Portland knows TraâRenee Chambersâs voice. Itâs the afternoon drive time voice that spins hip hop hits on Jamân 107.5 and, before that, KinkFM and Z100. We also know it from Afternoon Live, the lifestyle television show she hosted for years on KATU , covering everything from films to fashion to parenting topics. For some kids, it was the voice of their social worker. At Self Enhancement, Inc. people know her voice as their licensed therapist, friend, and even, at one point, the interim director of SEIâs community and family services.Â
Now, the mom of three is embarking on a newâkind of oldâchapter: a revival of her former public affairs radio show,Â
Now that the temps have turned warm enough for me to once again spend hours in my yard fussing over flowers and ripping out weeds with therapeutic glee, I am back on my audiobook game. The first one of the season wasÂ
Supermaker by Jaime Schmidt. Schmidt began as a Portlander with a tiny little homemade beauty company hawking natural deodorant in aÂ
Little House on the Prairie-style bonnet ðat local farmers marketsâseven years later, she sold it as an international company to Unilever for more than $100 million.Â
Supermaker goes through the whole process from first idea to the major acquisition. As someone who writes about local brands for a living and owns a small business myself, I found the details fascinating, but I have a hunch you donât need those prereqs to feel the same way.Â
Now that the temps have turned warm enough for me to once again spend hours in my yard fussing over flowers and ripping out weeds with therapeutic glee, I am back on my audiobook game. The first one of the season wasÂ
Supermaker by Jaime Schmidt. Schmidt began as a Portlander with a tiny little homemade beauty company hawking natural deodorant in aÂ
Little House on the Prairie-style bonnet ðat local farmers marketsâseven years later, she sold it as an international company to Unilever for more than $100 million.Â
Supermaker goes through the whole process from first idea to the major acquisition. As someone who writes about local brands for a living and owns a small business myself, I found the details fascinating, but I have a hunch you donât need those prereqs to feel the same way.Â
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The New York Times says, â
In & of Itself reframes familiar tropes like card tricks, vanishing objects and stupendous feats of mentalism to new ends. It is not often that a magic show makes you ponder not just the how, but the why.âÂ
NPRÂ does it with, âYou ll hearÂ
In & of Itself referred to as conceptual magic or interactive theater or a one-man show. Those things are all technically true, but they re desperately incomplete. I might describe it as a series of vignettes, punctuated by some basic sleight-of-hand, some card tricks, and two of the most extraordinary audience-involved sequences I ever expect to see. I don t understandâat allâhow either was done.â