The Ouija Broads: Tales from the Pacific Northweird

Devon teaches Liz the important life lessons imparted by the Bandage Man of Cannon Beach, Oregon. 

Secondary topics: Any John Travolta character; Slenderman; black-eyed children; The Game; the Broads…

Nobody starves in this episode! Liz and Devon explore the unique (and strange) foodways of Washington State. Topics covered include indigenous cuisine and where to find it, Starbucks, Cougar Gold che…

We were trying to do an episode about Northwestern food and then this other episode busted in on us like a grizzly bear. And we were trying to get away from starving but ended up talking about starvi…

Devon takes a little trip south to Locke, California - a Chinese settlement in the American West. 

Secondary topics: Some cannabalism with your Bloomsday Run; explain Leavenworth to the peoples; us f…

Liz narrates the second half of the Starvation Heights tale, including the resistance of the Williamson sisters, Hazzard's trial, her exile, her return, and the psychic residue at her property. 

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Liz terrorizes Devon with the tale of Linda Hazzard, the "starvationist" who ran a ghoulish sanitarium just outside Olalla, Washington. Content warning: Scary controlling lady, medical abuse, lots of…

Taking a week off between seasons, Liz lets you know where to find all our content - and reads you an entry from Isabella Bird's Diary, A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. 

Completionist's Guide to…

What do you get when you ban pinball in a town that loves gambling and has a robust organized crime community? Why, the Portland Pinball Wars, of course. Along the way we will make stops at one of th…

Devon gives her Bachelors of Fine Arts a real workout in this episode that talks about public art in Washington (mainly Spokane) and Harold Balazs. 

Secondary topics: How Liz furnished her first apar…

Liz tells Devon about the influential Spokane millionaire who vanished into thin air. Plus, an update on Sarah "Hecla" Smith! 

Secondary topics: Names that should come back; what Pretty Woman was abo…

Devon lays out the concept of leylines to an extremely skeptical Liz, and they discuss notable sites associated with leylines in the Northwest - including Prosser's Gravity Hill, the Oregon Vortex, a…

Devon tells Liz about some of the Northwest's notable curiosity shops, like Ye Old Curiosity Shoppe, Archie McPhee, Marsh's Free Museum, and Wonders of the World. Along the way we discuss Fiji Mermai…

 Liz tells Devon about a contemporary Rocky Mountain treasure hunt, and then the second half of the episode is a really earnest discussion about Kennewick Man/The Ancient One and NAGPRA

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Liz inducts Devon into the mysteries of Polybius, an (urban) legendary Portland arcade game. 

CW: A medium-length discussion about 90s-era playground HIV/AIDS mythology. 

Secondary topics: Brains are…

Devon introduces Liz to one of the Northwest's weirdest, most unfortunate sports. 

Secondary topics: The Other Washington; hunt it up, Sin!; calamari dreams; Broads fail at accents; reverse octopus w…

Liz and Devon explore the strange world and the stranger legends of the Alaskan Glacier Ice Worm. Audio fuckery happened, so that's why Devon doesn't say much in the second half. 

Secondary topics: S…

Liz introduces Devon to Stagecoach Mary Fields, a woman who should be on our money. 

Secondary topics: The worst bidet; cigars; punchin' punchcard; casting the adaptation; Mary's later years among th…

Liz and Devon travel the trail - both the story of the actual Oregon Trail and the landmark video game it inspired. 

CW: Menstruation, body fluids, everything you could die of on the Oregon Trail. 

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