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  • 35. Pendleton, Oregon
    2025/08/20

    Yeehaw! Katie lets everyone know Jordan has pronounced “Pendleton” incorrectly for his entire life and Jordan argues there shouldn’t be a silent “D” in words.

    Katie’s grandfather was born in Pendleton, and the duo discuss wandering around one of her ancestral homelands with her grandparents in their 90s. Jordan is disturbed by a broken weather widget on Travel Pendleton’s website and Katie is excited about a museum that chronicles western expansionism from the perspective of the Native people of the area.

    Katie and Jordan spent their very last night on their two-month road trip across the continent in Pendleton and think the Old Town was way better than they remember it being and Jordan drops a surprising Pendleton Woolen Mills connection-bomb on Katie at the end of the show.

    Shear your sheep and give this week’s episode a listen!

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    54 分
  • 34. Phuket, Thailand
    2025/08/13

    DIY cheek-peekin' chaps and a bag full of melted truffles marked the beginning for Katie and Jordan's sweltering time on Thailand's largest island: Phuket.

    Before they could even step foot on the island, they were trapped on the plane waiting for a "VIP" to fly out -- and they have some guesses as to who it was.

    Katie reads verbatim from the travel journal they kept on their three-month honeymoon around East and Southeast Asia and Jordan reminisces about hitching a ride from the wrong hotel to the correct one in the back of Some Dude's truck.

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    56 分
  • 33. Beaverton, Oregon
    2025/08/06

    Katie and Jordan venture into the Portland-Metro by exploring Oregon's sixth-largest city -- and one-time hopeful to be second-largest -- Beaverton!

    Katie talks about how the city's modern multi-cultural identity helped introduce her to different cultures and cuisines at a young age and talks about the now-shuttered Beaverton Bakery and Jordan wonders if it was a "Ratatouille" situation.

    The city is home to one of New York Times top pizzerias in the U.S. and the duo talk about the pies they've enjoyed there and Jordan throws shade at a completely different pizzeria which gave him a spiritual awakening.

    Jordan and Katie discuss the wonky shape of Beaverton's city boundaries and how you can drive on the same street for miles and seemingly hit seven or eight different "Welcome to Beaverton" signs.

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    1 時間 14 分
  • 32. Tillamook County Fair, Oregon
    2025/07/30

    It's the most magical time of the year in Tillamook, Oregon! The biggest, most unifying event on the local calendar is the Tillamook County Fair and the annual four-day extravaganza is an explosion of all the pent up magic in the community.

    Katie and Jordan discuss this year's upcoming 100th anniversary of the fair's marquee event the Pig-N-Ford races, three-lap races around a horse racing track with stripped down Model T cars, squealing piglets, and a whole lotta history. And Katie may have been the first woman ever to take the victory lap in the event.

    The duo talks about the fair food that will probably make you sick and the fact Katie seems to be craving any combination of hot dog wrapped in carbohydrate.

    Jordan wants to know if there is an event for "Best Duck" and Katie talks about her long history with the fair ranging from everything from entering baked goods, sewing projects, and showing cows.

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    1 時間 38 分
  • 31. Arches National Park, Utah
    2025/07/23

    Katie is absolutely "breathless" when she visits the otherworldly Arches National Park, which is described as a "red-rock wonderland."

    Both Katie and Jordan bring the same facts about the geologic formations to this podcast, which means they must be true, right?

    Arches National Park contains 2,000 natural stone arches and the park has the highest concentration of them in the world. Katie wants to do an arch audit to see how accurate that number is.

    Jordan tells Katie the alternative names for the beloved, iconic "Delicate Arch" and also the names of other formations throughout the park, like "Dark Angel", "Three Penguins", and most unfortunately, "The Phallus".

    Jordan shares his stupidest travel mishap and Katie says he is "horn happy".

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    50 分
  • 30. Ashland, Oregon
    2025/07/16

    Jordan immediately goes off the rails with "Chronicles of Narnia" references and Katie loves the city's iconic Lithia Park, but Jordan suggests the city of Ashland just raze the downtown to the ground to double the size of the massive park.

    Once Jordan finally visits the famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he watches the the worst musical of his life, "The Three Musketeers", which takes some interesting creative liberties.

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    55 分
  • 29. Tanzania, East Africa (with Special Guest!)
    2025/07/09

    Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti (even though it’s, like, 200 miles away), Katie and Jordan take a very special trip down memory lane this week with guest Jessica, who spent eight weeks in East Africa, primarily in Tanzania, during a study abroad trip in college!

    Jessica was on the worst boat ride ever on her way to the paradise that is Zanzibar and bought spices that are probably stale by now. Jordan attempts to impress everyone with his Zanzibar knowledge but is immediately countered by a way better fun fact.

    While in Tanzania, Jessica went to school to improve her skills in Swahili and had to teach a lesson on Swahili in Swahili to native Swahili elementary school students. The Swahili teacher was unimpressed.

    Jordan reveals Mount Kilimanjaro’s Google score and Jessica brings the gift of guacamole to her host family in Tanzania.

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    1 時間 11 分