Think Out Loud

"Think Out Loud" traveled to Lincoln County to learn about three different approaches residents and organizations are taking to create more units, more affordability and more stability in the coastal housing market.

Andrea Bell, who heads Oregon Housing and Community Services and Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland, join us to tell us more about who has gotten this federal aid, who is still waiting and how they’re each thinking about the potential disaster threats from future fire seasons.

Swan Songs Portland provides free concerts performed by local musicians for people at the end of their lives. Musicians are paid for their performances at no cost to recipients or their loved ones.

Oregon Democratic Rep. Maxine Dexter joins us to talk about the impact on Oregonians under the GOP's massive tax and spending bill.

Metro, the regional government agency for Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties, decided to hold off on asking voters for a renewal of the homeless services tax on the November ballot.

We’ll talk with three Oregon researchers whose funding was cancelled about the negative impact the cuts will have on efforts to address health disparities in the U.S.

Stakeholders from the upper Mississippi River recently toured the Columbia and Snake River. We'll hear what they learned and what they can take away from their visit to the Pacific Northwest.

The Blazers will see some new faces and say goodbye to others. We'll hear from the host of "Locked On Blazers" to hear what player changes will mean for the team.

We hear from Oregon Sen. Mark Meek, D-Gladstone, about his reasons for opposing the transportation bill the Democratic supermajority failed to pass in the recently concluded legislative session.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has a new draft plan to help Southern Resident orca populations along the West Coast. We'll hear from the agency to learn more.

Justin Madeira, CAHOOTS program coordinator, joins us with details about what’s next for the organization and what crisis response efforts look like in Oregon.

The gavel came down on this year’s session of the Oregon Legislature on Friday. Legislators failed to pass a controversial funding package for transportation and infrastructure. They also took up gun bills, civil commitment, wildfire funding and many other issues. OPB political reporter Dirk VanderHart helps us understand it all.

We talk with Portland State University Professor Lisa Bates about the funding for homelessness and housing programs and what’s needed in her view to address the ongoing homeless and housing crisis.

We'll hear from a climate policy advocate about what lawmakers did – and didn’t – pass in terms of climate legislation and how federal rollbacks of environmental protections could impact the state’s climate goals.

We talk with the executive director, who first came to the organization for services when he was homeless, about CityTeam's mission and how it is expanding.

Oregon has it's first reported case of measles. We'll hear from the state to learn more.

We talk to the owners of two Portland bars who are finalists for this year’s Spirited Awards, one of the most prestigious honors in the cocktail world.

A new program teaches students about seafood butchery and Oregon's seafood economy. We'll learn more about the program from the program coordinator, a teacher and a student.

We learn more about what’s happening in Medford from Kelly Simon, the legal director of the ACLU of Oregon.

Ketamine has seen growing use to treat depression. We'll hear from a reporter to hear how ketamine clinics face little regulation.