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Our causes reporters sat down to talk about her work.

Alai Reyes-Santos returns to talk about her most recent column in the R-G. She provides many resources in the piece to be better informed and to help communities of color during the pandemic.

Samantha Krop, a grassroots organizer for Cascadia Wildlands, stops by the show ahead of her final IMO column that runs May 23. 

She might still stop by the show from her new location in the upper left corner of the continental U.S., but in the meantime, enjoy her riff on a Green New Deal for forests!

Erik Burke, the director of the Eugene chapter of Friends of Trees, stops by the show to talk all things trees in Eugene and what you can do to help.

Where I read letters from Bella Corette, Barbara Miller and Robert Van Iderstine.

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Doyle Canning is running in the Democratic primary for Oregon's 4th Congressional District.

Samantha Krop, one of our community columnists and a grassroots organizer for Cascadia Wildlands, has a new column coming out Saturday. We talk a little bit about that.

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RG CAFE 541 stalwart Matthew Denis comes on the show to talk about what it means to be a socially distanced reporter, what lights him up and how CAFE 541 comes together.

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Alai Reyes-Santos, a community columnist, comes on the show to talk about her column in The Register-Guard, poverty and public health.

Jesse Springer draws political cartoons focused on Oregon and Oregon politics. You can see his work every Saturday in The Register-Guard.

Juan Carlos Valle returns to the show to talk about his IMO column about social media. 

Samantha Krop is back to talk about her first IMO column for the R-G. 

Community columnist Amanda Astor returns to the show to talk about her latest piece about optimizing carbon mitigation with forestry.

No interview this week, so we're doing some shop talk featuring The Elements of Style.

Samantha Krop is a grassroots organizer for Casadia Wildlands.

Terry McDonald, executive director of St. Vincent De Paul's, came by the studio to talk about a piece he wrote about the unsettling winter temperatures coming early the stresses that puts on the community's unhoused.

RG sports writer Ryan Thorburn talks about his brilliant feature on Justin Herbert as the Ducks get ready for The Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. You can find the story on registerguard.com or ducksports.com.

Monthly columnist Bob Doppelt stops by to talk about his work for The Register-Guard. 

Eugene-based writer and climate activist Mary DeMocker joins Brendan O'Meara to talk about the climate and what big swings need to happen.

Check out her latest guest view "North Pole is going green."

[Apologies are in order: There were some audio issues and, as a result, this episode isn't as polished as it could be. But I still want to share it.]

Chandra LeGue works for Oregon Wild and is the author of Oregon's Ancient Forests: A Hiking Guide.