Places to Be: Recent Episodes

Ty McDonald

Join host Ty McDonald on a 2000 mile van trip around the Pacific Northwest corner of the USA -- interviews, chance encounters, musings, and observations from a simple adventure on the road.

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part 1: go away and be quiet 

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portland arrival, provisioning, a cafe encounter, Michelle Jones of the wayfinding academy, maps

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Rob Maletis Sr and Rob Maletis Jr, their beverage distribution business, and the bold ancestor who started it all off 

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music with Case Calloway / Antone Proler

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a library chat with writer Sallie Tisdale 

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part 2: flowing...

farming talks with Nat Evans, a roadside friend, and more

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coffee with John Nomura, soto zen buddhism, meaning. 

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coffee companion, diner wisdom, and wine with architect and writer, Roger Wallace

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part 3: woods and water ... 

parking lot, cormorants, diner wisdom, whales, fortunes, campfire dreams

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rolling along the washington coast, formerly young, kwalla, a wise dog, tangles, the old feeling, Lucille, water waving forever, just like me and you

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a collossus, a river, astoria, shipwrecks, beer

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cannon beach connection 

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part 4: inward and up...

slow roads, fog, pioneers, water falling

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bend, smith rock, misery ridge

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return, return