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 […]
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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…
Source Weekly Update Podcast 2/6/20
In this week’s podcast: A tiny home village for homeless vets, info on the Luminaria this weekend at Meissner Nordic, and we pose the question: Is Larry and His Flask still a band?
Source Weekly Update Podcast 1/23/20
In this week’s podcast: Local reaction to the opening of Chick-fil-A in Bend, and a (somewhat) serious look at what it would look like to have a ski train to Mt. Bachelor.
May the Source Be with You
It’s 2020 and I’m once again the luckiest and most privileged person I know. Getting to go into another year writing for the Source Weekly is amazing, but knowing that the people of Central Oregon are reading my super nerdy words never fails to make me feel truly wonderful. I love this community and I […]
Source Weekly Update Podcast 1/16/20
A new space for artists in Bend, profiling a men’s mental health advocate and the effort to get a Central Oregon-focused hemp documentary off the ground, all in this week’s podcast.

