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on Music History Lesson
Yeah, it was a slip of the tongue. We have a Mike, a Mark, and a Marlon today!
Sorry!
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on A Moveable Feast
Tripoli,
Your ears (if not your stomach) are in luck: the Frying Scotsman (aka James King) will be one of our guests.
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on Northwest Passages: Diane Hammond
Nope. Not sure what happened!
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on Primary Conversations: Washington's 3rd
Folks, here's more information about the criminal case I was referring to:
http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/blog/clarifying-charges/
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on Family Bonds Behind Bars
Folks,
Unfortunately, a robust and engaged comment thread here was lost when we switched from an in-house to an external server. We made the switch to stabilize what had been an often-misbehaving site, and I think we succeeded in that goal. But a few days' worth of comments were lost in the process. You can find out more about the switch here.
My sincerest apologies.
Dave
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on Can't We All Just Get Along?
Coming up at 9:50, an update about the Columbia River Crossing. Here are some articles from this morning to whet your appetite:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/columbia_river_crossing_will_b.html
http://news.opb.org/article/10861-portland-area-leaders-agree-aspects-new-i-5-bridge/
Thoughts?
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on Making Economics from Lemonade
We did talk about it at the beginning of the interview, and Maria Fife was very clear about the reason: she went where the customers were.
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on Making Economics from Lemonade
You can see the Simpsons clip at the bottom of our post.
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on The Crossing at a Crossroads
Rex Burkholder,
Thanks for weighing in on the thread. It's always nice to get to folks who are on the policy table at our TOL table.
I'm curious: how do you respond to Jacob's above pleas for grandeur, beauty, and design? He's willing to pay more, he says. Are other folks? Are the states? The Feds? Where do aesthetics fit into your — and the task force's — thinking?
Best,
Dave
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on The Garbage Business
In the two-hour version of this show, I would have asked this question!
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on The Garbage Business
Why not? Where do they come from?
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on The Garbage Business
The pic Michael Lang just talked about is here:
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/07/hawaii_trash_could_be_headed_t.html
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on The Garbage Business
You ask: "Why can't we just have a sane public policy to deal with our refuse like we deal with so many other public issues?"
I wonder: if we don't have it now, what would that sane public policy look like?
Respectfully (at 0712 hrs - still yawn!),
Dave
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on Suggest a Show
Rethomas,
This is an interesting pitch. It reminded me of this Oregonian article from April:
http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2010/04/genetic_testing_comes_to_intel.html
Can you think of any other Oregon (or Northwest) angle? It's not crucial, but it's something we strive for if possible.
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on Suggest a Show
We talked about this a long time ago (well, in TOL time): May of 2008.
Here's the link:
http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/where-bikes-and-cars-intersect/
I'm not sure if anything has changed, or if the tensions between bikes and cars just continue to increase as more bikers take to the streets. Is there some new(ish) angle that you're interested in particular?
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on Suggest a Show
Catherine,
You raise some good questions. In particular, I really appreciate all the specific examples you cite; I had no idea how nitty-gritty this survey was. But I wonder if this could sustain an hour. Is there some obvious place to go from the ACS in particular?
Thanks,
Dave
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on Suggest a Show
Winston,
We touched on this on this show about entrepreneurs:
http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/getting-back-work-entrepreneurs/
We had Diane Fraiman, a member of the Portland Development Commission's seed funding group, on to talk about what they'll be doing. I think at this point we're going to wait to see what they actually do.
Dave
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on Lewis & Clark's New President
Is there some specific question/direction you're most interesed in?
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on The Beauty of Bridges
Sorry, OskiFan!
My apologies. We were flooded with calls and it was a super-busy morning. We missed your answer, but you were right!
Dave
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on Live from Haines: Ranching Roundtable
"A few years ago I learned that although Texas has the reputation as the cattle state, Oregon is one of the top cattle production states, beating out Texas."
This intrigued me, so I did a bit of searching. I think that the Republic of Texas still beats us — and the rest of the country — to a huge extent. According to this 2009 report, Texas had more than twice as many cattle and calves as Nebraska, the second state, and ten times more than Oregon, which is ranked 26th.
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