For politicians east of the Cascades, the urban/rural divide is a popular talking point. But the extreme disparities that can exist between urban and rural students is more than a talking pointโand in the age of COVID-19, it’s playing out as students try to do school, from home, in the midst of a pandemic. By […]
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Source Weekly Update Podcast 5/15/20
In this week’s podcast, hear from local business owners navigating the reopening… or choosing to stay closed for a little bit longer.
Podcast: Dave Clemens, Our Readers’ Favorite Local DJ
Dave Clemens is a local Central Oregon DJ. He came on the Source Weeklyโs โBend Donโt Breakโ podcast this weekโhosted by our our publisher Aaron Switzerโto talk about his experiences working as a radio host during the pandemic. Listen now by clicking any image, or subscribe where ever you get your podcasts. Clemens hosts his […]
Source Weekly Update Podcast 5/9/20
In this week’s podcast: A look ahead to Oregon’s fire season and the connection between pollution and COVID-19.
Podcast: Crisis Leadership with Keith Witcosky, Redmond City Manager
Bend Don’t Break is a new podcast series from the Source Weekly, hosted by our publisher Aaron Switzer, who started Bend’s first and only alternative weekly two decades ago. Aaron dives into range of topics relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic like the economy, the local anti-lockdown movement, leadership in the time of COVID and much […]
Source Weekly Update Podcast – May 2
In this week’s Source Weekly Update: a new pass system for Mt. Bachelor, a change of heart on clearing Bend homeless camps and more. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon ยท Source Weekly Update Podcast – 5/2/20 Related Stories
Bend Don’t Break: New Podcast, Hosted by Publisher Aaron Switzer
Bend Don’t Break is the newest podcast series from the Source Weekly, hosted by our publisher Aaron Switzer, who started Bend’s first and only alternative weekly two decades ago. Aaron dives into range of topics relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic like the economy, the local anti-lockdown movement, mental health effects of social isolation and much […]
B.J. Soper: Hero or Outlaw? 🎧 (with podcast)
More than 200 people gathered outside Redmond City Hall April 17, demonstrating against Oregon Gov. Kate Brownโs โStay Home, Stay Safeโ order. Theyโll be back again this Friday. This week, we talked with the organizer of that Redmond demonstration. (We also recorded our interview with Soper as a podcast, which you can access below.) Redmond […]
The Source Weekly Update Podcast is Back!
In this week’s podcast, a Bend nurse tells what it’s like working with COVID-19 patients, and a 38-year-old Redmond man who recovered from the virus offers caution for others.
Source Weekly Update Podcast 2/28/20
In this week’s podcast: Is the City of Bend getting all the taxes it’s due from short-term rental properties? Plus, the never-ending saga around dredging Mirror Pond…

