Portland
Anne Audain: 'Adversity helped make me the champion I became'
Anne Audain overcame incredible odds to become the world's winningest road racer, and in the process, earn hundreds of thousands of dollars through lucrative deals with the likes of Nike and Pepsi… Audio
Going South - Dead Moon in NZ 1992
Influential Portland trio Dead Moon turned down shows with Nirvana in favour of a twenty-date tour of New Zealand in 1992. They made lifelong fans but also cleared out pubs along the way - John Baker… Video, Audio
World Title Win for shot putter Tom Walsh
It's not that unusual for a New Zealand shot putter to win a world title, Valerie Adams has been collecting medals, trophies and titles for over a decade now. Audio
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves
Isaac Brock, frontman for jaunty, literary indie-rock outfit Modest Mouse says he just "didn't really notice eight years go by." We speak to him about mushroom hunting, beekeeping, and the obsessive… Audio
Sam Scott vs Stephen Malkmus
We sent Samuel Scott to meet up with Stephen Malkmus when he was in Aotearoa for shows recently. Sam describes their conversation as "the most lucid chat between stalker and 90s indie rock hero you… Audio
Fiona Campbell of M'Lady's Records
Melody Thomas heads to the Portland headquarters of independent radical feminist label M'lady's Records and meets with Kiwi co-owner and ex-Coolies drummer Fiona Campbell. Audio
Ruban Nielson's guide to Portland
Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Ruban Nielson has been based in Portland, Oregon for seven years now, but we'll never stop claiming him as our own. Melody Thomas met up with him for a tour of the city he… Audio