Welcome to our final episode of season 1! In this episode we take a trip to Bastendorff Park in Coos County where we had the opportunity to visit a series of benches dedicated to Frank, Dan, and Janet. Morrison We talk about the way the benches were crafted, installed, maintained, and continue to be a part of the family to this day. We then head back to the studio to talk about what it takes to get a bench of your own. And finally, we spend some time discussing the journey we've taken over the past seven months working on Season 1, and maybe speculating about where we're going next. . .

Repost of our 4th episode. In which we discuss the differences between rural cemeteries, historical cemeteries, memorial gardens, and more!

In this episode we explore the way that benches are used in museums and galleries. We talk about how benches are themselves a form of art. We go on location to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon, where we sit on a bench made by Lee Kelly. We discuss Jenny Holzer. We talk about the Boston Museum of Designs Street Seats project from 2012. We talk about several other international designers of unique and engaging benches.

(Repost) Join the Touching Benches team for a day at the Oregon Country Fair. While there we explore artistic installations, still living plaza, memorials for those fallen, and more. Not to mention we do a nice job capturing the entire OCF experience.

Join Touching Benches at a bench in memory of Pac-Man, a homeless man who was murdered in 2009, and explore the ways public spaces, and defensive architecture, signal who belongs, and how to occupy public space. Some call it hostile architecture, others call it uncomfortable design, and we talk about it from the perspective of the bench.

By popular demand/critical acclaim, Touching Benches second episode is being reposted. In this episode we talk Ken Kesey, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, and the use of benches in film. If you're a film buff and want to hear the TB team take on various films, please tune in!

Touching Benches hit Pre's Trail in Eugene, OR to engage in some delightful jogging. Join us on our run, learn the difference between yogging and jogging, hear us discuss bench plaque maintenance and etiquette, and listen in as we pitch our new project guerilla benching! Hope you have as much fun as we did! Many thanks to Bill Bowerman for writing Jogging, without it, we probably wouldn't have known what to do.

We talk Hayward, Bowerman, Dellinger, and Steve Prefontaine when exploring how Eugene, OR became known as Track Town USA. We take a road trip to Coos Bay, OR to pay our respects to Pre. On location recordings at Pre's Rock and Hayward Field. "Prefontaine was the Kanye of distance running" - Podcast Research Runner