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AHLA's Speaking of Health LawMedicare Advantage: Navigating Uncertain TimesMedicare Advantage (MA) is one of the most popular insurance programs for the Medicare-eligible population, however it faces significant headwinds from both payer and provider organizations. Alan Lassiter, Principal, ECG Management Consultants, speaks with Christine Worthen, Member, Epstein Becker & Green PC, and Joe Mangrum, Partner, ECG Management Consultants, about the current state of MA, the complex issues confronting both payers and providers, and strategies for successfully navigating these uncertain times. They discuss issues related to provider-sponsored plans, structuring value-based arrangements with MA plans, how MA plans can maintain margin, CMS’ recent final rule, sustainable MA plan reimbursement, network design an...
2025-05-1634 min
Finding My Own WeirdWanda Sykes Thinks I'm Funny-Carlos Kareem WindhamHuge thanks to Carlos for their incredible stories. They are truly full of heart and humor. To learn more about Carlos or to attend one of their amazing events, you can follow them at the links below
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Please also reach out to me, Christine Lassiter, Mortgage broker with Two Rivers Mortgage to talk about getting pre-approved or to just ask some general mortgage questions.
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2024-03-271h 34
The Fusebox ShowFusebox 245: “Moon Meat”Fusebox 245: “MOON MEAT”
33:28 – As Real As You Or I, A Glutton For Punishment, Just “Gristle” For The Mill, Fusebox Liner, Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 7, Fusebox Liner ID, Reports From The Sunshine Hate, Throwing The Book At Ron, FSBX Liner: Decisions,Decisions, The Fusebox Interview: “Christine Lassiter Part 2”, Show Close.
Non-hybridized thanks to our contributors for this edition of the show; Christine Lassiter, Bruce Miles, and Gregory Wilson.
Check out Christines’s podcast at https://www.youtube.com/@findingmyownweird
Check out the “We Are The Weird” video here.
Also on our YouTube Channel!
2024-03-2033 minThe Fusebox ShowFusebox 244: “Absurd A Trois”Fusebox 244: “ABSURD A TROIS”
34:10 – Pulling The Levers Of Reality, Taking An Absurd Dive, Fusebox Liner, Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine Spot 8, Tragic Journals: “The Portrait Artist”, Fusebox Liner: Got Bolts?, Some Absurdist Film Recommendations: Brazil (1985), The Forbidden Zone (1978), The Magic Christian (1969), Eraser Head (1977), The Collective Shorts Of Jan Swankmajer, Cemetery Man (1994), The Fusebox Interview: “Christine Lassiter Part 1”, Show Close
Absurdly wonderful thanks to our contributors for this edition of the show; Christine Lassiter and Gregory Wilson
Hugely big thanks to Grindhouse Resurrection Magazine for sponsoring the shenanigan’s going on around here. Check them out on their Facebook...
2024-03-0634 minFinding My Own WeirdLambchop was drunk at Disneyland
Did you know that Portland has the third largest puppet population in the country? Well, I found out that and much, much more from my next guest. From entertaining friends with his marionettes when he was a kid to entertaining all ages as an adult.
Steve over 10 now owns an incredible puppet museum in this Elwood neighborhood housing over 2,600 puppets. But the journey he took to get there was pretty fantastical.
Links to follow Steve and the Portland Puppet Museum
Website: https://puppetmuseum.com
Facebook: / portlandpuppetmuseum
Instagram: / portlandpuppetmuseum
YouTube: / pingpong97202
You can also follow Weird Portland United at the links below Webs...
2024-02-271h 21Finding My Own WeirdDog and Bird-Blake Olson
Special thanks to Blake Oslon with The Earth is Dying productions. To follow Blake and the amazing projects he is working on, you can go to https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%...
You can also follow Weird Portland United at the links below
Website-weirdportlandunited.org
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/WeirdPortlan...
Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/weirdportla...
And you can also find us on Reddit
And be sure to follow me, Christine Lassiter, Mortgage Broker for Two Rivers Mortgage at the links below
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/classiter0/
Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/christine_l...
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2024-02-121h 05Finding My Own WeirdA Hickey from Kenickie-Mark Risinger-plus bonus
Season 2, Episode 1 of Finding My Own Weird. This episode started out as a recap of what I have been doing for the several months (spoiler alert...it involves finding my own weird) but the first 2/3 of the video is some fun with my best friend, Mark Risinger, who has seen me through many re-inventions in our 20 year friendship.
Also, to reach out to me, the sponsor, for any mortgage related questions, you can email me at christine@tworiversmtg.com or call me at 903-343-1370.
To watch the We are so Weird music video, you can go to the...
2024-01-292h 02Finding My Own WeirdJo Anne Worley is my cluckin muse-Chad Kornack aka Birdbrain the Human Chicken
I go about town in a giant chicken suit. I try finding work this way and I socialize this way. What in the world could possibly drive me to do this? That might be the fairest question of the day. And to be honest, in answering that question, I could discuss details on any level, from my own personal story to the complicated state of the world. With a unique upbringing and a colorful career in costume performance behind me, I relocated to Portland to study sociology at PSU. As anyone would naturally expect, the intersection of my entertainment...
2023-05-1255 minFinding My Own WeirdDont try this at home-Kevon Ward
Kevon Ward is a Denver artist who specializes in FX makeup, creature design/fabrication, fine art, and graphic design. Kevon Ward is a two-time competitor on the hit SYFY reality competition show Face Off. Kevon's work has been featured in film, television, theatrical productions, theme parks, VR games, body paint competitions, retail stores, and children's books. Kevon loves to create horror fan art, as well as original concepts. He works as a full-time artist, fulfilling client needs that range from horror makeup/gags to puppetry, scale models, mural work, scenic sculpture/installation, body paint/illusion makeup, digital illustration, concept...
2023-05-051h 42Finding My Own WeirdVacuum Cleaner Full of Candy-Brad Richman aka Gar Gar
Musician, show man and punk croc weirdo-Gar Gar
To Follow Gar Gar go to the links below
Website: http://GargGarBand.com
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/gargarband/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gargarband/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GARGARBand
Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B01CS4HGFW
Special thanks to our sponsor, Christine Lassiter, Mortgage Broker with Two Rivers Mortgage. To talk to Christine about a mortgage in Oregon or Washington email her at christine@tworiversmtg.com or call her at 903-343-1370
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2023-04-2448 minFinding My Own WeirdFree Bagpipe Lessons-Brian Kidd aka The Unipiper
Of all of Portland’s colorful characters, none are as easily recognized as The Unipiper, with his fire-breathing bagpipes, colorful costumes, and unicycle, reports of Unipiper sightings stretch back over a decade. The origin of The Unipiper is shrouded in mystery, but reportedly stems from an incident with local-resident Brian Kidd involving a bite from a radioactive unicycle incurred while playing the bagpipes, granting him the power to make people smile. Ever since, he has roamed the streets of Portland, protecting its citizens from all that is normal and standing up to those that would seek to silence the we...
2023-04-1856 min
Warm Mass of Full Audiobooks in Self Development, Health & WellnessPrecipice - Hugh MaclennanListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: PrecipiceAuthor: Hugh MaclennanNarrator: Tara KoehlerFormat: UnabridgedLength: 14:46:21Language: EnglishRelease date: 04-15-2023Publisher: ECW PressGenres: Fiction & Literature, Historical FictionSummary:The Precipice is the sweeping story of Lucy Cameron, a young woman who seems destined to live and die in small-town Ontario. Into this place of monotony and petty incidents, of spiteful gossip and rigid moralism, appears Stephen Lassiter. Stephen is a Princeton-educated engineer from a wealthy New...
2023-04-152h 46Finding My Own WeirdBeach, Please-Una the Mermaid
Professional Mermaid, Water Priestess, & Activist
Una is passionate about social justice and have been a longtime activist and advocate in her community for restorative justice, racial equity, and violence reduction. She strongly believes creativity is the key in cultivating cultures of peace. She also believes imaginative endeavors can help initiate the brave and often uncomfortable conversations needed to help raise awareness on issues that matter. Una integrates restorative values and practices into everything she does.
She is also a water priestess and mermaid oracle. A water priestess is one who is dedicated to serving the element of water, both...
2023-04-101h 15Finding My Own WeirdShowtunes in a Walmart-Sister Donna Vanewday and Sister Inda Beginning
Sister Donna sprang, fully formed, from the three way collision of a tiny car full of clowns with big feet, a van full of Nuns with love for their community, and a semi truck full of glitter with a big hairy daddy bear driver. She never did get his name…
You can follow Sister Donna at the links below:
Website:https://portlandsisters.org/sister-donna-vanewday/
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/donna.vanewday
Inda (they/them) first joined the Boston sisters in 2016 and transferred to Portland the very next year in 2017. Inda is a singer, queer theorist, and writer.
Website:https://ww...
2023-04-031h 24Finding My Own WeirdSquirrel Fishing-Lexi Whittemore
Lexi (she/her) is a 31 year old from Portland, OR. When not working one of her multiple jobs, Lexi can be found at a local dive bar or arcade, knocking a stainless steel ball around to score points on one of the many pinball machines around town.
To follow Lexi go to
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexiliciousdef
Instagram: https://instagram.com/lexiliciousdef
https://tiktok.com/lexiliciousdef
Special Thanks to our sponsor, Christine Lassiter with Two Rivers Mortgage. You can reach her at christine@tworiversmtg.com or 903-343-1370
2023-03-271h 25Finding My Own WeirdGinuwine aint got nothin on me-Maggie Greene
Maggie is a cisgender, pansexual woman, a recovering marketing professional, a trauma and abuse survivor, and the Chief Everything Officer of Maggie Greene Style, which she describes as an ethical microbusiness on a mission to transform how you see yourself. Simply stated, she works at the intersection of personal brand and style.
Maggie supports entrepreneurs, leaders, and individual contributors of all body types, across the gender spectrum, on creating clarity and visibility for themselves in career and beyond. Her superpower is zeroing in on what makes a person unique and showing them how to maximize those assets - in...
2023-03-221h 29Finding My Own WeirdHappy Birthday to me-Hannah LewisRaised in a conservative religion, in small town Montana, Hannah broke free and made many unique moves that led her to weird Portland. Creating her own niche in banking, she climbed the ranks and is now a bank manager and financial/career mentor by day. By night, you’ll dive into a whole other side of her. A body adorned in tattoos, powerful statements of art around her house and a love of true crime are the makeup of a truly strong, independent female that stands behind her beliefs and will challenge the status quo in a quietly dynamic way...
2023-03-141h 04Finding My Own WeirdSleestaks Big Adventure-Brent MarrThe Portland Sleestak is making his way in Portland.
My interview today is with Brent Marr, The Portland Sleestak
Brent may gave grown up as a shy awkward boy in Spokane, but he is living large, 7ft large, entertaining and providing jump scares to the people of Portland. From tik toks to tv parodies, The Portland Sleestak is bringing other weirds along for the ride.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/portlandsleestack
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portlandsleestak/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEnYtF7cgFAQMg9VDuOfaAw
Website: https...
2023-03-051h 03Finding My Own WeirdHe Called Me An Ewok-Nik SinHe might be 3'6" but he has very large personality.
My interview today is with entertainer and artist Nik Sin. He played football and wrestled, but it wasnt until he got noticed by his theater teacher that he found his calling, being on stage. From his first play Titanic, to his straight jacket escape act, he followed wild rabbit holes taking him across the country and thru bizarre and fascinating experiences.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicreddy
Instagram: niksin666
Thank you to our sponsor, Christine Lassiter, Mortgage Broker at Two Rivers Mortgage...
2023-03-021h 28Finding My Own WeirdSo, I made a F#@ktapus-Brooks LyleWhen you are doing naked yoga in front of your glass door, Brooks will be sure and avert his gaze as you compose yourself.
Local funny, goofy UPS driver and host of not one, but two podcasts, Brooks is spreading his weird far and wide. Through interactions with his neighbors in Multnomah Village, Tik Toks and The Basement Buddies and Afterwork: with Dan and Brooks podcasts, Brooks is using every platform he can find to bring a little joy and a lot of weird. Follow Brooks at the links below, and send him an email, he loves to...
2023-02-271h 08Finding My Own WeirdWhats a Tub and Tan-Jasmine PettetWorking at a porn shop helped Jasmine be a kickass social worker.
Host and Founder of TellTale, a monthly curated storytelling show in Portland, today we are interviewing Jasmine Pettet.
Once Jasmine figures out what she wants, she lets very little detour her. From a well structured presentation to convince her parents not to move to Texas, to move to Portland instead, to talking her employer to create a supervisor position for her, Jasmine finds a way. Now she forging her way to community through storytelling.
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com...
2023-02-201h 11Finding My Own WeirdHe Called Me An Ewok-Nik SinHe might be 3'6" but he has very large personality.
My interview today is with entertainer and artist Nik Sin.
He played football and wrestled, but it wasnt until he got noticed by his theater teacher that he found his calling, being on stage. From his first play, Titanic, to his straight jacket escape act, he followed wild rabbit holes taking him across the country and thru bizarre and fascinating experiences.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicreddy
Instagram: niksin666
Thank you to our sponsor, Christine Lassiter, Mortgage Broker at Two Rive...
2023-02-111h 28Finding My Own WeirdTurbans Turbans Turbans Everywhere-Brooks Ann CamperA couture wedding dress maker and an online sewing instructor, you would never know the badass journey Brooks Ann took to get where she is now.
My guest today is my high school friend Brooks Ann Camper
From Sesame Street to Broadway to the WWE, Brooks Ann followed a very serendipitous path to get to where she now. She never knew that not knowing how to iron would lead to a Yale costuming internship that would lead her to making veils for Mama Mia and hats for John Lithgow, Bernadette Peters, and the Undertaker. She fol...
2023-02-111h 13Finding My Own WeirdPoison Waters? You cant use that name-Kevin CookSeeing his first black drag queen show changed his life forever.
Emcee, Entertainer, Activist and alter ego of Poison Waters, Co-hostess of Darcelle XV Showplace, or guest today is the amazing Kevin Cook.
Too light skinned for the black communities, too dark skinned for the Mexican community, and living in primarily white communities most of his life, Kevin struggled to find his place. From growing up in extreme poverty, to being bullied for his race and effeminate ways, he forged friendships in leadership around him. It wasnt until he started community college where he found a...
2023-02-101h 00
Closer Look with Rose ScottBOA offers free financial counseling; How to support people with hearing loss during the holiday season; Atlanta Gears Up for the Cricket Celebration BowlAmid skyrocketing inflation and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans are struggling financially. Christine Channels, Bank of America’s head of Community Banking, discusses the expansion of HOPE Inside, a free financial counseling program.Plus,Ashley Pearce, a hearing care professional at HearUSA in Atlanta, discusses tips to make the holidays enjoyable for people who are hard of hearing.Lastly,Jackson State and North Carolina Central are gearing up for the Cricket Celebration Bowl that’s happening this weekend in Atlanta. Sports broadcasting veterans Sam Crenshaw and Mark Lassiter discuss the latest. See...
2022-12-1650 min
NFW25 | Christine Chubbuck & Cannibalize to Stay AliveThis week Candice tells the tragic story of Christine Chubbuck & Deanna talks about the amazing survival of passengers on flight 571. We talk about Lorena Bobbit at the end! CHECK OUT our new merch store! Please remember to subscribe and rate us/review us! Follow us on Instagram! Become a patron and support us via Patreon! Email us your f*cked up stories at NFWpodcast@gmail.com we'd love to hear from you! C U Next Tuesday!
2021-04-131h 25
Bridging PhillyFlashpoint: When protests turn to riots; Brown ShopRite rebuilds; race conversation startersHost and KYW Newsradio Community Affairs reporter Cherri Gregg takes a look at the rage behind the destruction that erupted in Philadelphia and beyond alongside protests for justice for George Floyd. She asks the burning questions about the nation's history of dissent and how the latest round of protests is sparking change. Pennsylvania Commission on Human Relations Executive Director Chad Dion Lassiter joins Frank Meeink, former skinhead, author and speaker, Ralph Young, Temple University history professor and expert on dissent in America and Rev Pamela Williams, Pastor of Ark of Refuge Tabernacle Church in this riveting discussion.
The newsmaker of th...
2020-06-061h 01