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What is Think Out Loud?
We sometimes call ourselves the radio show that listens. Or the show that's talking about what the Northwest is talking about. Or maybe: the radio show with a Northwest heart, a global head and internet fingers. The fuller answer is that we're a daily show about politics and global issues, music and sports, books and the environment — anything and everything that can sustain an hour of live, unscripted conversation. And, crucially, we're a web site that feeds into — and off of — that radio conversation.
Think Out Loud was born from the desire to create a space in Oregon and southwestern Washington for a civil, engaged, far-ranging dialogue informed first and foremost by experience. On the air and online, we strive to be a show on which listening to each other is more important than talking at each other.
We want to create a space where entrenched views are challenged, surprises are welcomed, and a globally concerned conversation is expanded by a regional lens.
And we want to hear from you: about show topics and guest suggestions, about articles we should read and sites we should visit. We want to hear about your passions and your concerns, your curiosities and questions. We want to know what we're doing right and, even more importantly, what we can do better.
So: welcome. We hope you'll stay a while, commenting and calling and questioning and listening.
address:
ATTN: Think Out Loud
7140 SW Macadam Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97219-3099
call-in phone number:
888-665-5TOL (or 665-5865)
general Think Out Loud staff email address:
thinkoutloud ((at)) opb.org
- Emily Harris
- On-Air Host
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Emily Harris grew up in Oregon and her initial foray outside the US was a Lincoln High School trip to the Soviet Union in 1984. She found herself cursing her high school Russian teacher years later, on a camping trip in Siberia, when she started running out of food. But she caught the international bug early and it stuck.
After getting a degree in Russian from Yale University, Harris spent three years in Portland helping Russian immigrants and learning radio rudiments at KBOO. She moved to Moscow with grand plans but no job in 1994. She eventually found reporting work there for a number of US and international broadcast outlets, including Marketplace and Fox News. The next stop was Los Angeles, which she expected to hate but loved. There she produced the public affairs show Which Way, LA?.
A move to Washington DC led to a reporting job at NPR. Harris covered welfare, the FCC, the Department of Agriculture and whatever else might have fallen through the cracks otherwise. She then joined NOW with Bill Moyers as a national correspondent in its initial year. In 2002, she moved to Berlin, Germany as an NPR correspondent, covering central and eastern Europe and elsewhere as needed. She reported regularly from Iraq and shared in NPR's 2004 Peabody award for Iraq coverage. After that, she spent a year at Stanford University on the Knight journalism fellowship.
In nearly 15 years away from the Northwest she has been to some amazing places, but her favorite remains ORASWWA* and she is happy to be home.
*Oregon and southwest Washington
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- David Miller
- Online Host
David Miller spent three years producing radio documentaries under the large, brilliant ears of Dave Isay at Sound Portraits Productions before striking off on his own as an independent producer. His work has aired on various National Public Radio news magazines, including All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition Saturday, and Fresh Air. Most recently, he was the senior producer of Open Source, which pioneered the intersection of internet and radio.
- Sarah Jane Rothenfluch
- Executive Producer
Sarah Jane Rothenfluch moved to Portland from San Diego where she worked for the NPR/PBS affiliate, KPBS. During her three years there she worked as the station's special projects producer and as the senior producer of their daily call-in show, These Days. Originally from Canada, Sarah spent a number of years at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a radio producer for numerous national shows, including This Morning, Sunday Morning, and Richler on Radio. She also spent five years as a television field producer for TVOntario.
- Allison Frost
- Senior Producer
Allison Frost started playing with microphones and tape -- way back when there was such a thing as tape -- at a tiny community radio station in Fresno, California when she was in her 20s. Some years later, the University of Oregon lured her to Eugene for a master's degree, and she's been hosting and producing radio for Oregon Public Broadcasting since 1998. As a senior producer and editor, she's led an incredible team of journalists who've won too many accolades to count. She's also contributed to OPB's award-winning arts show Oregon Art Beat. As the only Oregonian in her family, she's not ashamed to admit she loves the state motto, "She Flies With Her Own Wings."
- Steven Kray
- Audio Engineer
Steven began his audio odyssey at OPB when he was hired on to be the sound designer for Unfinished Journey, a series distributed nationally through PRI. He moved to Portland by way of Dubuque, Iowa where he manned the console for live television news morning and night at station KFXB; Dallas, Texas where he was a sound designer for commercials that primarily involved people eating chips; and Orlando, Florida where he learned the joys of 4am lab hours at the Full Sail recording arts program. Steven enjoys hunting for rare rhythm and blues music, playing the drums, pinball, and tasting various cakes.
- Scott Silver
- Public Insight Analyst
Scott Silver recently joined OPB as a public insight analyst. A native Oregonian, he grew up in Tigard and went to high school in Beaverton. He graduated from Whitman College with a degree in English. He has worked as a writer, reporter and producer for radio and television stations in Oregon, Washington, Minnesota and Alaska.
- Julie Sabatier
- Associate Producer
Julie Sabatier is proud to be a part of the Think Out Loud production team after working with OPB as a freelance reporter. She came to Portland from Baltimore in 2003 after graduating from Oberlin College. She started learning the art of radio at KBOO Community Radio, where she served as interim evening news director in 2005. In the past, her radio work has also been featured on The NPR Station Showcase and The Splendid Table. She has produced feature stories and a radio documentary for Pacifica's Free Speech Radio News. Her print work has appeared in many local publications, including Willamette Week and Just Out. Julie also produces the radio show Destination DIY.
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