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The Lucky Chow host says soy sauce makes everything taste better, and we learn why many Black Americans, like Beyoncé, carry hot sauce in their bags

Knute Berger shares the story of the Northwest's largest river, from its headwaters in Canada to the threat that climate change poses to its watershed.

For the band's pearl anniversary, China Forbes and Timothy Nishimoto dish on oysters, the group's unusual origin story and Thanksgiving dinner.

George Francis Train, an 1800s influencer, once convinced a newspaper to sponsor him on a record-breaking trip around the globe. Knute Berger explains. 

Co-founders Kim and Tyler Malek had never made ice cream when they decided to open a shop in Portland in 2011. Plus, the treat's fascinating history!

Nicknamed the "Graveyard of the Pacific," Knute Berger digs into the fascinating and dangerous history of the place where the river meets the sea.

From floating feet to a body turned to soap, Knute Berger shares three ghastly mysteries that have happened to people after death. 

Many preservation advocates, from John Muir to Teddy Roosevelt, held discriminatory views that continue to affect equality in outdoor recreation.

Researching the life of a musician born in 1888 led to dead ends, deep appreciation for keepers of the past and questions about whose history is told.

From salmon fishing to hydropower, Northwest civilizations have depended on the river for millennia. Knute Berger shares some of their stories.