Back Fence PDX: Mainstage Archives

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  | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”113220054″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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  | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”113349449″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

MATT BROWN: Bunk Bar Co-Owner + Bands: Holy Crud & Phantom Ships + Father of Future Rock Star + Anti-Mixologist + Knows How to Shag & Moonwalk | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”113220106″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”113220105″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

TYLER ROBINSON: Emmy Nominated Production Designer of Portlandia & Kings of Summer + Weapons Specialist + Elongated Coin Collector + Opal Miner | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”113220107″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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

BRIAN FINKELSTEIN: Emmy-Nominated TV Writer + Moth Radio Hour Performer | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”113219966″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

KAREN FINNEYFROCK:  Author of The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”113219965″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

MATTHEW DICKMAN:  Award-Winning Poet + Writer + Performer| [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”113219963″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

VIN SHAMBRY:  Actor + Artist | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”113219964″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”103837095″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”103837094″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”103837092″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”103837091″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”103837089″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”99744192″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”99742410″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

INTISAR ABIOTO: Photographer + Founder of Black Portlanders + Dancer + Writer + Adventurer/Explorer / Vegan Mylk-Maker + One of Irish Triplets | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”99739647″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”99737643″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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) | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”99694316″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”92073587″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”92073589″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”92073590″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”92073591″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”92091833″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”92091833″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”86028377″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”86028378″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”86028380″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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

JEFFERSON SMITH: Started Bus Project | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”82165989″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

JESSICA LEE WILLIAMSON: Writer/Producer

GREG NIBLER: Host of Funemployment Radio | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”82165988″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

TIM GANEY: Architect | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”82165986″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”80392339″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

BUCK BALL: Southern Gentleman + Standup & Sketch Performer + Former Mental Patient + Was a Large Baby + Mark Twain Aficionado | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”80392337″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

JULIE SABATIER: Creator/Host of Public Radio Show & Podcast Destination DIY + Producer for OPB’s Think Out Loud + Avid Canner & Gardener + Lackluster Knitter | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”80392338″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”80392334″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”80392373″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”77172455″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”77172483″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”77172451″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 |[video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”77172453″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

ALICIA J. ROSE: Photographer + Filmmaker + Retired Accordionista Miss Murgatroid + Lifetime Rock Band/Cat Whisperer | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”77172448″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

COREY ROSEN: Visual Effects Artist + Has Woken Up Nude in Public Places While Sleepwalking + Collected More Than 400 Snow Globes | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”77172456″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”77172517″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”77172519″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”77172520″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”77172522″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”77172523″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”77172536″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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” | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”69323325″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”69323327″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”69323326″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”69323328″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”69323330″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”69323355″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”69323354″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”65006929″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”65006928″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”65006933″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”65006935″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”65006930″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”65006990″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”58511566″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”58511565″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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. | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”58511562″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”58511563″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”58511530″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”58511561″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”54254154″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

JENNIFER JASPER: Manages a Greek Restaurant + Has been to every Old Spaghetti Factory in USA + Does Not Eat Spaghetti | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”54254153″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”54254152″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”54254132″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”54254113″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”54254111″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”54254108″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

MATT BORS:  2012 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Political Cartoons + Syndicated Political Cartoonist + Creator of the Avenging Uterus Animation | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”54254110″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

NICOLE J. GEORGES:  Author /Illustrator of Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir (2013) + Pet Portrait Artist | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”54254105″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”50006485″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”50006481″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 |  [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”50006538″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”50006489″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”50006487″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”50006486″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

BRIAN TIBBETTS: Accidental Salesman + Never Been Beat at Scrabble + Unintentionally Drove the Getaway Car for an Armed Robbery at 16 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”42846644″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”42846537″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”42846334″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”42846409″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

LAURA GIBSON: Folk singer & songwriter, her latest record, LA GRANDE + Can recite the abbreviations for the first 36 elements in the periodic table | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”42846675″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

NATHALIE WEINSTEIN: Editor of PDX PIPELINE + Back Fence PDX House Manager + Lover of All Things Kitty Cat | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”42846491″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

ADAM ARNOLD: Local Fashion Designer Icon + Collects Marmalade + Is an INFJ + Owns all of the Original ‘Hawaii Five-O’ | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”41356595″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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) | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”41356589″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

DAYVID FIGLER: Became One of the Youngest Lawyers in Nevada History (at 23 yrs. old) + Commentator on ‘The Nancy Grace Show’ | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”41356591″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

JEFF HARDISON: Currently Building ‘Meridian’, a Mobile-App Startup + Kentucky Born and Raised + Post-College, Supported Himself Winning Foosball Tournaments for Cash Prizes | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”41356588″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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’ | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”41356608″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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’

AMBER JO: Radical Social Worker + Undefeated Leg Wrestler in 4 States + Former Gambler + Featured Mortified Performer | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”41356517″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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?’ | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”41356516″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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) | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”41356515″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

BRIDGET PILLOUD: Pet Psychic + Intuitive Counselor + Athlete Wannabe | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”41356513″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

ERIC SCHEUR: Freelance Animator + Karaoke Junkie + Collector of 1980’s Pocket Games + Ira Glass Wannabe | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”41356511″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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’ | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”41356557″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

CARLI DAVIDSON: Animal Obsessed Photographer + Pork Addict + NRA member | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”37573256″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

DAVID SILVERMAN: World Class Benefit Auctioneer + Ate 18 Donuts and Still Lost the Eating Contest | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”36876657″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

DOUG ASKELSON: Construction Estimator + Professional Pain in the Ass | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”37575664″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

GREGG ABBOTT: Whiffies Pie Owner + Huge Ukulele Nerd Who Once Ate 75 Scoops of Ice Cream in 3 Days for Research | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”36884498″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

LAURIE NOTARO: New York Times Best-Selling Author + Bigfoot Enthusiast | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”36877719″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

MARY VAN NOTE: Weird Standup Comedienne + Specializes in Drawing Stick Figures | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”36889019″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

AMBER JO: Radical Social Worker + Undefeated Leg Wrestler in 4 States | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”33242440″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

DARIA ELIUK: KRSK “the Buzz” (105.1 FM) + Once a Summer Camp Counselor | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”33246470″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

DERRICK BROWN: Former Paratrooper + Write Bloody Publishing | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”32615880″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

FIONA MCCANN: Born in Dublin + Lived in Japan, Argentina, and Cape Cod | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”32640353″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”33200975″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

EGAN DANEHY: Host/Producer of Mortified PDX + Changer of Diapers | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”31673634″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

MATT SMITH: World Class Auctioneer + The Postman in Sleepless in Seattle | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”31638927″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

MEG WORDEN: Former Federal Prisoner + Current Nutrition Coach and Yoga Teacher | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”31751279″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”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 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”31648308″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

SAURABH TAK: Born and Raised in India + Current New Yorker + Moth StorySLAM Winner | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”31662113″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

BOB MCCOY: Forest Park Park Ranger + Lapsed Quaker | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”39798577″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

BRUCE OBERG: Co-Founder of Sucker Punch, makers of the INFAMOUS + SLY COOPER Playstation games | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”39811706″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

DALE CHUMBLEY: Realtor + 5th Generation Vancouverite

JIMMY RADOSTA: Mortified Favorite + Super fan of Bob Barker and Andy Rooney | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”39799838″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

KERRY COHEN: Psychotherapist + Author of Loose Girl | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”39790508″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

LUCINDA JANE HOLSCHER: 12-Year-Old Drummer from Rock ‘N’ Roll Camp for Girls | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”39788497″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

A WOLFE: Snap Judgement + Sketch Comedy Duo: Just Desperation | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”34823352″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

ERIC SCHEUR: Animator for TV Commercials | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”34824699″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

LAUREN WEEDMAN: HBO’s Hung + The Daily Show | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”34828976″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

MOE BOWSTERN: Fisherwoman + Former anarcho-activist | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”34829280″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

ROD ENGLERT: Blood Spatter Expert + Author of Blood Secrets | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”34829752″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

ZACHARY SCHOMBURG: Scary, No Scary + Octopus Books | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”34831223″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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

ARTHUR BRADFORD: Dogwalker: Stories + MTV’s How’s Your News | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”26441545″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

CHASE REEVES: Father Apprentice | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”26446917″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

LAUREN WEEDMAN: HBO’s Hung + The Daily Show | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”26413468″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

MARLENE TURNER: Trinidadian Baby Nurse | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”26448011″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

MATTHEW BALDWIN: Peace Corps Volunteer + Defective Yeti | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”26448958″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

TAYLOR CASS STEVENSON: Green Burial Assistant

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

ADAM ARNOLD: Fashion Designer |[video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”36622977″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

ALEXIS REHRMANN: Web Editor Portland Monthly | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”36623004″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

CAMI KAOS: Strange Love Live Host

JOHANNA STEIN: Writer, Comedienne

PAULS TOUTONGHI: Pushcart Prize Winner | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”36623033″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

PETER AMES CARLIN: Biographer of Rock Stars

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

COLE GAMBLE: Burt Reynolds’s Personal Assistant | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”14341409″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

DOUG LYON: Medical Director of Mercy Corps

JILLIAN LAUREN: Harem Girl

SEAN MCGRATH: Dalton from Road House: The Play | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”13249122″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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

SUNNY PARKER: Corrections Officer

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

DAVE WILLIAMS: Portland Actor | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”10673650″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

HEATHER DAWN PARK: Riverboat Casino Dealer

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

MATT PELLEGRIN: Lifelong Wheel of Fortune Fan | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”10676066″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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

SARAH MIRK: Cyclist, Portland Mercury News Reporter

EMILY RICHMOND: Las Vegas Journalist + Nice (enough) Jewish girl | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”8539017″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

FATBOY ROBERTS: Recovering Radio Personality

FOGATRON: Vocal Synthesizer and Beat Box Mastermind | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”8461665″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

KAROL COLLYMORE: Political Blogger

RILEY MICHAEL PARKER: Visual Artist and Talk Show Host | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”8463565″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

RORY MILLER: Thug Wrangler + Former Corrections Officer

SCOTT KRAVITZ: Annie Award Winning Animator | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”8536891″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

AARON WALKER: Reluctant Systems Engineer | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”6930404″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

BRIDGET PILLOUD: Intuitive Counselor

ELI HIRSCH: 14-year-old Musician + Actor + Producer | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”6909939″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

ERIC REID: Director of Soap St. Theater | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”6789153″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

MATT SMITH: World-Class Auctioneer

NATHANIEL BOGGESS: DJ Teenage and Author | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”6929198″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

STACY BOLT: Deadbeat Blogger | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”6803515″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

ERIC SCHNIEWIND: Geologist | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”6417097″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

JAMI CURL: Owner + Saint Cupcake | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”6104885″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

JEFF HARDISON: Preacher’s Grandson | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”41660215″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

NICOLE GEORGES: Comic Artist, Advice Columnist | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”6105487″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

PEMA TEETER: Playwright

RAEL DORNFEST: Twitter UX engineer

VIVA LAS VEGAS: Stripper + Author

ANDREW MONKO: Entertainment Specialist

DAVE WEICH: Powell’s Marketing Director | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”4436545″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

DAYVID FIGLER: NPR Essayist | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”4889641″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

MIC CRENSHAW: Writer + Journalist and Success Coach | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”4671295″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

NATE ANGELL: Open-Source Evangelist | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”4670827″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

SHELLEY MCLENDON: Performer with The Liberators

TARA DUBLIN: DJ for 94.7 | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”4671846″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

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

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

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

ADAM ARNOLD: Fashion Designer | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”1988170″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

ADRIENNE FLAGG: Actress + Creative Director for Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”1551511″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

FRANCES MILLER: Freelance Writer + Radical Feminist | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”2023133″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

FRANK D’ANDREA: Short Story Writer + English Instructor | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”1566190″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

MATT DAVIS: News Editor for the Portland Mercury

MATT EDLEN: Musician

REUBEN NISENFELD: Poet | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”1993655″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

ALISON HALLETT: Arts Editor, Portland Mercury | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”36206812″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

BECKY POOLE: Sketch comedian | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”36205216″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

BRIAN BELEFANT: Commerical TV Director + Screenwriter | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”36204727″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

CATHLEEN MULLINS: Former Scientologist | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”36204241″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

ERIC REID: Actor + Landscaper | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”1204529″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

JORDI BARNES: Member of The 3rd Floor + Olivia Newton John fan | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”1204451″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]

KIALA: Freelance Writer + Blogger | [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”36203675″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”watch”]