Think Out Loud

News Roundtable | Native American Trade Routes | Olympic Politics

By Dave Blanchard (OPB) and Julie Sabatier (OPB)

Aug. 17, 2016 4:37 p.m.

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Phyllis Fletcher, Jack Roberts, and Marisa Zapata discuss some of the biggest local and national stories of the week.

Amelia Templeton brings us the story of one Willamette Valley man's accidental archeological discovery of a cache of obsidian stones and how they fit into our understanding of how native tribes existed and interacted before white settlers arrived.

Pacific University Political Science Professor Jules Boykoff, author of Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics, is in Rio. He updates us on the protests, security issues, and politics of the 2016 games