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9606 - Portland’s Fertile Ground Festival of new plays offers audiences an enormous variety

OPB's daily conversation covering news, politics, culture and the arts. Hosted By Dave Miller.

9606 - Portland’s Fertile Ground Festival of new plays offers audiences an enormous variety

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OPB's daily conversation covering news, politics, culture and the arts. Hosted By Dave Miller.

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Think Out Loud

Episodes

Portland’s Fertile Ground Festival of new plays offers audiences an enormous variety

How charitable donation bins in Oregon, and around the US, can be deadly

First year of Washington County’s deflection program shows progress, areas to improve

Salem McKay High School teacher wins state award for improving youth financial literacy

Why some researchers are editing human genes in embryos

Ukrainian folk singers honor 40th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster with Portland concert

The Portland-based band The Builders and The Butchers release new album

Coyotes in Washington carry tapeworms that can be passed to dogs, humans in rare cases

New maps assess health of sagebrush ecosystems across the West

Portland Trail Blazers aim to keep season alive with possible trip to NBA playoffs

Why Portland General Electric and Pacific Power customers are getting another rate hike in April

Portland OB-GYN's new book focuses on the labor and delivery experience

Amid ICE threats, Portlander organizes safe soccer tournament for immigrant and refugee girls

What prediction markets can tell us about Oregon’s GOP gubernatorial candidate

Portland proposal to raise pay for Uber and Lyft drivers opposed by business lobbying group, ride-hailing companies

Cochlear implant helps Portlander make new music after losing hearing in one ear

Industry groups raise concerns about Oregon's Climate Protection Program

Vancouver’s housing construction not keeping pace with city’s expected growth

Students at two Portland high schools organize climate justice summit

What the reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service will mean for the Pacific Northwest

‘Price of Justice’ report says rural, low-income and BIPOC Oregonians suffer disproportionate financial burden in court

Jackson County nonprofit health provider rolls out new mobile health clinic

OHSU program helps children on Medicaid prepare for kindergarten

Nurses say patients at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem still at risk

New podcast from KUOW investigates rumors of high school sexual abuse

How banned fish traps could help salmon in the PNW

Severe drought impacting Oregon farmers as temperatures rise

Donkey sanctuary outside Oregon City saves animals and provides tranquil space for visitors

The Portland Fire gears up for their inaugural WNBA season

How should Portland’s clean energy fund be spent?

Cheetah researcher and conservationist Laurie Marker shares how her career began in Oregon

Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation acquires massive private collection of tribal art and artifacts

What happened to the people evicted from a large homeless camp in the woods outside Bend?

Northern California condors suspected to be tending region’s first egg in more than a century

As the West faces an unprecedented snow drought, ski resorts are left scrambling

Oregon Secretary of State plans to challenge Trump executive order on mail-in voting

New film ‘The 100 Year Effect’ explores Oregon researcher’s quest to bring chronic disease knowledge to the world

Portland women’s health and wellness coach highlights gaps in research, education for women in sports

Multnomah County data says homelessness has gone up since Mayor Wilson took office

Grant High School constitution team to compete in national civics championship

Oregon agricultural economist says rising productions costs for farmers aren't sustainable

How Pacific Northwest can handle growing energy demands without new gas-fired power plants

National fellowship connects students with work at farms across the U.S.

War in Iran is affecting Oregon farmers as oil and fertilizer prices rise

How the wide adoption of Operation Inflation animal costumes has helped define ICE protests in Portland

New biography explores life and LGBTQ+ activism of former University of Portland president

Eugene Weekly continues to recover after embezzler nearly shut down the alternative pape

InvestigateWest reporting on child welfare system finds court-appointed guardians have low oversight, puts parents at disadvantage

Oregon’s land use and water laws suppress housing and jobs, developer says

New UW study looks at how rising temperatures affect avalanche risk

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