Best Oregon Public Broadcasting Podcasts (2023)

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As water becomes less accessible, Oregon farmers are trying to adapt 5:32

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As climate change makes weather patterns more erratic and access to water becomes more politicized, some Oregon farmers are pivoting to a centuries old practice of growing crops without irrigation.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Oregon leaders considering state groundwater policy reforms 4:54

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Oregon water managers met in Burns to discuss reforming state groundwater policy.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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NPR's former sports correspondent Tom Goldman reflects on Damian Lillard's legacy 8:03

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NPR's former sports correspondent Tom Goldman reflects on Damian Lillard's legacyBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer discusses government shutdown 5:26

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Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer discusses government shutdownBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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John Day is at risk of losing its government functions 3:43

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The city of John Day is the largest in Grant County. But it has fewer than 10 employees serving more than 16-hundred people who live there.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Oregon farmers are big on beans 4:16

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Oregon farmers are big on beansBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Christopher Knipe agreed to plead guilty for the 2019 killing of Sean Kealiher. 4:41

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Christopher Knipe agreed to plead guilty for the 2019 killing of Sean Kealiher.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Oregon’s legume legacy amounts to more than a hill of beans 4:11

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Audio for HAA Oregon Beans online articleBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Democratic representative Paul Holvey fights recall 4:40

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Democratic representative Paul Holvey fights recallBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Chuck Lovell is resigning as Portland’s police chief 4:45

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Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell is resigning from his post as the city’s top law enforcement officer, but he plans to continue working for the police bureau.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Pacific County sheriff pushes limits of official powers while in training 4:24

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Pacific County sheriff pushes limits of official powers while in trainingBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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The Class of 2025 starts junior year 4:36

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More than a decade ago, Oregon leaders established a goal that starting with the Class of 2025, 100% of students would complete high school successfully. Students in that class just started 11th grade.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Oregon’s public defense crisis lands at state Supreme Court 4:57

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The court will have to balance the legal protections of a person charged with a crime against the ethical obligations of a public defender.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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State trial begins to determine if new Oregon gun laws are constitutional 4:25

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Voters approved tighter gun restrictions in 2022, but multiple court fights have delayed implementationBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Oregon libraries report record number of library books challenged in past year 5:48

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The state library’s Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse tracks challenges to books and other materials and services in libraries and schools across the state. Its new annual report found that, from 2022 to 2023, more individual book and material titles were challenged in Oregon than at any point since the state library began tracking this dat…

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Bionic Eye 4:11

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Electronic devices are being developed to restore vision.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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After more than 10 years, the Class of 2025 starts final climb to graduation 4:31

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As the Class of 2025 students start their junior year of high school, a look back on the ambitious long-term project.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Oregon mussels died at alarming rates this summer. Researchers don’t know why 4:15

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A naturally occurring toxin could be the blame.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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OPB Week in Review for Friday September 8th 2023 7:15

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We wrap up the week's Northwest news with OPB's Emily Cureton Cook. We also hear from Oregon Capital Chronicle reporter Ben Botkin about his reporting on new scrutiny of Oregon’s system for getting mental health services to people on Medicaid, following a whistleblower complaint.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Homeless shelter at old Wapato Jail wins a $1.5 million reprieve from Multnomah County 5:13

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Oregon’s largest homeless shelter has won a reprieve and will remain open — at least until the end of the year. The Bybee Lakes Hope Center, which is housed at the old Wapato Jail site in North Portland, received $1.5 million from Multnomah County on Thursday. The money comes with one condition: that Bybee Lakes open its books for a third-party fin…

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3 years later, wildfire survivors in Southern Oregon are still recovering from trauma 5:23

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Three years after the 2020 fires devastated communities in Southern Oregon, survivors are still recovering from the fires’ impact on their homes, their stability and their mental health. A local long-term recovery group is helping support residents who’ve experienced trauma.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Subatomic particles and bicycle friendly communities

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In the first half of the show our guest was Dr. Monica Dunford, physicist involved with the discovery of the Higgs boson particle and an ardent cyclist . In the second half Amelia Neptune of The League of American Bicyclists spoke of the Bicycle Friendly America program she heads.By KBOO Bike Show

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na drinks intro 5:57

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Organ Donation is Broken 6:40

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Organ donation in the US is broken - but there's a possibility that breaking the monopoly that runs it might change things.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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What happened to Bend's famous osprey nest 4:32

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What happened to Bend's famous osprey nestBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Vaux Swifts return to Portland early this year 3:40

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Vaux Swifts return to Portland early this yearBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Oregon has a record Kicker 5:30

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OPB politics reporter Dirk VanderHart to talk about the record 5 billion dollar kicker that is making its way back to taxpayers next year.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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WA County Public Defender Lawsuit 5:36

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WA County Public Defender LawsuitBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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A glimpse into Oregon schools as students return 5:09

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School staff are working to ensure a smooth and celebratory start to the new school year. Here’s a look inside a few Oregon schools.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Staff and advocates claim lack of accountability for Oregon special education system 4:51

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Some special education programs are not required to report the same information to the state as other educational institutions, leading to a lack of accountability for systems serving Oregon's most vulnerable students.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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COVID & the start of school 5:49

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QA with Dawn Nolt from OHSU on covid and schoolsBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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healing video games INTRO 4:42

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healing video games INTROBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Colegio Cesar Chavez anniversary 3:58

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Colegio Cesar Chavez is coming up on its 50th anniversary.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Mayor Ted Wheeler wants nearly 100 state troopers to help police Portland 4:34

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Gov. Tina Kotek, who briefed reporters on a new task forced aimed at reviving the city, says she’s not ruling anything out.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Oregon psychedlic mushroom client 5:05

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Oregon psychedlic mushroom clientBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Ontario diversity committee ponders path forward after facing scrutiny 4:59

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Addressing questions of race and representation in Oregon’s political system can be fraught. That can be especially true in some Eastern Oregon communities. In Ontario, a recent discussion about the city code defining its diversity committee became a full-on debate over what the committee’s actually accomplishing.…

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OPB Week in Review for Friday August 18th 2023 8:29

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We wrap up the week's Northwest news with OPB's Anna Griffin. We also hear from Bend Bulletin reporter Taylor Bayly about her reporting on student discipline reform efforts in Bend and throughout the state of Oregon.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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North Plains Elephant Garlic Festival celebrates 25 years 4:57

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Summer is a time for festivals – and celebrating the bounty of the Pacific Northwest. And one of the most fragrant celebrations takes place in Washington County: the North Plains Elephant Garlic Festival.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Radical Abundance Trans Thrift Shop 4:36

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Radical Abundance is a new Southeast Portland thrift shop that opened July 23rd. Like many other thrift shops, volunteers take clothing donations, resell them at a low price, and use the proceeds for charitable causes. Their cause? Helping trans* and non-binary folks afford gender-affirming medical care.…

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With two quiet vetoes, Gov. Tina Kotek pushed back on drive to decriminalize sex work in Oregon 5:13

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There’s a growing push in Oregon to decriminalize consensual sex work – in other words, to stop charging people who engage in prostitution with crimes. But recently, it’s gotten some push back from perhaps the most influential place: The governor’s office. Earlier this month, Governor Tina Kotek quietly vetoed two attempts to use public money to st…

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This week’s heat wave was intense. Climatologist says they could get worse 5:31

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This week’s oppressive and deadly heat wave is finally beginning to wind down in some parts of Oregon. But although some relief from the extreme heat is coming soon, climate scientists predict heat waves could happen more frequently in the Pacific Northwest.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Loot the Deschutes offers lost and found on Bend’s high-traffic river 4:31

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In Central Oregon, roughly a quarter of a million people float the Deschutes River through Bend each summer, and many of them lose things along the way. But, thanks to a local diving group, some lost items are finding their way home.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Bend police data paints a complicated picture around encampment clearings 4:17

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Bend police data paints a complicated picture around encampment clearingsBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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This small town in Oregon embraces green energy after fossil fuel disaster 4:57

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This small town in Oregon embraces green energy after fossil fuel disasterBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Former head of Oregon civil rights division awarded $1.7M in racial harassment lawsuit 5:18

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The Oregon state agency charged with monitoring discrimination in workplaces across the state was itself a hostile work environment for the Black woman who was hired to head the civil rights division of the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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90 years ago, the devastating Tillamook Burn series of fires began 5:13

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Audio for QA: Tillamook Burn anniversaryBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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New study shows terrible pay and working conditions for nonprofit service providers who work on homelessness 5:52

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New study shows terrible pay and working conditions for nonprofit service providers who work on homelessnessBy Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Health care workers facing violence on the job ask hospital systems, politicians for help 7:13

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The recent on-the-job deaths of a Portland hospital security guard and a Gresham mental health aide have put a fresh spotlight on the violence that many working in health care experience routinely.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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State leaders agree to new underwater cable off Oregon coast, but call for tighter regulations on future projects 4:54

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Oregon state leaders have agreed to let tech giant Amazon install a new trans-Pacific cable stretching from the Tillamook County coastline to Asia. But in the process, they also said they want tighter restrictions on undersea cables off the Oregon coast.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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Portland's Old Town revitalization 5:26

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Portland’s Old Town has become a microcosm of the many challenges the city is facing now: homelessness, the opioid crisis and public safety. But despite this, entrepreneurs and social services are continuing to invest in the neighborhood.By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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