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Beat Check with The Oregonian

Podcasts editor Andrew Theen takes you inside Oregon's biggest news stories with the journalists who know them best.

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Molly Harbarger on a new approach to homeless camp cleanups

Molly Harbarger on a new approach to homeless camp cleanups

Portland hopes a new program will help break a vicious cycle -- where homeless camps pop up, are swept away, only to rea... Read more

4 Nov 2019

35mins

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Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn: A national crisis unfolds in Yamhill, Oregon

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn: A national crisis unfolds in Yamhill, Oregon

So many of Nicholas Kristof's friends, neighbors and classmates died young. The New York Times columnist and his wife, f... Read more

10 Feb 2020

44mins

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Vision Zero and Portland's surge in traffic fatalities

Vision Zero and Portland's surge in traffic fatalities

Portland has seen a dramatic increase in traffic fatalities this year. The death toll this year is pushing toward 50, we... Read more

9 Dec 2019

36mins

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The fight for the Boy Scouts' secret abuse files

The fight for the Boy Scouts' secret abuse files

The Boy Scouts of America have declared bankruptcy, an unprecedented move that reverberated around the nation. The wave ... Read more

24 Feb 2020

28mins

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Ted Sickinger on Oregon's failing forests

Ted Sickinger on Oregon's failing forests

Get an inside look at how The Oregonian's investigative reporter, Ted Sickinger, approached his series on the state fore... Read more

18 Nov 2019

37mins

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A Portland psychiatric hospital's struggles

A Portland psychiatric hospital's struggles

The Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Northeast Portland was supposed to be a game changer for mental illness in the... Read more

17 Feb 2020

30mins

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Concordia University's catastrophic deal with one company

Concordia University's catastrophic deal with one company

Concordia University's path to financial ruin may have been sealed a decade ago. The private Lutheran university, which ... Read more

2 Mar 2020

30mins

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What's the best Portland brewery right now?

What's the best Portland brewery right now?

The Oregonian's Andre Meunier approached 2019 with a seemingly impossible task: to visit 49 breweries based in Portland ... Read more

23 Dec 2019

39mins

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Tania Culver Humphrey: Mercy Corps, faith, and light amid the darkness

Tania Culver Humphrey: Mercy Corps, faith, and light amid the darkness

Tania Culver Humphrey talks about what her life has been like since The Oregonian published a series of stories document... Read more

28 Oct 2019

34mins

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Jeff Manning on Gordon Sondland

Jeff Manning on Gordon Sondland

Gordon Sondland is a well-known commodity in Portland business and civic circles, but now the Republican hotelier is an ... Read more

11 Nov 2019

25mins

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Another leadership shuffle at Portland Police Bureau

Another leadership shuffle at Portland Police Bureau

Danielle Outlaw arrived in Portland as police chief in 2017 to much acclaim. She talked about changing the bureau, repai... Read more

13 Jan 2020

39mins

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Will Oregon's economic good times continue to roll into 2020?

Will Oregon's economic good times continue to roll into 2020?

A conversation with Mike Rogoway about some of the biggest business stories of the past year. We talked about Intel and ... Read more

16 Dec 2019

34mins

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How Catlin Gabel school abuse scandal came to light

How Catlin Gabel school abuse scandal came to light

Catlin Gabel is facing a reckoning. The Southwest Portland private school, known as a progressive educational institutio... Read more

27 Jan 2020

31mins

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The man behind Darcelle XV, Portland's iconic drag queen

The man behind Darcelle XV, Portland's iconic drag queen

Walter Cole is perhaps the most prominent living Portlander, but many people likely don’t know him by that name. Instead... Read more

2 Dec 2019

29mins

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The coronavirus response in Oregon

The coronavirus response in Oregon

It’s been less than a week since Oregonians first learned that the state had a prospective case of the novel coronavirus... Read more

4 Mar 2020

26mins

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Brad Schmidt on his investigation into radon in public housing

Brad Schmidt on his investigation into radon in public housing

The Oregonian's Brad Schmidt spent the past year investigating how federal regulators and local housing authorities have... Read more

25 Nov 2019

39mins

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What to expect in Jeremy Christian's murder trial

What to expect in Jeremy Christian's murder trial

One of the darkest days in Portland's recent history will be back in the spotlight for the next five weeks. Jeremy Chris... Read more

20 Jan 2020

45mins

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Meet the daredevil driver of an Oregon speed racing team

Meet the daredevil driver of an Oregon speed racing team

Life comes at you fast. For Valerie Thompson, the driver of the Aurora-based Target 550 racing team, fast is never fast ... Read more

6 Jan 2020

24mins

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Gordon Sondland goes to Washington

Gordon Sondland goes to Washington

The Oregonian's Jeff Manning reflects on a remarkable day in Washington, D.C., where Gordon Sondland, the Pacific Northw... Read more

21 Nov 2019

12mins

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Oregon's biggest stories of 2019: Gordon Sondland, Republican walkout and more

Oregon's biggest stories of 2019: Gordon Sondland, Republican walkout and more

A look back at the biggest stories in Oregon this year. The Oregonian/OregonLive's Everton Bailey and Kale Williams join... Read more

30 Dec 2019

35mins

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