BACKFENCE Unhinged

Season 2 Episode 47: Hilary Whitmore

Maybe the skies are friendly but TSA not so much, especially if you are a person who blurts things out randomly when in security. Hilary Whitmore takes on an airport adventure of getting stoned, booking too early of a flight Meow Wolf, and having all the cops and all the TSA members surround her. 

Hilary is a Portland, OR native, performance artist, ritualist, and classically trained singer...

S2 Episode 46: Renee Jenkinson

At 21 Renee moves to Montana and needs a job. She rips a number from a job board posting and ends up on a wild and at times soul-challenging adventure as a counselor at an outdoor camp for teenage girls. You will never guess the ending! 

Renee  has spent nearly thirty years as a wilderness guide, teaching wilderness medicine and taking people to the edge of what they think they can handle. S...

SEASON 2 Episode 45: Lauren Goché

If you’ve ever wondered how to drive your career from being a top celebrity assistant in Hollywood to the antics of fishing for tuna twelve hours a day on the high seas, do not sleep on listening to Lauren Goché’s adventure of hilarious family dynamics, Snickers candybars, and dealing with seals. 

Lauren is a fabulous Portland realtor who doesn’t just sell dwellings, she de...

A brand new season is upon us!! SEASON TWO of BACKFENCE Unhinged has arrived!!! Thank you for following along! 

EPISODE 44: Brian S. Ellis

Sometimes a much older brother’s love and support takes you on the most unexpected of adventures as a twelve year old. Through his brother’s deep belief non-actor Brian S. Ellis gets his big shot at Hollywood fame playing against Val Kilmer with hilarious results. We go on a fun...

Jocose and smart as all hell, Jason Rouse takes you on a nail biting floating home journey. Twists and turns featuring the sudden on set super-human strength, balancing on chains over water, connecting with his father, and what the hell is that floating in the water? 

Jason is a writer, actor, husband, and dad to a wee feisty chihuahua named Goldie. 

BACKFENCE Unhinged is a 29-minute podcast hosted by Andrew Dickson and F...

Life with a toddler who is a runner is wild! Joey tells the hilarious story of Catch Me if You Can with her son breaking loose in a big winding museum. 

Joey Slamon has written on shows like Arrested Development, Those Who Can't and wrote and produced I'm Sorry with Andrea Savage. She's written several features, sold several pilots and is also currently getting her Masters in Library and Information Sciences so she can talk ab...

Episode 43: Alina Aliyar

Visiting India for a wedding  — Alina Aliyar finds herself drawn into an unexpected middle-aged night out in HOKAS. What can go right? So much. What can go wrong? So much. 

But all of it is a super fun ride. 

Alina Aliyar is a realtor, storyteller, and proud parent of 2 adult sized teenagers. She’s also a recipient of the 1987 Shakey’s Pizza reading award. 

BACKFENCE Un...

ENCORE: AARON DRAPLIN

Designer Aaron Draplin takes us on a GEN X tour of the skate punk and snowboarding world of his youth. Where zines ruled the day and skateboarders were total outsiders. Are there mentions of Dinosaur Jr.? Yes. Is there a caper involving fast food and the retrieval of skateboards from a boss's office? Yes. Is there a lot of fun, wisdom dropped, and the sweet follies of grunge? Hell yes!

Aaron entered the world ...

Episode 42: EMILY HEMSON

It turns out that unhinged moments can come from very specific odd obsessions. Through repeated watchings of the movie Heavyweights comedian Emily Hemson has her heart set on finding  an inflatable ‘blob’ like the kids in the movie jump on in the lake. The way it flings them into the air is like magic. This image burns into her hypothalamus as a core memory. 

Seven years later the oppo...

Episode 41: Katie Nguyen

Katie Nguyen dares to ask the question… Why why shouldn’t I put a Q-Tip in my ear when the sensation is so goddamned dreamy? And what could go so terribly wrong?

Why cotton-y ear canal friend-shaped when not ear canal friendly? 

Katie Nguyen is a writer and comedian. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, you can hear her on SiriusXM, and she's a regular at Helium Comedy Club.

BACKF...

ENCORE: LAUREN WEEDMAN

This is an encore story from solo performer, actor (Hacks, Abbott Elementary, Sirens) and writer Lauren Weedman. She joined us from her apartment in Santa Monica, CA.

Lauren tells us the hilarious at times cringey-in-a-revealing-way story of admitting to and dealing with jealousy at a celebrity New Year’s Eve party. 

BACKFENCE Unhinged is a 29-minute podcast hosted by Andrew Dickson and Frayn Mast...

Episode 40: Julia Oppenheimer

Unrequited love breaks hearts, churns stomachs, and consumes copious amounts of mental space, ever since a human scraped a lovelorn pictograph onto the first cave wall. Julia Oppenheimer takes on a multi-year journey where she finds out what happens when grey area hits the sheets.

Julia is a gal about town. When she’s not galavanting around the globe, she resides in Portland, where she recently g...

Episode 39: Mindy Nettifee

What happens when what’s underneath the love mask is revealed? Well. A few things it turns out. Mindy Nettifee takes on a wild ride as she figures out how to get herself unstuck between a rock and a hard place. 

Dr. Mindy Nettifee is a poet, artist educator, and somatic trauma therapist. She has published three full-length poetry collections and the how-to book on writing poetry Glitter in the ...

Episode 38: Nicole Hardy #2

Welcome back Nicole Hardy for her second go round with BACKFENCE Unhinged! 

Be more like Nicole who has a line item in her budget that includes doing something nice for herself. Will Nicole’s happy ending wish come to full fruition in beautiful Mexico? Find out in this beautifully told, tender, and hilarious story! 

Nicole Hardy is a Seattle-based writer and teaching artist who’s wo...

Travis Abels takes us on an Irish journey to find his future-does he get there? Many wild roadblocks stand in his way!!! 

Travis sucks at sleeping—but as a result, has some fun stories to tell. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he performs, makes movie trailers, shows unreasonable enthusiasm for squirrels, and hosts The Tiniest Party - a monthly underground storytelling show. 

Over the past few years, he's ...

ENCORE episode: Matt Sheehy 

Writer and frontman for Lost lander Matt Sheehy and creator of the genius BACKFENCE Unhinged music tells a story of being a teenager longing for the promises of a big city while feeling a little stuck in the vastness of Alaska.

He hops on an opportunity to get his first big taste of city life all the way in Australia! Find out how his new adventure goes and how employing a tear-squirtingly funny A...

Episode 36: Terri Knight

Are you ready for a Central Oregon story about stealing from a drug cartel?

Yeah, you are.

Terri Knight takes us along on her attempt to outrun some complicated family roots and step into her Alex P. Keaton era, straight-laced, upwardly mobile, doing everything “right.”

It does not go as planned.

Terri Knight appeared in the award-winning HUMP festival film short, Birthday Boss, Moth StorySLAMs,...

Episode 35: Gabi Dixson

Ever wonder how a super charming hilarious person becomes the 5th strongest person in the world? Gabi Dixson stepped on a stadium stage and held up two giant Grecian Pillars – called the Hercules Hold – attached to chains setting a new world record (you  gotta watch that link. It’s insane!)! She also takes us through some wild surgeries on her road to recovery to come back stronger.&nb...

Episode 34: Chris Williams #2

What happens when you cross youthful mischief, an old golf cart, and a legendary Lochness-sized fish? Only way to find out in this Chris Williams-tells-all episode! 

Chris is a storyteller, improviser and the executive director and host of Front Porch Sessions - a Portland, Oregon based show that blends storytelling and audience discussion. He’s also our first returning guest to the podcast!...