The Oregon Journalism Protection Act (SB 686) would create a funding system
where social media mega-companies pay local media outlets for the content
they use. The hope is that systems like this will slow the downward spiral of
local newsrooms. The guests are, in the fir...
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The guest is Erika Ironwood of Craft and Cauldron, Wildcrafting Educator &
Herbalist. They have a whole slate of foraging crafts and workshops coming up
that run through the summer.
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The guest is Effie Greathouse of Safe Indoor Air for Oregon Schools. They are
a community of scientists, parents and community members advocating for safe
air in schools.
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The guests are KBOO station manager Nathan Vandiver and KBOO board president
Mike Frost. The media world is shifting and KBOO is doubling down on our role
as an independent radio station. We’re talking about what that means.
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This week we’re doing something different, instead of interviewing local
grassroots community activists, we are going to hear from Pacifica Radio
Network affiliate newsrooms across the United States as they covered the
April 5 hands off protests coordinated by the Fifty ...
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Coyote Crew PDX is a new community-powered program of The Portland Urban
Coyote Project. They like to say: It takes the whole community to keep
everyone safe and healthy—people, pets, and coyotes. On May
31, they present CoyotePalooza at Portland Saturday Market.
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The guests are Tony Johnson and Rachel Cushman of the Chinook Indian Nation.
They’ve had big victories in the past few months but they're still
agitating to regain the federal recognition that was revoked by former
President George W Bush.
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The guest is Will Falk of Protect Thacker Pass. Their campaign ended in a
loss last year, construction of the open pit lithium mine in Nevada near the
Oregon border is underway, and he is one of the protestors being sued by the
mining company.
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