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JULY 2027, 2022
THE OPENING ACT
RAISING THE CURTAIN
ON THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
What we’re into
‘Ear Biscuits’ podcast
Lisa Britton
Go! Editor
editor@goeasternoregon.com
541-406-5274
Sarah Smith
Calendar Coordinator
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Submit your event information by Monday for
publication the following week (two weeks in
advance is even better!).
Go! Magazine is published Wednesdays
in the Hermiston Herald, Wallowa County
Chieftain and Blue Mountain Eagle. It
publishes Thursdays in The Observer, Baker
City Herald and East Oregonian.
“Ear Biscuits” podcast by Link Neal
and Rhett McLaughlin is my go-to back-
ground noise at the moment.
Neal and McLaughlin are the creators
of the internet show “Good Mythical
Morning,” which is a similar, less serious
series that I’ve been watching since
middle school. In the podcast, which
has more than 300 episodes, they dis-
cuss a wide variety of topics, from the
years they spent in college and as mis-
sionaries to the theories on the future
of automation and humanity and tips for
escaping pyramid schemes.
They take inspiration from Reddit
threads, listener call-ins, their own chil-
dren’s ideas and more. Some episodes
are more personal and philosophical
than others.
One episode features Matthew
McConaughey, where they discuss how
Spotify
to live a life worth living. In another, Neal
advises McLaughlin on how to handle
the departure of his oldest child to col-
lege, having just had his eldest daughter
move to school himself.
Some, though, are shorter dis-
cussions about their top 10 favorite
movies, quarantine activities such as
board games and how they managed to
survive their teen years without cell-
phones.
No matter the topic, the pair ap-
proaches each episode with humor and
wit, a refreshing attitude in podcasting. I
encourage you to listen: there is truly an
episode for everybody.
— ERIN PICKEN, NEWSROOM INTERN,
EAST OREGONIAN