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Catalyst: A Creative Industries Podcast


May 2, 2018

Dark roast, Dark brews, Dark...tourism. Portland, the largest city in Oregon, has a long and complicated past. Seated in the shadow of Mt. Hood, the region was originally home to the indigenous Chinook peoples, and saw large populations of pioneer settlers entering the area in the 1830s. The city that developed came to be known as a gritty logging and port hub, and was once dubbed “the most filthy city in the Northern States" by its own hometown paper. Today Portland is more known for its infestation of microbreweries, award-winning coffee, and quirky personae, but its history still creeps throughout the dark corners--if you know where to look.

 

Hosts Taryn Stroop and Shannon Halverson-Gorajia get chatty with Portland’s own Beerquest Walking Tours expert guide, MyKala Stinson, to explore how one company has combined local history and commerce with tourism to offer a unique Portland experience, and how the ghosts of yesteryear, can sometimes expose today’s specters.