Because It Matters Podcast
1) Peabody Award Winning Investigations into the Drug-prescribing Practices at VA Hospitals and the Fund-raising Practices of Charities
I take very seriously my duty to provide you with news, information and stories about things that matter. Every Friday morning, I’m responsible for 90 minutes of what we broadcast from this radio sta...Show More
2) Why is ‘Tax Day’ on April 15?
Our least auspicious holiday has to be Tax Day - April 15. Many of you may object to Tax Day being called a holiday, but it's certainly become a day that most of us "observe" and "commemorate," eve...Show More
3) Ron interviews Governor Vic Atiyeh
Ron interviews Oregon's 32nd Governor, Victor Atiyeh, as he reminisces about his 28 years of public service, including two terms as Governor during an economic downturn that rivaled the Great Depressi...Show More
4) Ron interviews Dick Eutlain, historian
Ron interviews Dick Etulain, Pulitzer Prize nominated historian who has written and edited over 50 books, specializing in the American West and the life of President Lincoln. He discusses Lincoln's c...Show More
5) Ron Johnson interviews Dennis Jenkins
Ron interviews Dennis Jenkins, a U of O archeologist, who won international acclaim when he discovered the oldest evidence of human settlement in North America. He discusses the moment of discovery in...Show More
6) Ron Interviews Greg Nokes, journalist and historian
Ron interviews Greg Nokes, NW Historian, discussing Slavery and racial diversity as Oregon entered the Union. He describes a slave father's struggles to win freedom, despite overwhelming odd, for his...Show More
7) Because It Matters – Ron Interviews Linda Tamura
Ron chats with author Linda Tamura, author of "Hood River Nisei" about the treatment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
8) Because It Matters – Ron Interviews Diane Gardner
Ron's guest is Diane Gardner, and they discuss her book: Inside Oregon State Hospital: A History of Tragedy and Triumph.
9) Because It Matters – Ron Interviews Bill Borucki
Ron interviews Bill Borucki about the "NASA Kepler Mission". Bill was a space scientist working at the NASA Ames Research Center, joining NASA in 1962.
10) Because It Matters – Ron Interviews Mina Carson
Mina Carson joins Ron to discuss her biography of Ava Helen Pauling, American human rights activist and wife of Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling.