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Rahab's Sisters benefit promises laughs

Airs at: Thu, 10/17/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Rahab’s Sisters is a nonprofit which works to serve those marginalized by poverty, houselessness, sex work, violence or substance use. Every Friday, they open their doors to women and people whose gender identity makes them vulnerable, offering a hot meal, a safe space a... Read more

Scary Housing Stories To Tell In The Dark

Airs at: Wed, 10/16/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    This morning our host Paul Roland is joined by Sara and Jon from Portland Assembly to talk about housing horror stories, and the news that’s making us anxious this week. We’ll hear stories about the sweeps from folks who’ve lived them, tell some scary housing stories... Read more

September 24, 2019: Looking Back at the Police Union's Use of Grievance Arbitration

Airs at: Tue, 09/24/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
      This show is shorter than normal due to KBOO's Fall Membership Drive.  As the city, its people, and its police union gear up to start negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement for rank-and-file officers and sergeants, we are taking a look back through h... Read more

Rent assistance and its capacity to help the housing crisis

Airs at: Thu, 10/03/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  New research shows hundreds of thousands of people in Oregon are struggling to make their rent.  This comes as housing prices have taken off, especially in the last couple years.  KBOO's Annette Newell talks to Daniel Hauser with the Oregon Center for Public Policy, ab... Read more

Local Folks Podcast Season 3: Helping The Homeless, Episode 1

Airs at: Tue, 10/01/2019 at 6:00pm - Thu, 10/31/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Local Folks
There are homeless people in just about every town and city in America, and my community of Corvallis is no different. Season three of Local Folks Podcast focuses on the Corvallis Daytime Drop in Center – an organization who’s mission is to provide needed services to people... Read more

The Butterfly Girl by Rene Denfeld

Airs at: Wed, 09/25/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Rene Denfeld, author of the new novel The Butterfly Girl, from Harper Collins. The Butterfly Girl is Rene’s second novel featuring private investigator Naomi Cottle, aka The Child Finder. The first book is aptly titled The Child Finder, and Rene a... Read more

07 TRIPP-P 8Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/20/2019 at 12:15am - Sat, 09/30/2023 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
After speaking with Dr. Zapata of the PSU Homeless Research & Collaborative, TRIPP-P was inerested in finding out more about how HRAC operates and upcoming research projects.   Dr. Greg Townley is the Director of Research for HRAC and an Associate Professor of Community P... Read more

Interview with the Director of Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative at PSU

Airs at: Thu, 09/05/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
  38,000. That’s the number of people who are without housing in the Portland area in a given year, according to new Portland State University research. KBOO’s Annette Newell talks to Marisa Zapata, the director of the Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative at PSU.... Read more

05 TRIPP-P 1Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/06/2019 at 2:15am - Thu, 09/30/2021 at 11:45am
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
In our 5th podcast, TRIPP-P speaks with Dr. Marisa Zapata [Mah-ree-sah Zah-pah-tah], an Associate Professor of Land Use & Urban Studies Planning and an author of the PSU Homeless Research And Collaborative (HRAC) report that was recently released by Street Roots.   We di... Read more

04 TRIPP-P 20August2019

Airs at: Fri, 08/30/2019 at 12:45am - Thu, 09/30/2021 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
In our fourth episode, we discuss our experiences covering the #PortlandProtest that occurred on Auust 17, 2019. We also discuss the chatter about the inaccurarate reporting of the #PortlandProtest by Andy Ngo, plus the PSU Homeless Research and Action Collaborative articl... Read more