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Speaking Freely
by Speaking Freely
Speaking Freely airs every Sunday morning. You can listen in at KINK FM at 6am or KXL at 7am PST. Every Sunday we spend a half hour together, leading deeper conversations, and featuring all kinds of local stories and community projects. We feature people who take action in the world; people who are passionate about what they do. Send us story ideas!
Episodes
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Triple Threat of RSV Flu COVID, and What the Voters Told Us
A triple threat of RSV, COVID and flu are putting a huge stress on our health care workers and hospitals. Here's an example. PeaceHealth Southwest Washington Medical Center normally averages between 280 and 310 patients. It's virtually full, caring for about 380, and its emergency department with...
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Wild Arts Festival and Sunshine Division
This episode is about giving: both giving thanks, and giving help. It focuses on one group that helps wildlife survive, and another, that's helping families get through inflation's bite on families' food budgets. First, it's a Portland tradition coming up on December 10th and 11th. The Portland...
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Have Yourself an Illness Free Holiday
Here we go. Already Thanksgiving Week! So how about having a healthier holiday season, with less illness, fewer injuries. O, is Legacy go Health Urgent Care's Medical Director. In this interview he explains, how to care for cooking burns, prevent food poisoning, and avoid COVID, flu, RSV and…
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Kotek's First Steps
Tina Kotek wins Oregon's hotly contested governor's race. I talked to her about her plans and what she hopes to achieve her first several months in office, on homelessness and mental health. She announces her victory and holds her first press conference as Governor-elect. Then we have commentary...
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Election Experts Midterm Forecast
Midterm Election Tuesday: is almost here. With hundreds of thousands of Oregonians already mailing in their ballots, how they vote in this election is NOT just about Oregon, according to David Bernell. He's an expert on election issues, and an Associate Professor of Political Science at Oregon...
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Major Voter Motivators
With ballots in households and in hands: Oregon's voters are making decisions about who they'll choose to lead their state and community, and who will represent them in Congress, in the next several years. What are the major voter motivators? That's what we're looking at in this episode.…
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The Final Election Push
I'm calling this episode the final election push. Ballots are mailed out and in voters' hands, as candidates make their final pitches leading up to November's 8th's election day. The candidates for Oregon Governor, Democrat Tina Kotek, Republican Christine Drazan and Independent Betsy Johnson…
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Betsy Johnson, Independent for Oregon Governor
My discussion with the independent, unaffiliated candidate for Oregon Governor about her public service career including serving as a representative and senator in the Oregon state legislature, her ideas for tackling homelessness, crime, domestic violence, and what she thinks about campaign…
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Tina Kotek, Democrat for Oregon Governor
My talk with Kotek about the state's major issues and her plans on homelessness, climate change, wildfires, education, crime, drugs, and much more.
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Christine Drazan, Republican for Oregon Governor
My talk with Drazan about the state's major issues and her plans on homelessness, climate, education, crime, drug addiction, and more.
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What We Believe: Conspiracy Theories and Ideology
Ideas. Ideology. Theories. Conspiracy theories. What we believe. That's the focus for this episode. We'll talk about a new book, with its roots in Oregon, about how ideology has shaped America's history, as well as the world's, even up to today. And, a new documentary series, called "Shadowland."...
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Railroads, Smoke Dangers and Pandemic Cruises
Quite a week we've had. Derailing a railroad strike. Fighting the furious march of wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. And: a first hand look at what it was like, to testify before the January sixth committee. We've got all of that on this show. Starting with Longtime Oregon Congressman Peter...
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The Dangers of Wildfires and Books
Governor Kate Brown provided an update on how the state and partners are preparing and responding to the wildfire situation in Oregon. In this episode we hear from Governor Brown, Oregon Department of Forestry Fire Chief Mike Shaw, Oregon State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Travis Medema, and Oregon...
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COVID's Lingering Impact: Hunger, Health, and Schools
It was December 12th, 2019. A cluster of people in the city of Wuhan, China, started to get symptoms of an unusual pneumonia-like illness, that did not respond well to standard treatments. It's now, September, 2022. And that illness, COVID-19, continues to affect us, in just about every way...
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Healing An Adverse Childhood
Kids:under stress: It can lead to serious health problems as they get older. That's the finding of researchers with the National Institute for Health Care Management. The non profit, non partisan group says millions of children are living with the far reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Mice, Skin and Kids
Oregon Health and Science University scientists have gotten significant new support in their efforts to turn skin cells, into egg cells, possibly leading to a new way for people to have children. For this episode, I talked to Dr. Paula Amato, a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, involved in...
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The Inflation Reduction Act, Climate Crisis on the Coast, Monkeypox Outbreak
Its authors call it the "Inflation Reduction Act," but how much will it really do to slow prices that have been climbing at their fastest pace in about 40 years? Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is credited with having played a major part of this 755 page, 700 billion dollar package, he says it'll...
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The Return of the Wildfires
We start, with wildfires this week. Fires, that are already scorching tens of thousands of acres across Oregon, Washington and California. One of the biggest burning right now, is the McKinney Fire, in California, chewing through dry timber near the Oregon State line, causing orders for thousands...
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Albertina Kerr C.E.O. Allison Stark on Mental Health
We hear it, again and again. A shooting erupts. Horrified neighbors make anxious calls for help. Someone, ends up dead. We've had several instances like that, just in the past week in Portland alone. In one case, a 19-year-old with a gun, shot and killed during a domestic violence call. In…
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Stopping the Epidemic of Overdose Deaths
As I've been reporting for months now, Illegally manufactured fentanyl is a major factor in a huge spike in overdose deaths in Oregon. Now, there's a new Centers for Disease Control report confirming, this is a national trend. And it's impacting teenage boys and young men, worse than any other...
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What Will it Take to End the War in Ukraine, and Oregon's Ties to January 6th
As many in the Pacific Northwest with ties to Ukraine are watching, the battle continues with Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging the international community to designate Russia as a terrorist state. I talked to Dr. Bridget Moix, an expert on international peace and conflict issues,...
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The New Pandemic: Monkeypox, the Supreme Court and January 6th Impact
Another disease. Another pandemic. This time it's HMPXV, also called the human monkeypox virus. Dr. Tim Menza with the Oregon Health Authority points out, it's now a national and international outbreak, with at least half a dozen cases in Oregon. Dr. Menza is the Senior Health Advisor for…
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Fireworks
In this episode: Alex Hoehn Saric, the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, tells us about a new report showing a 25% increase in fireworks related injuries and deaths, and what needs to be done to stop the trend. Washington Deputy Secretary of Health Lacy Fehrenbach, explains why...
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How Science Can Save the World
In this episode we are focusing on something positive. Scientists are coming up with ideas that could solve some of the toughest problems we're facing: the climate crisis and wildfires, and the epidemic of obesity and diabetes. First, Taifo Mahmud with Oregon State University's College of…
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OSU Researcher on Link Between COVID-19 and Anxiety Disorders
Research that's now nationally published, from Oregon State University shows a link between COVID-19 and certain psychiatric disorders. The O.S.U. study found people had a roughly 25 percent increased risk of developing a psychiatric disorder in the four months after a COVID-19 infection…
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Fight for Air and Ocean
We are talking about air and water in this episode. First, air. You can help make your own lungs healthier, while promoting clean air and lung health, with a big climb that's coming up at Portland's "Big Pink" Building, on June 26th. It's called, "The Fight for Air Climb." I checked in with…
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Annette Gordon-Reed on Juneteenth
Juneteenth is coming up soon, on Sunday, June 19th. I had the opportunity for a wide ranging conversation, with Pulitzer prize winning author and Harvard professor, Annette Gordon-Reed, after she visited Portland recently. We talked about her book about Juneteenth, Portland's rally against hate,...
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Thoughts on the Texas Tragedy
Unspeakable. Tragic. Horrifying. Words can barely scratch the emotions of what this week brought. Another school shooting… this one, taking the lives of 19 children, and two adults in Texas. So much has been said. So much more will be said. Will anything be done though? Will anything change?...
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Doris on Teddy, David on TED, Chris on Election
Famous presidential historian and Pulitzer prize winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin returns to our show, this time talking about her upcoming visit to Portland on October 18th at the Oregon Historical Society, and her new project about Teddy Roosevelt for the History Channel. She explains how…
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Christine Drazan, Candidate for Oregon Governor
Christine Drazan, former Oregon State House Republican (minority) leader, answers my questions about why she wants to be Oregon's next governor. I asked for her plans on issues including homelessness, housing insecurity, crime, shootings, drug addiction, the pandemic, climate change, wildfires,...
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Bob Tiernan, Republican for Oregon Governor
I ask Tiernan about his plans for homelessness, crime, wildfires, drought, education and the pandemic
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Tina Kotek, on Oregon Governor's Race
Former State House Speaker Kotek is running for the Democratic nomination for Oregon Governor in this month's election. I asked her about her plans to address homelessness, housing insecurity, the pandemic, wildfires, drought, record crime, climate, the economy, and what her candidacy means to…
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Dr. Bud Pierce on Oregon Governor's Race
He's a candidate to become Oregon's next Governor. He is a republican, a doctor from Salem. In my conversation, with Dr. Bud Pierce, we talk about homelessness, housing insecurity, crime, abortion, suicides, COVID-19, wildfires, and many more topics, plus his view on the Oregon he hopes to leave...
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The President Visits Portland
President Joe Biden made his first visit to the Pacific Northwest since his election, arriving at Portland International Airport Thursday. His visit, greeted with enthusiastic support from members of his own party, including Governor Kate Brown, Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley,...
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Take a Breather
The extended wildfire season is making a big impact on Oregon, for some of the most harmful types of air pollution: particle pollution and ozone. The Lung Association's "State of the Air" report tracks and grades Americans' exposure to unhealthy levels of smog, and soot. Julian Dillon, Oregon's...
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Planning for the Future: Money, Pandemics, Gun Violence, the Gorge
Lots of topics covered in this one! First, the financial landscape for Americans is changing. Many states, including Oregon and Washington have passed legislation requiring retirement plans. But do the people who could benefit the most from them, even know what they are? I talked to Financial...
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U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Oregon Professors on Ukraine War and Humanitarian Crisis
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has become the focus of many of us here in the Pacific Northwest, including elected leaders, policy experts, and even family members with ties to Ukraine or Russia. So in this episode I'm gathering some of their emotions and thoughts. We start with my conversation…
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Rethinking American Grand Strategy, and The Gilded Age
An Oregon State University Professor and historian's work on a book sheds light on the current war in Ukraine. Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols joined other historians and scholars, writing and editing a book about grand strategy, which countries use to further their interests. We talked about…
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State Treasurer Tobias Read on Oregon Governor's Race
Tobias Read, Oregon's current state Treasurer, is also a democratic candidate for Oregon Governor. In this extra long podcast episode, he tells us about his public service career, his work as Oregon's State Treasurer, and why he wants to be Oregon's next Governor. The questions I ask include…
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Student Describes Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
President Biden, announced new sanctions, intended to continue crippling Russia's economy, to retaliate against Russian PresidentVladimir Putin. This, coming amid another week of devastation and tragedy, in Ukraine. Among the many watching on, anxiously and in horror, was Sergiv Greblov an...
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The Risk of Nuclear War, What Putin Wants, and Dad Bods
As the standoff deepens between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine, people are worried about the two great nuclear powerhouses of the world facing off. The U.S. and Russia control more than 90%, of the world's nuclear weapons. In the next couple weeks, President Joe Biden planned to release his...
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Ukraine in Crisis, With U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said President Joe Biden and his counterparts have agreed to send parts of the organization's response force, to help protect allies in the east over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He insists the Kremlin's objectives are not limited to Ukraine. After…
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Presidents' Day With Chris and Doris
In honor of President's Day: he's our leader. Our Commander. Our consoler. This week: I'm talking to two very accomplished historians, for their insight, about the American President. One is right here in Oregon; Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols. He's a history professor at Oregon State…
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The Practice of Love With Lair Torrent
Psychotherapist, and licensed marriage and family counselor Lair Torrent discusses his new book, "The Practice of Love," about how to make marriages and relationships healthier.
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Voices of Nurses
This is a very tough time, for our health care workers. Especially nurses. They're on the front lines, of the pandemic. And they are struggling. Just how much, you're about to hear. From a lack of personal protective equipment, to exhaustive schedules, to violent attacks from and on patients…
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Housing Boom, Homeless Bust
In this episode, we're focusing, on what's become an historic time for housing. The COVID-19 pandemic, labor, trucking, infrastructure and chip shortages and challenges, along with record low mortgage rates, are all combining to fuel record spikes in housing prices in Oregon, Washington, and much...
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Weed, A.I.D.S. and Omicron
It could be a big breakthrough: Oregon researchers have discovered that certain cannabis plant acids, can block the COVID virus from infecting human cells. I talked to Oregon State University's Richard Van Breeman, who is leading this research, about how he and scientists made this discovery: and...
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Pandemic History Lessons with Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols
As Omicron cases spiked, setting pandemic record after record, an Oregon State University history professor's editorial in The Washington Post, sparked dozens of comments and links to other national outlets. In it, Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols pointed out similarities between this pandemic…
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Congresswoman Bonamici, Plus Does Less History Ed Mean More Division?
My guests for this episode are U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon, and Jonathan Pidluzny, Vice President of Academic Affairs, American Council of Trustees and Alumni Topics: New COVID-19 variant, homelessness, transportation's impact on the environment, and a lack of history and civics...
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Child Poverty
Children's advocacy groups did a deep data dive into exactly how the pandemic child tax credit affected Oregon families, and children in poverty. Specifically they looked at how a sample of 600 families spent the money on necessities like food and shelter. In 2021, 93,000 families in N.W. Oregon...
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Speaking Freely airs every Sunday morning. You can listen in at KINK FM at 6am or KXL at 7am PST. Every Sunday we spend a half hour together, leading deeper conversations, and featuring all kinds of local stories and community projects. We feature people who take action in the world; people who are passionate about what they do. Send us story ideas!
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