Think Out Loud

11/01/2023

Teachers at Portland Public Schools are on strike. What are your plans? How does this school shutdown affect you?

10/31/2023

What are you or your kids dressed up as for Halloween?

10/31/2023

Rep. Earl Blumenauer announced he won't seek reelection to Congress next year after nearly 50 years in local, state and federal office. What will you most remember him for?

10/30/2023

"Cancer for Breakfast" is a podcast hosted by two Pacific Northwest creators who are using humor and their own personal experience to discuss life with—and life after—cancer.

10/30/2023

Bill Mansfield passed the Oregon State Bar in 1953. Since then he has not stopped practicing law and is currently the state's longest serving attorney with 70 years of experience.

10/27/2023

Are you a mushroom forager? What do you enjoy about it?

10/25/2023

With Halloween just around the corner, we want to hear your costume stories! Do you have a favorite costume from over the years? Or a serious costume flop? Drop a comment below, or even better, leave us a voicemail at 503-293-1983

10/24/2023

The Black Possibilities App is a "digital safe space for Black Oregonians to connect, organize, heal & advocate together."

10/24/2023

Do you work in Salem? What are your thoughts about the city's attempt to tax workers earning above minimum wage?

10/23/2023

Only five states in the U.S. require s*x education to be made accessible to people with disabilities. Oregon isn’t one of them, but a program in the state is helping to fill that gap.

10/19/2023

Since 2017, Bruce Poinsette has helped lead a neighborhood effort to interrupt racism in Lake Oswego. The group is called Respond to Racism, and he’s just launched a new online interview series talking to people of color who have left the “bubble” of LO."

If you grew up in Lake Oswego, what was your experience like?

Description: This video seeks to spotlight the experiences of alumni and former students of color from Lake Oswego schools. "Life After the Bubble" will feat...

10/19/2023

To what lengths do you go to recycle or reuse things rather than throwing them away?

10/19/2023

The new Oregon Children's Theatre play “SPIDER” centers around teens struggling with the numbing effects of social media, normalized gun violence and the interplay of online reality and real life.

10/18/2023

Do you shop at farmers markets? Why or why not?

10/18/2023

For the first time, the Oregon Department of State Lands has millions of dollars to remove abandoned & derelict vessels from state waterways.

10/13/2023

Do you regularly visit your city’s downtown? What’s your experience been lately?

10/13/2023

An instructor at Clatsop Community College has found connections between how cultures as diverse as Vikings and Chinook Indians bury their dead at sea.

10/12/2023

The Oregon parks and rec department is updating rules about when visitors might be excluded from Oregon State Parks. Proposed new rules specify the behaviors that endanger the safety of visitors, staff or park resources that would qualify for exclusions.

10/12/2023

A survey of wildland fire dispatchers in Oregon and Washington found that “dispatch is experiencing problems that compromise their own health and safety” as well as “the health and safety of other firefighters.”

10/12/2023

10/11/2023

Nearly 50 years ago, the first-ever American Sign Language feature film was shot and premiered in Portland. "Deafula" tells the story of a man who comes to realize he is a vampire.

10/10/2023

New research shows that glaciers are rapidly disappearing from Mount Rainier and Mount Hood. Have you been hiking on the mountains recently? What have you seen?

10/04/2023

If you keep backyard chickens, what’s the best or worst thing about having them?

10/04/2023

Why did saber-toothed cats and other Ice Age animals die out in the Los Angeles basin? A new study suggests that wildfires caused by human activity were to blame.

10/03/2023

Fall classes have started at the University of Oregon in Eugene with a new president at the helm: Karl Scholz.

09/28/2023

A new OSU study shows that some 19th-century landscape paintings are accurate enough to aid scientists who are researching historical forest systems.

A new study from Oregon State University shows that some 19th-century landscape paintings are accurate enough to be used by scientists who are researching historical forest systems.

09/27/2023

It’s official. Damian Lillard has been traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. What do you think this means for the Blazers? What are some of your favorite memories of Lillard? You can give us a comment here or leave us a voicemail at (503)293-1983.

09/27/2023

High schoolers and young organizers from across the country are working on a Green New Deal for Schools campaign. They're asking for safer schools, climate disaster planning and pathways to green jobs.

09/27/2023

Portland Community Football Club is creating spaces for kids of all genders and incomes to play soccer. Founder Kaig Lightner says he wants to "liberate sports."

09/26/2023

Portland Public Schools teachers may go on strike.

How would it affect you?

09/26/2023

The Portland band No-No Boy has a new album, "Empire Electric." It tells stories of Asian American history, including this one from Eastern Oregon.

Listen to No-No Boy's "The Onion Kings of Ontario!" from his Smithsonian Folkways album 'Empire Electric.' A welcome-in that's lush and gentle, the song is d...

09/22/2023

Oregon is the third state in the nation seeking federal approval for a basic health program.

09/21/2023

Western gray squirrels – the largest species of tree squirrel – have traditionally called the Northwest home. But they’re becoming harder and harder to find as their habitat disappears.

09/20/2023

Talking to people we disagree with can be difficult, but it’s also unavoidable. How do you approach these hard conversations?

09/19/2023

A coalition of powerful business and political leaders are moving ahead with plans to “fix” Measure 110, the voter-approved drug decriminalization effort.

09/19/2023

We talk with an 88-year-old Oregonian who sought out the supervised use of psilocybin to help her deal with childhood trauma.

09/19/2023

Benefits have begun rolling out under Oregon’s new paid leave program. Workers can now take up to 12 weeks of paid family or medical leave, as well as safe leave for victims of domestic violence, harassment and s*xual assault. What's your experience with this program?

09/18/2023

Have you applied for benefits under Oregon's new paid leave program? If so, what has your experience been?

09/15/2023

Red Yarn pays us a visit and plays some music in studio. His family oriented performances include folksongs - and often puppetry!