August 17, 2025 • 30 mins
Portland Parks and Rec has a great program for kids that gives them fun things to do along with a lunch. The Sunshine Division will soon have a permanent headquaters and warehouse. The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute receives a $2 billion donation from Phil and Penny Knight.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to Local Voices. I'm brad Ford. This week Horton
Parks and Recreations Free Lunch and Play program for kids.
The Sunshine Division is finally getting a permanent home, and
the Night Cancer Institute will revolutionize the way cancer patients
receive treatment thanks to a large donation from Phil and
Penny Night. Hortand Parks and Recreation has a unique series
(00:29):
of programs that help keep children fed during the summer
and keeps them active. It's called Free Lunch and Play.
It's part of the Summer Free for All program. Gerald Hoseley,
the Summer Free for All Supervisor, joins us in Local Voices. Jerald,
this sounds like a great program for kids. Tell us
about Free Lunch and Play.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Free Lunch and Play is where we are serving lunches
all across the city of Portland, city wide program. So
we are stationed in parks like I just aforementioned, all
across the city providing lunch to youth as well as
a play component. We don't want to forget the play components.
(01:08):
So there's games, there's youth performances that are happening while
we are serving lunch and so it's an amazing situation
to be able to provide for those needing.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
So free lunches are really important this time, especially because
schools are shut down and kids don't get lunches at school.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Absolutely, and that's why we deem it very very necessary
as well as imperative to be able to provide lunch
because again the guardians, what's that's grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles.
It gives opportunity to be able to provide that as
a service, and we also call it essentially you know,
(01:50):
guardians can come and enjoy as well as have some
time kind of to themselves as well, because it also
provides an element where they can, like say, play, eat lunch,
enjoy themselves and excel as well.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
So that's great. That sounds like a lot of fun.
You know, summer's almost over. What programs were involved or
what's left as part of the free luncheon play program?
Speaker 2 (02:11):
What events are left with Free lunch and play Again,
the primary core of that is providing the lunches as
well as the play component, and so it is one
more week of that. Emparks all across the city, the
youth performances as well. Primarily we're happening at Gateway Discovery part,
(02:33):
and so I believe there's some more of those. There's
a few weeks more of the actual performances specifically at Gateway,
but lunch and Play is wrapping up of this last
week here essentially because school is coming very very soon.
They start school on twenty third or twenty fourth.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
So why is Portland Summer Free for All important for.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Kids outside of just providing the necessary service as I
mentioned with food and secure and people who are a
part of the program I walk alongside. Internally we call
them parkies, but people who actually now work for parks,
who actually were beneficiaries of the lunch program or of
(03:15):
some of the services that parks provided. So it also
creates inherently just a culture of one appreciation, but then
hands on the ground of knowing what the impact is
provided behind the service that we're offering. So the importance
of it is really limitless in my opinion, but as
(03:39):
well as the necessity of it is also limitless as well. Again,
it's more than serving free lunch, the play, the community building,
the outlets. There's so many facets of why it can
essentially be deemed important in my opinion.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
That's great. Do parents need to sign up their kids
and if so, how they do that or where do
they do that?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
No sign up necessary. We actually refer to our program
as free and drop in, So literally you can just
be walking, you know, by the park and see that, hey,
we're handing out free lunches and you can drop in
and be able to play and get a lunch and
be able to enjoy yourself. So there's not a sign
(04:24):
up per se. Obviously there are some age restrictions or
limitations on that because of this, primarily for youth, but
outside of that, no sign up or registration needed.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
So where can parents go to find out more and
find out what events are left and where they can
take their kids?
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Absolutely, if you go to a summer free for all specifically,
you can look up free lunch and Play and there
is a landing page there that gives all of the
information relative to lunch and play, parks, dates, times, what's happening,
what's going on. Also, there is a list of performances
(05:03):
there as well. I mentioned earlier Gateway Discovery part They
also have an independent page as well, so if you
wanted to look up specific details around the performances and
things that are going on at Gateway that's a reference
point as well. And then lastly, if you wanted to
go to Portland Summer freefoall dot org, again that points
(05:25):
you in that direction. But there also is what we
call a cultural events schedule, so those youth performances are
included on that schedule with concerts, movies, festivals in the
park as well, that's also a part of that schedule.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
It just sounds like a great opportunity for parents who
have kids that during the summer you have time on
your hands and the kids can go and play with
other kids and get lunch and have activities for what
are the hours.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Be hours starting out eleven thirty and like I said,
ours is very depending on site. If we're talking lunch
in play you're wanting depending on what's in your neighborhood
is always like I like to recommend it to guardians
or parents or grandparents. If you look up there, what's
in your neighborhood, whether you're east, west, northeast, you know, northwest,
(06:14):
times vary. And then also there's information there about the
mobile as well. But generally eleven thirty to one is
kind of the sweet spot, for lack of better terms,
that majority of things are going on, but there is
some adjustment depending on again what location you're going to
makes sense.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I think one thing I want to touch on that
I think you mentioned earlier that it really is specialist.
You said that some kids who have taken part in
this program are now helping to work with the program.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
We have some people who are full time employees or
parties as we like to say, that are actually working
for Parks full time. We also have younger staff members
who again have benefited more recently from the program, that
are now casual employees, whether it's this is internal terminology,
(07:04):
but whether it's recreation leads or staff and things of
that nature who are also working now for the program.
So it helps to understand the value and the impact
of the program while also helping them understand logistically what's
happening because they got a snapshot of what was going
on prior to actually work again as well.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
So this is the final week that kids can take
part in free luncheon Play.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Yes, final week for lunch and Play. Summer Free for
All as a whole does have some more events going
on into September, but for lunch and Play specifically, this
will be the final week for stationary again, mobile might
have some different dates.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Anything else that you'd like to add that I didn't
touch on that you want to add.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I would say this outside of lunch and play, like
I said, we do have some other events going on
with Summer Free for All as a whole. So if
you are interested Portland Summerfreefall dot org. You know we
talked about during the daytime, but in the evening we
have concerts, we have movies, we have other events going on.
We have fitness in the park that goes on that's
(08:09):
also a drop in if you want to do that.
There's also free swim. You know, there's a host of
things underneath the Summer Free for All banners, So if
you're interested, feel free to please look up and gather
information and enjoy us for the remaining of the summer
before fall kicks in.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Gerald, thanks for joining us.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Not the problem.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
That's Gerald hose Late the Summer Free for All supervisor again.
The website is Portland Summer Freefall dot org, where you
can find the tails for the free lunch and play
opportunities and everything else involved in the Portland Summer Free
for All. The Sunshine Division in Portland is finally getting
(08:49):
its own warehouse and headquarters building. Executive director Kyle Canbrig
joins us on Local Voices. Kyle tell us about the
new building, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
It's been quite a journey.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
So at the start of the pan endemic, we have
been fortunate enough and blessed that the Safeway Albertson's family
of companies has allowed us to use vacant grocery stores.
In fact, we used one back in April twenty twenty.
We were there a few years and they actually sold
the building. And so for the last few years we've
(09:19):
been using a vacant Albertson's in Wilsonville as our primary
warehouse and we're so appreciative of that generous support. But
as aaah, I've often said, that's not a forever solution.
That's been a temporary loaner, if you will, by Safeway Alberson's.
And so for the past three year, Sunshine Division has
been looking for a permanent home. I know we've talked before.
(09:40):
We have a rather antiquated, humble, ninety six year old
warehouse in inner North Portland that we've long since outgrown,
and so we have that home and we have a
small food pantry in southeast Portland. But for the past
five years we've been doing all of our warehousing, building
of our food boxes, and working with volunteers out of
an empty grocery store that we didn't own that's been
(10:02):
generously we've been allowed to be there. So it's been
a three year journey or so, and we're super excited
to share that we've acquired our new forever home for
our next one hundred years of service.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Give us some background on the Sunshine Division. How did
it start and what do you do?
Speaker 4 (10:18):
Yeah, so, back in nineteen twenty three, really unique, amazing
Portland story for those that don't know, the Mayor of
Portland and the police chief and police officers at the
time decided that on Christmas Eve they should distribute food
in the Goosehallow neighborhood of southwest Portland, and that really
was kind of the genesis of the organization and the
(10:41):
local media at the time, the local radio folks referred
to these officers as the Sunshine Boys, which then got
sort of turned into the Sunshine Division, which was an
informal division of the Portland Police Bureau for the next
forty years, so, you know, spanning the Great Depression and
World wars, and in the nineteen sixties, sun Chinavision got
(11:02):
incorporated as a five to one C three charity and
so for the past sixty years we've been a local
charity that has this super unique origin story and we
still partner closely with the police. In the fact, next
next week we're going to have our annual Busies Kids
Shop with.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
A Cop event.
Speaker 4 (11:20):
We're about one hundred police officers, mostly Portland Police officers,
come out and volunteer. You know, sun Chinavision the charity
with our partners raises the funds. Fred Meyer chips in
and helps out at the store, and police officers come
out and volunteer. So we still have this partnership one
hundred and two years later that started as this amazing
act of kindness back in nineteen twenty three. What has
(11:43):
changed is we've evolved greatly. Our services have grown. We
have a food pantry that's opened five days a week,
fifty two weeks a year. We have a home delivery
program that reaches nearly five hundred households that goes on
fifty two weeks a year. But we still do some
of those core programs. We still do the holidays. This
year was one hundred and second year in a row
that the Police Bureau and about a thousand volunteers helped
(12:05):
us home deliver food the Saturday prior to Christmas, and
we do amazing massive holiday home delivery and Thanksgiving and
we do a massive Martin Luther King Junior holiday home delivery.
So we are still in the business very much of
delivering emergency food. The mission has remained true, it's just
grown exponentially over the last ten decades.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
How about the new location help, Well, if you've if
you've been in our old warehouse that we used to
operate out of, it would be rather obvious and apparent.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
The building.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
It lacked a lot of things things like loading docks,
ample space, temperature control, things of that nature.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
So in the winter when we'd packed holiday boxes for
people that had come.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
Out and done that over the years, you probably were
in a stocking cabin of park and if you came
down there today, it would be pushing one hundred degrees
in there. So not in ideal logistical location. And we've
known that for many years. So you know, the past
five years we've been using a vacant grocery store space
as sort of as a loaner Earth have been donated,
and so number one, we need the right tool. And
(13:10):
that's really what I refer to the building as. It's
not about a fancy building or artwork or anything of
that nature. It's about having the right tool because if
you're in the business of distributing millions of pounds of food,
you need a warehouse, you need space for forklifts, you
need loading docks, these logistical things that frankly we haven't had.
We've had to make do with, you know, a variety
(13:32):
of solutions that weren't very efficient. And so really it's
about efficiency. It's about doing the job better and growing
our mission because unfortunately, you know, the past five years,
we're helping so many more families every single day, every
single week then we used to, you know, pre pre pandemic,
pre twenty twenty. And so having the right tool allows
us to do the job better, and that's really what
(13:53):
this is all about. You give us better space, you
give us better efficiency, better logistics. We're going to build,
help a lot more people and stretch those those dollars
we raise and those those food donations further.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
How many families do you help a year?
Speaker 4 (14:08):
You know the number is about one hundred thousand touches,
is what we would call that. And I say touches
because we touch people in a variety of different ways.
There's you know, the many thousands of people that will
come directly to our food pantry five days a week
throughout the year. There's approximately or upwards of about five
hundred families a week we're going to home.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
Deliver a box to their front door.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
But what a lot of people wouldn't know is we
actually also support and partner with nearly two hundred social
service entities around the metro area. And that's everything from
small little church food pantries to some schools that we
work with around the metro area, to dozens of other
nonprofits that help people in different ways in food and
(14:55):
we can provide boxes of food or at the holidays.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
We've talked about this before when we distribute.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
Some we're in the neighborhood of ten thousand turkey meals
across about five counties in the metro area and those
go out to other social service groups. Will call them,
but it could be a school, it could be your church,
it could be DHS. And then of course we still
partner with Portland Police and so our food boxes are
in the Portland Police precincts and those are available twenty
(15:20):
four to seven, three hundred sixty five days a year.
Any system that ever comes to a Portland Police precinct
can pick up a food box from the Sunshine Division,
no questions asked, which is another extension of that partnership.
So when you add up all of these programs, what
we do with the holidays, what we do five days
a week year round, you add that all up, we
end up distributing or touching approximately one hundred thousand households
(15:45):
all across the Greater Portland metro area.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Have you noticed a difference in the need for food?
Speaker 4 (15:52):
What I would say is, you know, I've been with
the organization for fourteen years. So when I started, we
were sort of coming out of you know, the housing crisis,
the stock market and everything out of two thousand and eight,
two thousand and nine, and that was a very different
time because very certain industries sort of you know, were
destroyed overnight. What we've seen since COVID is the impacts
(16:14):
or the effects reached nearly every demographic. It wasn't just
a few industries, or it wasn't just banking and housing.
You know, it was literally across a broad spectrum of
organizations that had massive impacts from COVID. And so you
had families and we continue to see this, families and
individuals who had their lives up ended overnight and had
(16:37):
never had to ask for help from a food really organization.
And it wasn't just one type of person or one
type of industry. It was everything from families with kids
to senior citizens, you know, to working single adults, to
veterans and you name it. We were seeing people and
continue to see people from a variety of walks walks
(16:57):
of life. And you know what started in twenty twenty
with the pandemic. Of course you've talked about on the news,
you know, you've talked about inflation, but we also had
school closures, and we've had wildfires and more ice storms
and the past fighters than I can remember, and another
round of inflation, and there's just been a lot of
instability economically that has made it extremely difficult for Portlanders
(17:21):
and not just Portlanders, people across the country frankly are
turning to places like Sunshine Vision the past five years,
more than than at any time since the Great Depression.
Which is a really sobering thought, and so you know,
we're trying to dig in and step up and do
even more. So the timing of this, frankly, couldn't be
better because we're doing it with the help of the community.
(17:42):
This is one hundred percent funded by local donors, local
people like you and I and companies and foundations. You know,
while we have this amazing partnership with the city, we're
not funded by taxpayer dollars. We are funded by local
people that care and believe in our mission. So while
there's a lot of federal cuts to certain programs, Sunshine
Visions not one of them. So we're really digging in
(18:03):
and stepping up and trying to do more because the need, frankly.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Has never been greater.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Where do you stand on funding the new building and
do you need additional donations a lot.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
It's a great question.
Speaker 4 (18:13):
So the frustration I had of it taking three years
to locate the building may have been a blessing this
guys one. It allowed us to find the perfect space.
So we're happy, you know, we're so happy about the
building we found.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
We didn't have to.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
You know, there wasn't something we didn't get out of
this space that we truly needed. Number two, it gave
us three years to fundraise. So we're about seventy percent
of the way there. And again that's one hundred percent
local donations, individuals, companies, foundations, and it's not you know,
we're not really funded or state funded or or locally funded,
which I kind of think it speaks to our testament
(18:49):
of being, you know, one of Portland's oldest charities one
hundred and two years and so people have seen the need,
they've seen what we're about and how we're very grassroots,
and they've.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
Really stepped up. We're not all the way there.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
There's still you know, there's still some time to get
to the finish line, and we're still inviting people to
join us and they can certainly go to our website
to learn more. But we are about seventy percent of
the way there, and we've raised over eight million dollars
in these past three years, so we're really proud of that.
That's that's no small feat for a small charity like
Sunshine Division. But we've got a little more work to do, Brad, so.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
I imagine there's some renovations that need to be done
to the new building before you can move in, and
when do you hope to move in?
Speaker 4 (19:29):
That's right, So there is a a perfect you know,
if you move into a new house or a new office,
there's always a few things to do beauty of this space.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
Not a ton to be done. We like it as
it is.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
It's a big concrete, rectangular primarily warehouse with some office,
so we're not doing a massive overhaul or anything of
that nature. But we do need to put some things
in that are specific to Sunshine Division Number one. We've
got to put racking in it so we can house
all the food we have. We've got to build out
some cold storage, so a rather large refrigeration area and
(20:01):
a rather large freezer area. So those are kind of
some of this special, kind of particular modifications we needed
to do to the building. But other things other than that,
it's mostly you know, paint and carpet and little simple
things that aren't too complex. So we are going to
move in starting you know, right around Halloween. The beginning
of November is when the current tenant will be departing,
(20:23):
and we anticipate that take about three or four months,
so hopefully early early twenty twenty six. We're having a
conversation about that first day we're open to the public,
and you know, we might it might come in a
few phases, depending on how quickly the construction happens. But
it's not just a warehouse. It's also going to be
a food pantry. It's also going to be a home.
We're going to have a volunteer center and home. We
(20:45):
have about four thousand people that volunteer it through out here.
So great space for our for our amazing army at
volunteers that donate their time, great space for our staff,
great space for the community to become an access food.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
And then it has all the logistical.
Speaker 4 (20:59):
Things we need, you know, those kind of boring or
mundane things, but they're exciting to us, things like loading
docks and high racking and large walking coolers, and so
it's just going to be you know, it's the one
size fits all solution for us for every single thing
we do. So we're super excited about what it means,
not just for us, but also really for the community.
(21:19):
For this next century of service as we're calling it.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
That is terrific.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
If people want to make a donation to help close
the gap, and the final amount of money that is
due on the building, or just want to make a
donation to the Sunshine Division or learn more about it,
where can they go?
Speaker 4 (21:34):
Absolutely so if you go to our homepage Sunshine Division
dot org. That's an easy one to remember, but right
on the top of the home page next to that
nice bright yellow donate.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
But you can always just hit and donate.
Speaker 4 (21:45):
But there's one of the headers says next century of service,
and that really talks all about the campaign where we're
at shose some a photo of the building as it
is today, a couple of drawings of what we anticipate
it's gonna you know, look like, and how we're going
to be able utilize it to do so much more.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
And that's all there.
Speaker 4 (22:02):
But I encourage people to go to our website whether
you're looking to volunteer, if you need help, or if
you want to you want to be a part.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Of this project. It's all there at Sunshine Division dot org.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Kyle, thanks for joining us Local Voices. That's Kyle Camberg,
executive director of the Sunshine Division, which is getting its
first official warehouse and headquarters building. They still need to
raise around thirty percent of the cost, and you can
make a donation at Sunshine Division dot org. This week,
OHSU's Night Cancer Institute received its largest donation ever from
(22:35):
its founding donor. OHSU president doctor Sharif Elnehal says it's
a groundbreaking approach to cancer. He talked about one patient
he treated.
Speaker 5 (22:44):
I want to talk about a patient that in my
training I learned from and we'll never forget. This was
a woman who came in seven months pregnant with stage
four brain cancer cleoblastoma, and we had to make a
decision with a multidisciplinary team, many doctors, many folks supporting
those doctors, and most importantly the patient and her husband,
(23:09):
about whether to start treatment that could potentially extend her
life or to wait until she delivered her baby safely,
which could of course compromise her own outcome. I will
never forget her because it made me realize how important
and how much of a team effort with patient's families,
with the clinicians, with everyone supporting those clinicians, and making
(23:32):
the cancer care that that patient deserved, seamless and most importantly,
in accordance with what her goals were. So we waited
because she chose to wait until she delivered a healthy baby,
and she passed away only six months after that. We
are here at OHSU for patients like that. That is
(23:54):
the reason we are here, and doctor Brian Druker has
helped us over time make that vision a reality, to
discover the new frontiers of what is possible to get
patients with cancer to a better place. As you may know,
this year we celebrated the tenth anniversary of the completion
(24:14):
of the Night Cancer Challenge. Without further ado, I'd like
to introduce the man of the Hour, Doctor Brian Drigger,
is a Professor of Medicine at OHSUSED Night Cancer Institute,
where he holds the Jelden A. Geldwin Rather Chair of
Leukemia Research. He was the director of the Night Cancer
Institute from two thousand and seven to twenty twenty four
and a former Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. He is
(24:38):
most widely known for his transformative research on chronic myeloid leukemia,
the condition that Judy was diagnosed with many years ago.
He performed laboratory studies that led to the development of IMMATINEV,
otherwise known as Leebeck, which substantially increased the life expectancy
(24:58):
from just three to five five years for that diagnosis
to a condition that patients can now expect to live
a normal lifespan. When I was in medical school, I
learned about the new paradigm of targeted therapy, and I
saw doctor Brian Druker's name on a giant slide in
the middle of the auditorium for first year medical students.
(25:22):
And now I get to call him a colleague. He
has offered over five hundred peer reviewed publications as a
member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National
Academy of Sciences, and he's received numerous accolades including Alaskar
Debate Award, the Japan Prize, the Schoburg Prize, and so
many more. Please join me and welcoming doctor Brian Druker
(25:44):
for our announcement today.
Speaker 6 (25:45):
We're here today because of two people who love the
state and believe that everyone facing a cancer diagnosis deserves
the best care and the best outcome. Phil and Penny
Knight have been relentless in their support of our efforts
to end cancer as we know it. We've already accomplished
(26:09):
so much because of their support, including recruiting some of
the top cancer researchers here to Oregon. We lead in
precision medicine, matching patients with the best treatments to get
the best outcome, and we're one of the top institutions
in the nation in the early detection of cancer. All
(26:32):
of this means that because of the work done at
the Night Cancer Institute, there are more people surviving, not
only surviving, but thriving despite a diagnosis of cancer. Penny
and Phil Knight challenge us to do more. They believe
in this beautiful state of ours that we can do
(26:53):
things that nobody else can do. We revolutionized cancer treatment,
and now we're going to revolutionize cancer care. It's my
great honor and privilege to announce that Penny and Phil
Knight are donating two billion dollars to the Night Cancer Institute.
(27:17):
In case you're not aware, that's the single largest gift
at any institution ever. Penny and Phil, there are no
words that can adequately express our gratitude. You remind us
that we can never forget that this fight is personal.
(27:38):
For every patient that walks through our door. They are
family and friends that depend on the work that we
do here. Every day, we pledge that we will work
as hard as possible to deliver the best treatments and
the best care, because we know that's what every patient deserves.
(28:02):
Everyone here has likely been affected by somebody with a
cancer diagnosis, and we know that navigating that experience can
be incredibly overwhelming. We know there's a better way. What
we aim to do is to create an unmatched cancer
(28:23):
care experience. Every patient will have a navigator guiding them
through their care. This fully integrated cancer care model will
expand and accelerate diagnosis, will ensure that they have access
to breakthrough clinical trials coming out of Night Research, and
(28:46):
we will make sure that we simplify the experience for
patients and their family. Every patient will have access to
a full range of much needed support resources for nutrition,
mental health, insurance guidance, and symptom management, along with survivorship
(29:07):
care and symptom management. With the magnitude of this gift
and the mission, the Night Cancer Institute will become a
self governed entity within OHSU. It will have its own
board of governors, and I've agreed to step back as
its inaugural president. Over the next six months, we'll work
(29:29):
to establish all unnecessary elements to make this vision possible
and to ensure that the Night Cancer Institute is the
best place on Earth for cancer care. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
That's pioneering cancer researcher doctor Brian Druker announcing a two
billion dollar gift from Nike co founder Phil Knight and
his wife Penny to the Night Cancer Institute to create
a new way to provide treatment to patients at Link Cancer.
Thanks for listening to Local Voices. I'm Brad Bard. He
past episodes on the iHeartRadio app under the podcast tab.
(30:03):
Local Voices is a public affairs presentation from iHeartRadio
Welcome to Local Voices. I'm brad Ford. This week Horton
Parks and Recreations Free Lunch and Play program for kids.
The Sunshine Division is finally getting a permanent home, and
the Night Cancer Institute will revolutionize the way cancer patients
receive treatment thanks to a large donation from Phil and
Penny Night. Hortand Parks and Recreation has a unique series
(00:29):
of programs that help keep children fed during the summer
and keeps them active. It's called Free Lunch and Play.
It's part of the Summer Free for All program. Gerald Hoseley,
the Summer Free for All Supervisor, joins us in Local Voices. Jerald,
this sounds like a great program for kids. Tell us
about Free Lunch and Play.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Free Lunch and Play is where we are serving lunches
all across the city of Portland, city wide program. So
we are stationed in parks like I just aforementioned, all
across the city providing lunch to youth as well as
a play component. We don't want to forget the play components.
(01:08):
So there's games, there's youth performances that are happening while
we are serving lunch and so it's an amazing situation
to be able to provide for those needing.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
So free lunches are really important this time, especially because
schools are shut down and kids don't get lunches at school.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Absolutely, and that's why we deem it very very necessary
as well as imperative to be able to provide lunch
because again the guardians, what's that's grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles.
It gives opportunity to be able to provide that as
a service, and we also call it essentially you know,
(01:50):
guardians can come and enjoy as well as have some
time kind of to themselves as well, because it also
provides an element where they can, like say, play, eat lunch,
enjoy themselves and excel as well.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
So that's great. That sounds like a lot of fun.
You know, summer's almost over. What programs were involved or
what's left as part of the free luncheon play program?
Speaker 2 (02:11):
What events are left with Free lunch and play Again,
the primary core of that is providing the lunches as
well as the play component, and so it is one
more week of that. Emparks all across the city, the
youth performances as well. Primarily we're happening at Gateway Discovery part,
(02:33):
and so I believe there's some more of those. There's
a few weeks more of the actual performances specifically at Gateway,
but lunch and Play is wrapping up of this last
week here essentially because school is coming very very soon.
They start school on twenty third or twenty fourth.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
So why is Portland Summer Free for All important for.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Kids outside of just providing the necessary service as I
mentioned with food and secure and people who are a
part of the program I walk alongside. Internally we call
them parkies, but people who actually now work for parks,
who actually were beneficiaries of the lunch program or of
(03:15):
some of the services that parks provided. So it also
creates inherently just a culture of one appreciation, but then
hands on the ground of knowing what the impact is
provided behind the service that we're offering. So the importance
of it is really limitless in my opinion, but as
(03:39):
well as the necessity of it is also limitless as well. Again,
it's more than serving free lunch, the play, the community building,
the outlets. There's so many facets of why it can
essentially be deemed important in my opinion.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
That's great. Do parents need to sign up their kids
and if so, how they do that or where do
they do that?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
No sign up necessary. We actually refer to our program
as free and drop in, So literally you can just
be walking, you know, by the park and see that, hey,
we're handing out free lunches and you can drop in
and be able to play and get a lunch and
be able to enjoy yourself. So there's not a sign
(04:24):
up per se. Obviously there are some age restrictions or
limitations on that because of this, primarily for youth, but
outside of that, no sign up or registration needed.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
So where can parents go to find out more and
find out what events are left and where they can
take their kids?
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Absolutely, if you go to a summer free for all specifically,
you can look up free lunch and Play and there
is a landing page there that gives all of the
information relative to lunch and play, parks, dates, times, what's happening,
what's going on. Also, there is a list of performances
(05:03):
there as well. I mentioned earlier Gateway Discovery part They
also have an independent page as well, so if you
wanted to look up specific details around the performances and
things that are going on at Gateway that's a reference
point as well. And then lastly, if you wanted to
go to Portland Summer freefoall dot org, again that points
(05:25):
you in that direction. But there also is what we
call a cultural events schedule, so those youth performances are
included on that schedule with concerts, movies, festivals in the
park as well, that's also a part of that schedule.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
It just sounds like a great opportunity for parents who
have kids that during the summer you have time on
your hands and the kids can go and play with
other kids and get lunch and have activities for what
are the hours.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Be hours starting out eleven thirty and like I said,
ours is very depending on site. If we're talking lunch
in play you're wanting depending on what's in your neighborhood
is always like I like to recommend it to guardians
or parents or grandparents. If you look up there, what's
in your neighborhood, whether you're east, west, northeast, you know, northwest,
(06:14):
times vary. And then also there's information there about the
mobile as well. But generally eleven thirty to one is
kind of the sweet spot, for lack of better terms,
that majority of things are going on, but there is
some adjustment depending on again what location you're going to
makes sense.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I think one thing I want to touch on that
I think you mentioned earlier that it really is specialist.
You said that some kids who have taken part in
this program are now helping to work with the program.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
We have some people who are full time employees or
parties as we like to say, that are actually working
for Parks full time. We also have younger staff members
who again have benefited more recently from the program, that
are now casual employees, whether it's this is internal terminology,
(07:04):
but whether it's recreation leads or staff and things of
that nature who are also working now for the program.
So it helps to understand the value and the impact
of the program while also helping them understand logistically what's
happening because they got a snapshot of what was going
on prior to actually work again as well.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
So this is the final week that kids can take
part in free luncheon Play.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Yes, final week for lunch and Play. Summer Free for
All as a whole does have some more events going
on into September, but for lunch and Play specifically, this
will be the final week for stationary again, mobile might
have some different dates.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Anything else that you'd like to add that I didn't
touch on that you want to add.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I would say this outside of lunch and play, like
I said, we do have some other events going on
with Summer Free for All as a whole. So if
you are interested Portland Summerfreefall dot org. You know we
talked about during the daytime, but in the evening we
have concerts, we have movies, we have other events going on.
We have fitness in the park that goes on that's
(08:09):
also a drop in if you want to do that.
There's also free swim. You know, there's a host of
things underneath the Summer Free for All banners, So if
you're interested, feel free to please look up and gather
information and enjoy us for the remaining of the summer
before fall kicks in.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Gerald, thanks for joining us.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Not the problem.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
That's Gerald hose Late the Summer Free for All supervisor again.
The website is Portland Summer Freefall dot org, where you
can find the tails for the free lunch and play
opportunities and everything else involved in the Portland Summer Free
for All. The Sunshine Division in Portland is finally getting
(08:49):
its own warehouse and headquarters building. Executive director Kyle Canbrig
joins us on Local Voices. Kyle tell us about the
new building, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
It's been quite a journey.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
So at the start of the pan endemic, we have
been fortunate enough and blessed that the Safeway Albertson's family
of companies has allowed us to use vacant grocery stores.
In fact, we used one back in April twenty twenty.
We were there a few years and they actually sold
the building. And so for the last few years we've
(09:19):
been using a vacant Albertson's in Wilsonville as our primary
warehouse and we're so appreciative of that generous support. But
as aaah, I've often said, that's not a forever solution.
That's been a temporary loaner, if you will, by Safeway Alberson's.
And so for the past three year, Sunshine Division has
been looking for a permanent home. I know we've talked before.
(09:40):
We have a rather antiquated, humble, ninety six year old
warehouse in inner North Portland that we've long since outgrown,
and so we have that home and we have a
small food pantry in southeast Portland. But for the past
five years we've been doing all of our warehousing, building
of our food boxes, and working with volunteers out of
an empty grocery store that we didn't own that's been
(10:02):
generously we've been allowed to be there. So it's been
a three year journey or so, and we're super excited
to share that we've acquired our new forever home for
our next one hundred years of service.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Give us some background on the Sunshine Division. How did
it start and what do you do?
Speaker 4 (10:18):
Yeah, so, back in nineteen twenty three, really unique, amazing
Portland story for those that don't know, the Mayor of
Portland and the police chief and police officers at the
time decided that on Christmas Eve they should distribute food
in the Goosehallow neighborhood of southwest Portland, and that really
was kind of the genesis of the organization and the
(10:41):
local media at the time, the local radio folks referred
to these officers as the Sunshine Boys, which then got
sort of turned into the Sunshine Division, which was an
informal division of the Portland Police Bureau for the next
forty years, so, you know, spanning the Great Depression and
World wars, and in the nineteen sixties, sun Chinavision got
(11:02):
incorporated as a five to one C three charity and
so for the past sixty years we've been a local
charity that has this super unique origin story and we
still partner closely with the police. In the fact, next
next week we're going to have our annual Busies Kids
Shop with.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
A Cop event.
Speaker 4 (11:20):
We're about one hundred police officers, mostly Portland Police officers,
come out and volunteer. You know, sun Chinavision the charity
with our partners raises the funds. Fred Meyer chips in
and helps out at the store, and police officers come
out and volunteer. So we still have this partnership one
hundred and two years later that started as this amazing
act of kindness back in nineteen twenty three. What has
(11:43):
changed is we've evolved greatly. Our services have grown. We
have a food pantry that's opened five days a week,
fifty two weeks a year. We have a home delivery
program that reaches nearly five hundred households that goes on
fifty two weeks a year. But we still do some
of those core programs. We still do the holidays. This
year was one hundred and second year in a row
that the Police Bureau and about a thousand volunteers helped
(12:05):
us home deliver food the Saturday prior to Christmas, and
we do amazing massive holiday home delivery and Thanksgiving and
we do a massive Martin Luther King Junior holiday home delivery.
So we are still in the business very much of
delivering emergency food. The mission has remained true, it's just
grown exponentially over the last ten decades.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
How about the new location help, Well, if you've if
you've been in our old warehouse that we used to
operate out of, it would be rather obvious and apparent.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
The building.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
It lacked a lot of things things like loading docks,
ample space, temperature control, things of that nature.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
So in the winter when we'd packed holiday boxes for
people that had come.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
Out and done that over the years, you probably were
in a stocking cabin of park and if you came
down there today, it would be pushing one hundred degrees
in there. So not in ideal logistical location. And we've
known that for many years. So you know, the past
five years we've been using a vacant grocery store space
as sort of as a loaner Earth have been donated,
and so number one, we need the right tool. And
(13:10):
that's really what I refer to the building as. It's
not about a fancy building or artwork or anything of
that nature. It's about having the right tool because if
you're in the business of distributing millions of pounds of food,
you need a warehouse, you need space for forklifts, you
need loading docks, these logistical things that frankly we haven't had.
We've had to make do with, you know, a variety
(13:32):
of solutions that weren't very efficient. And so really it's
about efficiency. It's about doing the job better and growing
our mission because unfortunately, you know, the past five years,
we're helping so many more families every single day, every
single week then we used to, you know, pre pre pandemic,
pre twenty twenty. And so having the right tool allows
us to do the job better, and that's really what
(13:53):
this is all about. You give us better space, you
give us better efficiency, better logistics. We're going to build,
help a lot more people and stretch those those dollars
we raise and those those food donations further.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
How many families do you help a year?
Speaker 4 (14:08):
You know the number is about one hundred thousand touches,
is what we would call that. And I say touches
because we touch people in a variety of different ways.
There's you know, the many thousands of people that will
come directly to our food pantry five days a week
throughout the year. There's approximately or upwards of about five
hundred families a week we're going to home.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
Deliver a box to their front door.
Speaker 4 (14:32):
But what a lot of people wouldn't know is we
actually also support and partner with nearly two hundred social
service entities around the metro area. And that's everything from
small little church food pantries to some schools that we
work with around the metro area, to dozens of other
nonprofits that help people in different ways in food and
(14:55):
we can provide boxes of food or at the holidays.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
We've talked about this before when we distribute.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
Some we're in the neighborhood of ten thousand turkey meals
across about five counties in the metro area and those
go out to other social service groups. Will call them,
but it could be a school, it could be your church,
it could be DHS. And then of course we still
partner with Portland Police and so our food boxes are
in the Portland Police precincts and those are available twenty
(15:20):
four to seven, three hundred sixty five days a year.
Any system that ever comes to a Portland Police precinct
can pick up a food box from the Sunshine Division,
no questions asked, which is another extension of that partnership.
So when you add up all of these programs, what
we do with the holidays, what we do five days
a week year round, you add that all up, we
end up distributing or touching approximately one hundred thousand households
(15:45):
all across the Greater Portland metro area.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Have you noticed a difference in the need for food?
Speaker 4 (15:52):
What I would say is, you know, I've been with
the organization for fourteen years. So when I started, we
were sort of coming out of you know, the housing crisis,
the stock market and everything out of two thousand and eight,
two thousand and nine, and that was a very different
time because very certain industries sort of you know, were
destroyed overnight. What we've seen since COVID is the impacts
(16:14):
or the effects reached nearly every demographic. It wasn't just
a few industries, or it wasn't just banking and housing.
You know, it was literally across a broad spectrum of
organizations that had massive impacts from COVID. And so you
had families and we continue to see this, families and
individuals who had their lives up ended overnight and had
(16:37):
never had to ask for help from a food really organization.
And it wasn't just one type of person or one
type of industry. It was everything from families with kids
to senior citizens, you know, to working single adults, to
veterans and you name it. We were seeing people and
continue to see people from a variety of walks walks
(16:57):
of life. And you know what started in twenty twenty
with the pandemic. Of course you've talked about on the news,
you know, you've talked about inflation, but we also had
school closures, and we've had wildfires and more ice storms
and the past fighters than I can remember, and another
round of inflation, and there's just been a lot of
instability economically that has made it extremely difficult for Portlanders
(17:21):
and not just Portlanders, people across the country frankly are
turning to places like Sunshine Vision the past five years,
more than than at any time since the Great Depression.
Which is a really sobering thought, and so you know,
we're trying to dig in and step up and do
even more. So the timing of this, frankly, couldn't be
better because we're doing it with the help of the community.
(17:42):
This is one hundred percent funded by local donors, local
people like you and I and companies and foundations. You know,
while we have this amazing partnership with the city, we're
not funded by taxpayer dollars. We are funded by local
people that care and believe in our mission. So while
there's a lot of federal cuts to certain programs, Sunshine
Visions not one of them. So we're really digging in
(18:03):
and stepping up and trying to do more because the need, frankly.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Has never been greater.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Where do you stand on funding the new building and
do you need additional donations a lot.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
It's a great question.
Speaker 4 (18:13):
So the frustration I had of it taking three years
to locate the building may have been a blessing this
guys one. It allowed us to find the perfect space.
So we're happy, you know, we're so happy about the
building we found.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
We didn't have to.
Speaker 4 (18:29):
You know, there wasn't something we didn't get out of
this space that we truly needed. Number two, it gave
us three years to fundraise. So we're about seventy percent
of the way there. And again that's one hundred percent
local donations, individuals, companies, foundations, and it's not you know,
we're not really funded or state funded or or locally funded,
which I kind of think it speaks to our testament
(18:49):
of being, you know, one of Portland's oldest charities one
hundred and two years and so people have seen the need,
they've seen what we're about and how we're very grassroots,
and they've.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
Really stepped up. We're not all the way there.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
There's still you know, there's still some time to get
to the finish line, and we're still inviting people to
join us and they can certainly go to our website
to learn more. But we are about seventy percent of
the way there, and we've raised over eight million dollars
in these past three years, so we're really proud of that.
That's that's no small feat for a small charity like
Sunshine Division. But we've got a little more work to do, Brad, so.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
I imagine there's some renovations that need to be done
to the new building before you can move in, and
when do you hope to move in?
Speaker 4 (19:29):
That's right, So there is a a perfect you know,
if you move into a new house or a new office,
there's always a few things to do beauty of this space.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
Not a ton to be done. We like it as
it is.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
It's a big concrete, rectangular primarily warehouse with some office,
so we're not doing a massive overhaul or anything of
that nature. But we do need to put some things
in that are specific to Sunshine Division Number one. We've
got to put racking in it so we can house
all the food we have. We've got to build out
some cold storage, so a rather large refrigeration area and
(20:01):
a rather large freezer area. So those are kind of
some of this special, kind of particular modifications we needed
to do to the building. But other things other than that,
it's mostly you know, paint and carpet and little simple
things that aren't too complex. So we are going to
move in starting you know, right around Halloween. The beginning
of November is when the current tenant will be departing,
(20:23):
and we anticipate that take about three or four months,
so hopefully early early twenty twenty six. We're having a
conversation about that first day we're open to the public,
and you know, we might it might come in a
few phases, depending on how quickly the construction happens. But
it's not just a warehouse. It's also going to be
a food pantry. It's also going to be a home.
We're going to have a volunteer center and home. We
(20:45):
have about four thousand people that volunteer it through out here.
So great space for our for our amazing army at
volunteers that donate their time, great space for our staff,
great space for the community to become an access food.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
And then it has all the logistical.
Speaker 4 (20:59):
Things we need, you know, those kind of boring or
mundane things, but they're exciting to us, things like loading
docks and high racking and large walking coolers, and so
it's just going to be you know, it's the one
size fits all solution for us for every single thing
we do. So we're super excited about what it means,
not just for us, but also really for the community.
(21:19):
For this next century of service as we're calling it.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
That is terrific.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
If people want to make a donation to help close
the gap, and the final amount of money that is
due on the building, or just want to make a
donation to the Sunshine Division or learn more about it,
where can they go?
Speaker 4 (21:34):
Absolutely so if you go to our homepage Sunshine Division
dot org. That's an easy one to remember, but right
on the top of the home page next to that
nice bright yellow donate.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
But you can always just hit and donate.
Speaker 4 (21:45):
But there's one of the headers says next century of service,
and that really talks all about the campaign where we're
at shose some a photo of the building as it
is today, a couple of drawings of what we anticipate
it's gonna you know, look like, and how we're going
to be able utilize it to do so much more.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
And that's all there.
Speaker 4 (22:02):
But I encourage people to go to our website whether
you're looking to volunteer, if you need help, or if
you want to you want to be a part.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Of this project. It's all there at Sunshine Division dot org.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Kyle, thanks for joining us Local Voices. That's Kyle Camberg,
executive director of the Sunshine Division, which is getting its
first official warehouse and headquarters building. They still need to
raise around thirty percent of the cost, and you can
make a donation at Sunshine Division dot org. This week,
OHSU's Night Cancer Institute received its largest donation ever from
(22:35):
its founding donor. OHSU president doctor Sharif Elnehal says it's
a groundbreaking approach to cancer. He talked about one patient
he treated.
Speaker 5 (22:44):
I want to talk about a patient that in my
training I learned from and we'll never forget. This was
a woman who came in seven months pregnant with stage
four brain cancer cleoblastoma, and we had to make a
decision with a multidisciplinary team, many doctors, many folks supporting
those doctors, and most importantly the patient and her husband,
(23:09):
about whether to start treatment that could potentially extend her
life or to wait until she delivered her baby safely,
which could of course compromise her own outcome. I will
never forget her because it made me realize how important
and how much of a team effort with patient's families,
with the clinicians, with everyone supporting those clinicians, and making
(23:32):
the cancer care that that patient deserved, seamless and most importantly,
in accordance with what her goals were. So we waited
because she chose to wait until she delivered a healthy baby,
and she passed away only six months after that. We
are here at OHSU for patients like that. That is
(23:54):
the reason we are here, and doctor Brian Druker has
helped us over time make that vision a reality, to
discover the new frontiers of what is possible to get
patients with cancer to a better place. As you may know,
this year we celebrated the tenth anniversary of the completion
(24:14):
of the Night Cancer Challenge. Without further ado, I'd like
to introduce the man of the Hour, Doctor Brian Drigger,
is a Professor of Medicine at OHSUSED Night Cancer Institute,
where he holds the Jelden A. Geldwin Rather Chair of
Leukemia Research. He was the director of the Night Cancer
Institute from two thousand and seven to twenty twenty four
and a former Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. He is
(24:38):
most widely known for his transformative research on chronic myeloid leukemia,
the condition that Judy was diagnosed with many years ago.
He performed laboratory studies that led to the development of IMMATINEV,
otherwise known as Leebeck, which substantially increased the life expectancy
(24:58):
from just three to five five years for that diagnosis
to a condition that patients can now expect to live
a normal lifespan. When I was in medical school, I
learned about the new paradigm of targeted therapy, and I
saw doctor Brian Druker's name on a giant slide in
the middle of the auditorium for first year medical students.
(25:22):
And now I get to call him a colleague. He
has offered over five hundred peer reviewed publications as a
member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National
Academy of Sciences, and he's received numerous accolades including Alaskar
Debate Award, the Japan Prize, the Schoburg Prize, and so
many more. Please join me and welcoming doctor Brian Druker
(25:44):
for our announcement today.
Speaker 6 (25:45):
We're here today because of two people who love the
state and believe that everyone facing a cancer diagnosis deserves
the best care and the best outcome. Phil and Penny
Knight have been relentless in their support of our efforts
to end cancer as we know it. We've already accomplished
(26:09):
so much because of their support, including recruiting some of
the top cancer researchers here to Oregon. We lead in
precision medicine, matching patients with the best treatments to get
the best outcome, and we're one of the top institutions
in the nation in the early detection of cancer. All
(26:32):
of this means that because of the work done at
the Night Cancer Institute, there are more people surviving, not
only surviving, but thriving despite a diagnosis of cancer. Penny
and Phil Knight challenge us to do more. They believe
in this beautiful state of ours that we can do
(26:53):
things that nobody else can do. We revolutionized cancer treatment,
and now we're going to revolutionize cancer care. It's my
great honor and privilege to announce that Penny and Phil
Knight are donating two billion dollars to the Night Cancer Institute.
(27:17):
In case you're not aware, that's the single largest gift
at any institution ever. Penny and Phil, there are no
words that can adequately express our gratitude. You remind us
that we can never forget that this fight is personal.
(27:38):
For every patient that walks through our door. They are
family and friends that depend on the work that we
do here. Every day, we pledge that we will work
as hard as possible to deliver the best treatments and
the best care, because we know that's what every patient deserves.
(28:02):
Everyone here has likely been affected by somebody with a
cancer diagnosis, and we know that navigating that experience can
be incredibly overwhelming. We know there's a better way. What
we aim to do is to create an unmatched cancer
(28:23):
care experience. Every patient will have a navigator guiding them
through their care. This fully integrated cancer care model will
expand and accelerate diagnosis, will ensure that they have access
to breakthrough clinical trials coming out of Night Research, and
(28:46):
we will make sure that we simplify the experience for
patients and their family. Every patient will have access to
a full range of much needed support resources for nutrition,
mental health, insurance guidance, and symptom management, along with survivorship
(29:07):
care and symptom management. With the magnitude of this gift
and the mission, the Night Cancer Institute will become a
self governed entity within OHSU. It will have its own
board of governors, and I've agreed to step back as
its inaugural president. Over the next six months, we'll work
(29:29):
to establish all unnecessary elements to make this vision possible
and to ensure that the Night Cancer Institute is the
best place on Earth for cancer care. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
That's pioneering cancer researcher doctor Brian Druker announcing a two
billion dollar gift from Nike co founder Phil Knight and
his wife Penny to the Night Cancer Institute to create
a new way to provide treatment to patients at Link Cancer.
Thanks for listening to Local Voices. I'm Brad Bard. He
past episodes on the iHeartRadio app under the podcast tab.
(30:03):
Local Voices is a public affairs presentation from iHeartRadio
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
Cardiac Cowboys
The heart was always off-limits to surgeons. Cutting into it spelled instant death for the patient. That is, until a ragtag group of doctors scattered across the Midwest and Texas decided to throw out the rule book. Working in makeshift laboratories and home garages, using medical devices made from scavenged machine parts and beer tubes, these men and women invented the field of open heart surgery. Odds are, someone you know is alive because of them. So why has history left them behind? Presented by Chris Pine, CARDIAC COWBOYS tells the gripping true story behind the birth of heart surgery, and the young, Greatest Generation doctors who made it happen. For years, they competed and feuded, racing to be the first, the best, and the most prolific. Some appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, operated on kings and advised presidents. Others ended up disgraced, penniless, and convicted of felonies. Together, they ignited a revolution in medicine, and changed the world.