANN: Musician, Member of Portland Cello Project

JOAN HILLER: Riot Act Media

LISA MARSICEK: Miz Kitty + Flat Mountain Girls Band Member

NICK JAINA: Musician

Just Can't Get Enough - October 22, 2008

BETH LISICK: Writer + Porchlight Storytelling series Founder

DAVE JARECKI: Writer + Breakerboy Communications Founder

DAVID BRAGDON: Metro President

SADIE MEDLEY: Freelance Designer + Aspiring Voice Over Artist

SARAH GILBERT: Writer + Blogger + Cafe Mama

SLIM MOON: Founder of Record Label Kill Rock Stars

TINA NEWTON: Owner + Blue Moon Fiber Arts

True Colors - August 13, 2008

ADAM ARNOLD: Fashion Designer | watch

ADRIENNE FLAGG: Actress + Creative Director for Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center | watch

FRANCES MILLER: Freelance Writer + Radical Feminist | watch

FRANK D’ANDREA: Short Story Writer + English Instructor | watch

MATT DAVIS: News Editor for the Portland Mercury

MATT EDLEN: Musician

REUBEN NISENFELD: Poet | watch

Summer Love - June 19, 2008

ALISON HALLETT: Arts Editor, Portland Mercury | watch

BECKY POOLE: Sketch comedian | watch

BRIAN BELEFANT: Commerical TV Director + Screenwriter | watch

CATHLEEN MULLINS: Former Scientologist | watch

ERIC REID: Actor + Landscaper | watch

JORDI BARNES: Member of The 3rd Floor + Olivia Newton John fan | watch

KIALA: Freelance Writer + Blogger | watch

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