Wayne Potter

Keeping Kurrent

Society EN ↓ 3 episodes

I have many new opportunities while living near Portland, Oregon. I’m facilitating a group called Climate Change & Environmental Justice Task Force for the Southminster Presbyterian Church in Beaverton, Oregon. At the same time, I’ve been elected the Vice Chair of the Green Team at Willamette View, a retirement community of some 500 people. I have traveled internationally since the early 2000’s. I had a brief hiatus, but, now have started again. My latest foray was to Kansas & Florida, two places that are very different than Oregon, socially, politically, geographically, and otherwise. But I a...

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The Important role of the Clackamas County Clerk, Catherine McMullen, in organizing and operating the Clackamas County Elections Department 02.05.2026 36:37

You’ll meet Catherine McMullen, the current Clackamas County Clerk who organizes and operates the County Election’s Office.

The Japanese-American Experience 28.04.2026 46:21

This episode of the Keeping Kurrent Show is a remake of a 2023 episode where you meet Joni Kimoto, a Japanese American who, as a young childe, was placed in one of the Japanese Internment camps in Idaho. She recounts her experience for us. She is now seeking funds to publish a movie based on her and other Japaneses-American internment stories. It is to be called “Silence”. Her story reminds us...

Abraham Lincoln Marathon 14.04.2026 1:20:00

Warren Bull, historian and author, responds to questions from five podcast participants dealing with the man, and the President, Abraham Lincoln. The lengthy session starts up slowly but warms up over the full hour. Anyone interested in American history during the time of the Civil War will learn how such a talented individual became President and help the North win the civil war.