Think Out Loud

AG Rayfield joins us to share more details about this case.

The Head Start program provides free early childhood education and support for low-income families.

Rice joins us to talk about her long career in comedy and the humor she finds in aging.

Renée Watson has topped bestseller lists and won multiple awards for her children’s and young adult literature. But the Portland-born author recently released her first book for adults.

Owner Chad Draizin joins us to share what recovery over the last year has looked like, and his hopes for getting back into his dream location on Burnside.

We hear from Jefferson Public Radio Justin Higginbottom about a raid involving multiple state and local agencies of a safari park and zoo on the Southern Oregon coast.

We talk with Katherine Paul, who performs as Black Belt Eagle Scout, about the new project.

The new solo play “Precipice” was conceived by actor and self-described “memory activist” Damaris Webb. We talk with her and playwright Chris Gonzales about this new work.

Seattle writer Timothy Egan’s most recent book, “A Fever in the Heartland,” tells the story of the rise of the Klan in the 1920s and the leader who was brought down by one woman’s deathbed testimony.

We sit down with Toni Pimble to talk about her career and her hopes for the company as she prepares to leave her role in June.

Oregon journalist Leah Sottile explores spirituality and New Age movements in her latest book.

On Wednesday, Portland’s 12 city councilors stayed late considering a number of amendments to the city’s budget - both large and small. OPB's Portland city politics reporter Alex Zielinski was there and tells us what it all means.

OPB editor Rob Manning joins us to give us a picture of how many of the education-related votes fared in this week’s election.

Proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act could limit protections for species. We'll hear from the Center for Biological Diversity to learn more.

A new study by Oregon State University researchers reveals the growing risk climate change poses to the survival of thousands of wild animal species.

David Hart joins us to details his concerns and how he’s making his case to the attorneys general in Oregon and the other states involved.

The West Coast seafood industry is caught in the crosshairs of tariff uncertainty.

Thistle & Nest, an affordable housing provider in Bend, says the city’s new tree code isn’t flexible enough and is raising the cost of building new housing in Central Oregon. At one of the affordable housing developments Thistle & Nest is currently building, the code will mean fewer homes get built, according to the organization, which is refusing to submit a tree preservation plan for the site. That challenge is currently being reviewed by a hearings officer and could be appealed to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. Amy Warren, board president and co-founder of Thistle & Nest, joins us to explain why the nonprofit has decided to challenge the tree code.

We get details from Stacy de Assis Matthews, the immunization coordinator at Oregon Health Authority, and Dr. Paul Cieslak, medical director for the Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention Section at OHA.

In Oregon, some fear changes to Medicaid could hit healthcare in rural communities especially hard.