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Local Folks Podcast, Caregiving Edition. Episode 7
In 1993 my dad, who was caring for my mom, died suddenly and unexpectedly. Mom could not live on her own, and she moved in with me here in Oregon. Because it all happened so fast,…
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Local Folks Podcast, Caregiving Edition. Episode 6
Caregiving is challenging and demanding in the best of circumstances, add in the complexities of dealing with hostile stepchildren and the situation becomes much more difficult. In…
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Local Folks Podcast, Caregiving Edition. Episode 5
Caring for a spouse or partner who is suffering from advanced dementia is hard and emotionally draining work. In addition managing all the demands of providing care, there is the a…
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Local Folks Podcast, Caregiving Edition. Episode 4
How do you care for someone who is suffering from dementia, is in excellent health otherwise, and is adamant about living as independently as possible? In this episode, we meet Bre…
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Local Folks Podcast, Caregiving Edition. Episode 3
Being a caregiver can be a very lonely experience. The time demands of caring for someone often means that there is little opportunity for socializing with friends, pursuing hobbie…
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Local Folks Podcast, Caregiving Edition. Episode 2
Caregiving can be very challenging at times. Keeping track of all kinds of details, managing medical issues, constantly being on call, and watching someone you love gradually becom…
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Local Folks Podcast, Caregiving Edition. Episode 1
Welcome to the caregiving edition of Local Folks Podcast. Taking care of someone who, because of illness or injury, can no longer care for themselves is something that can happen t…
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Local Folks Podcast Season 4: Episode 4
Howdy folks, this is Zeke back for one more go-round. I’ll be heading back to my little cabin in the mountains after this here show, but I just had to get a couple of more things a…
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Local Folks Podcast Season 4: Episode 3
Howdy folks. You know, I enjoyed being the guest host of Local Folks Podcast last month so much, I just had to muscle old Bob aside one more time. This here election is just about…
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Local Folks Podcast Season 4: Episode 2
Howdy, my names Zeke and I’m the guest host of Local Folks Podcast for Episode 2. The last few years have been a mite hard to stomach, and a whole passel of things has got me a tad…
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Local Folks Podcast Season 4: Episode 1
For much of my life I was convinced that I was completely free of racist attitudes, and would have felt insulted and laughed if anyone told me I was a beneficiary of white privileg…
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Local Folks Podcast Season 3: Episode 7
Over the last several years, I have talked to a lot of local folks who work very hard to help other people – giving comfort to patients at the end of life, providing food and firew…
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Local Folks Podcast Season 3: Helping the Homeless, Episode 6
The motto of the Corvallis Day Time Drop-in Center is “Where needs are met”, and as we have learned in earlier episodes, those needs range from a pair of dry socks to replacing a l…
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Local Folks Podcast Season 3: Helping the Homeless, Episode 5
Where can homeless people go when they need a pair of dry socks or a pair of shoes, a piece of twine to tie something together, a tool to repair their bicycle, or help getting a ne…
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Local Folks Podcast Season 3: Helping the Homeless, Episode 4
The Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center wouldn’t exist without the hardworking local folks who volunteer their time to help fellow community members in need. From greeting people as t…
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Local Folks Podcast Season 3: Helping The Homeless, Episode 3
There are so many obstacles to providing services to the homeless. They are often hard to contact because they do not have an address or a phone and they often don't have the docum…
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Local Folks Podcast Season 3: Helping The Homeless, Episode 2
Before I started this project, I was aware that there were homeless people in my community, but even though I would see folks collecting cans, or come across their camps at various…
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Local Folks Podcast Season 3: Helping The Homeless, Episode 1
There are homeless people in just about every town and city in America, and my community of Corvallis is no different. Season three of Local Folks Podcast focuses on the Corvallis…
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Local Folks Podcast Insert Edition, Episode Five
Science has told us a lot about the nature and history of life, the Earth, and the Universe. Is it possible to use that knowledge to create a personal moral code that helps us to l…
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Local Folks Podcast Insert Edition, Episode Four
After he recovered from the wounds, Mickey returned to civilian life. He used the GI bill to go to school where he learned to be a machinist, met and wooed the love of his life, an…