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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 5h

Eight!

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Brett Zimmerman @b-zimm.bsky.social · 7h

And if you’re wondering how the eff we got to where we are today, the Bundyville podcast is artful and unflinching in its examination of the self-righteous, grievance-fueled sovereign citizen movement.

The persecution that never was.

longreads.com/bundyville/s...

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Listen: OPB's 'Bundyville' Podcast

From Longreads and Oregon Public Broadcasting, “Bundyville” returns for a second season to pick up where the first season left off. "Bundyville: The Remnant" is a seven-part series th...

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Brett Zimmerman @b-zimm.bsky.social · 7h

Already hooked on the new season of Hush, an investigative OPB podcast from @leahsottile.bsky.social and @ryanjhaas.bsky.social. A reason to look forward to Wednesdays!

(Definitely give season one a listen too if you haven’t already)

Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 7h

It’s the weekend. We have a new podcast. You know what to do.

Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 3d

Why was 18-year-old Sarah Zuber found dead 400 feet from her front door? And how is it possible, six years later, that no one knows what happened to her?

Hush, Season 2, "Love Thy Neighbor" — my investigation with @ryanjhaas.bsky.social — starts today.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you, friend!!

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 7h

It’s the weekend. We have a new podcast. You know what to do.

Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 3d

Why was 18-year-old Sarah Zuber found dead 400 feet from her front door? And how is it possible, six years later, that no one knows what happened to her?

Hush, Season 2, "Love Thy Neighbor" — my investigation with @ryanjhaas.bsky.social — starts today.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 22h

O Rhombus king, he who sees through our souls, we avert our eyes in fear, we are not worthy.

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 1d

It's gonna fuck him up if he finds out we have a store called Mr. Plywood.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

ICE in Portland is coming off like Gargamel getting repeatedly rolled by the Smurfs

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 1d

Exciting!

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 1d

A generous shout-out of the new season of Hush in @niemanstoryboard.org!

Mark Armstrong @markarms.bsky.social · 1d

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: Featuring @cmtapper.bsky.social with @danyelsmith.bsky.social, @mallarytenore.bsky.social, @nationalbook.bsky.social, @texasmonthly.bsky.social, and @leahsottile.bsky.social @ryanjhaas.bsky.social

niemanstoryboard.org/2025/10/10/y...

#longreads

‘Your story is worth telling’ - Nieman Storyboard

Danyel Smith on journaling through life and work. Plus: National Book Awards finalists, and the elements of a story pitch

niemanstoryboard.org

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 1d

Guess this story is getting some eyeballs, so two things:

Did you know I worked on a whole podcast about the 2020 Portland protests (some of the worst of which involved federal officers) and the political divisions that make all of our worlds objectively worse?

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Fault Line: Dying for a Fight

Documentary Podcast · Series · Portland-based anti-fascist Sean Kealiher was killed in 2019, months before the uprising that would bring Portland international attention. Nearly two years later, his h...

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 2d

This reminds me of when Amy Carlson of Love Has Won said doctors examined her and were shocked she was the most balanced human being on earth, they’d never seen anything like it.

Later she poisoned herself with colloidal silver and turned blue.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I also did a cognitive exam. Which is always very risky because if I didn't do well, you'd be the first to be blaring it and I had a perfect score. And one of the doctors said he's almost never seen a perfect score. I had a perfect score. That made me well good ... not the easiest test."

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 2d

Sitting in a coffee shop in my former home of Missoula, Montana, wearing all black, enjoying listening to the young women next to me talk about why Oregon sucks. "People have a doom and gloom attitude and wear all black."

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, take a holiday, you deserve it after all!

Give the new show a listen here or on your favorite podcast machine (and tell a friend!):

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 2d

We are at the terrifying point where Doug Wilson is being interviewed by Ross Douthat, and there is no earnest caveat of his extremism.

I interviewed Wilson in 2020. Compare Douthat's interview and this, and you'll see only one is not normalizing his bigotry:

www.hcn.org/issues/52-8/...

As a plague sweeps the land, zealots see a gift from heaven - High Country News

Extremist pastors are using the COVID-19 pandemic to push their conservative religious ideologies.

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OPB @opb.org · 3d

Hush is an investigative podcast from OPB, uncovering the buried truth about critical stories in the Pacific Northwest. In March 2019, in Rainier, Oregon, 18-year-old Sarah Zuber was found dead 400 feet from her front door. Six years later, her family still has no clue what happened to her.

‘Hush’ Episode 1: The last to see her alive

In March 2019, in the wooded hills above the rural river town of Rainier, Oregon, 18-year-old Sarah Zuber was found dead 400 feet from her front door. Six years later, her family still has no clue what happened to their daughter.

www.opb.org

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 2d

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t believe this is the first time I’m seeing this!

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Jenn Chávez @jennchavez.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 NEW LEAH & RYAN PODCAST JUST DROPPED 🚨

Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 3d

Why was 18-year-old Sarah Zuber found dead 400 feet from her front door? And how is it possible, six years later, that no one knows what happened to her?

Hush, Season 2, "Love Thy Neighbor" — my investigation with @ryanjhaas.bsky.social — starts today.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 2d

The feeling is so mutual, Steven!

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Winston Szeto @winstonszeto.bsky.social · 3d

Now listening.

Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 3d

Why was 18-year-old Sarah Zuber found dead 400 feet from her front door? And how is it possible, six years later, that no one knows what happened to her?

Hush, Season 2, "Love Thy Neighbor" — my investigation with @ryanjhaas.bsky.social — starts today.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 3d

The new season of Hush begins! It's a really interesting investigation that takes on true crime tropes, the pitfalls of citizen sleuthing, politicizing literally everything and the collapse of local journalism.

Oh, and all told in that enthralling @leahsottile.bsky.social style!

Subscribe pls

‘Hush’ Episode 1: The last to see her alive

In March 2019, in the wooded hills above the rural river town of Rainier, Oregon, 18-year-old Sarah Zuber was found dead 400 feet from her front door. Six years later, her family still has no clue wha...

www.opb.org

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 3d

Why was 18-year-old Sarah Zuber found dead 400 feet from her front door? And how is it possible, six years later, that no one knows what happened to her?

Hush, Season 2, "Love Thy Neighbor" — my investigation with @ryanjhaas.bsky.social — starts today.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 3d

"The overarching narrative here is one that has become increasingly exhausting for a young progressive audience: Feel free to protest, but if anyone in your cohort approaches the unpresentable, your whole movement is lost."

@jacksonglidden.bsky.social with a brilliant essay about Portland.

Brooke Jackson-Glidden @jacksonglidden.bsky.social · 3d

In the words of Detox, I’ve had it, officially.

If Portland Is a ‘War Zone,’ It’s Not Because of Portlanders

No, Portlanders aren’t “living in hell.” But even if we were, it wouldn’t justify a military takeover.

www.pdxmonthly.com

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