Places to Be

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Join host Ty McDonald on a 2000 mile van trip around the Pacific Northwest corner of the USA -- interviews, chance encounters, musings, and observations from a simple adventure on the road.

Ty McDonald


    • Jan 26, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 15 EPISODES


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    introduction (the pattern and the clamor)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 7:49


    part 1: go away and be quiet 

    ch. 1 - ready to go

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 18:12


    portland arrival, provisioning, a cafe encounter, Michelle Jones of the wayfinding academy, maps

    ch. 2 - roots

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 43:02


    Rob Maletis Sr and Rob Maletis Jr, their beverage distribution business, and the bold ancestor who started it all off 

    ch. 3 - island in the rain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 20:41


    music with Case Calloway / Antone Proler

    ch. 5 - your own row to hoe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 34:38


    part 2: flowing... farming talks with Nat Evans, a roadside friend, and more

    ch. 6 - ganbatte

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 33:26


    coffee with John Nomura, soto zen buddhism, meaning. 

    ch. 7 - integrate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 46:10


    coffee companion, diner wisdom, and wine with architect and writer, Roger Wallace

    ch. 8 - i'll let you be in my dreams if i can be in yours

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 24:08


    part 3: woods and water ...  parking lot, cormorants, diner wisdom, whales, fortunes, campfire dreams

    ch. 9 - passing on through

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 8:09


    rolling along the washington coast, formerly young, kwalla, a wise dog, tangles, the old feeling, Lucille, water waving forever, just like me and you

    ch. 10 - what'll it be?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 35:20


    a collossus, a river, astoria, shipwrecks, beer

    ch. 11 - boundless

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 16:55


    ch. 12 - there is a fountain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 15:22


    part 4: inward and up... slow roads, fog, pioneers, water falling

    ch. 13 - skull hollow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 12:58


    bend, smith rock, misery ridge

    ch. 14 - again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 7:29


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