Let's Talk Portland

An interview with Brian Walsh, Certified Financial Planner and student loan expert with SoFi about how to prepare to begin again paying student loan debt and financial advice and options for repayment.

An interview with Jeff Beard, Founder of the SW Washington Golf Open and auction, which are both a benefit for the Clark County Food Bank.

An interview with Youtheary Sim, Women’s Life Change Director with Union Gospel Mission about the work they to providing services to homeless women and their children, the recovery process, and about the new center they are working on.

An interview with Karen Kraus, Executive Director of the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon about the work they do spaying or neutering and vaccinating feral or homeless cats. And about their cats safe at home program with Portland Audubon featuring their upcoming catio home tour.

An interview with Susan Tissot, Executive Director of the Lincoln County Historical Society, a non-profit in Newport, Oregon, about the history, the exhibits, and reasons people should visit.

An interview with Angela Powell, founder of Journey Up, a local nonprofit made up of school bus drivers who collect backpacks, school supplies, and hygiene products for kids in need and about their fundraising car show.

An interview with Christina Fuller with Fuller Events and Festival Director of the Waterfront Blues Fest and Jeremy Wilson with the Jeremy Wilson Foundation about the festival, the beneficiaries of the festival, including the Jeremy Wilson Foundation, a non-profit that helps out local musicians when they need it most.

A follow up interview with Lydia Massaad with Our Giving Table and Jerry Kenney with Papa Murphy’s about the work our giving table does feeding hungry children in our area and the way Papa Murphy’s stores are accepting and matching donations to Our Giving Table.

An interview with Dr. Allison Bradley, owner of Pacific Audiology Clinic, and Dr. Katy Mawson, an Audiologist at the clinic, about the causes of hearing loss, how to prevent it, and the advancements in hearing aid technology.

An interview with Marion Haynes, Comcast External Affairs Vice President, about Comcast RISE (representation, investment, strength, and empowerment) which are grants they are awarding small businesses in Portland to recover and thrive after covid-19.

An interview with Kirsten French with NW Association for Blind Athletes about her journey of losing her sight and her involvement with the non-profit NWABA and its camps and summer programs offered to blind youth.

An interview with Lydia Massaad with Our Giving Table and Jerry Kenney with Papa Murphy’s about the work Our Giving Table does feeding hungry children in our area and the way Papa Murphy’s stores are accepting and matching donations to Our Giving Table.

An interview with Curtis Young, interim Executive Director of Family of Friends Mentoring about the work they do mentoring BIPOC youth in East Multnomah County, creating a community of adult support for these youth.

An interview with Maree Wacker, CEO of Fora Health Treatment and Recovery about the state of mental health and addiction in the state of Oregon, the challenges with the workforce shortage, and what is being done to address mental health and addiction in Oregon.

An interview with Julian Dillion, Executive Director for the American Lung Association in Oregon about the work they do with lung disease and making breathing easier and about their fundraising bike ride Reach The Beach on May 20.

An interview with Suzan Huntington, President and CEO of Boys And Girls Aid, a non-profit that is working to make sure that foster children and teenagers find secure, devoted and long-term families.

An interview with Juan Muro, Jr., Executive Director at Free Geek, a non-profit that refurbishes, reuses and recycles technology and gives it back to the community at low or no cost, helping to bridge the digital divide.

An interview with John Brookens with the Kiwanis Doernbecher Children's Cancer Program about the Fellows they help fund to further cancer research locally and the various ways they raise money.

An interview with Barb Iverson, co-owner of The Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm about this year's festival and the charity work they do with American Cancer Society, Rotary groups, Alzheimer’s Association and Red Cross throughout the year.

An interview with Gerard McAleese, owner of Kell's Irish Pub about the St. Patrick's Day Irish Festival in Portland, the charities they benefit, and the Irish cultural experience the festival brings to Portland.

An interview with Olivia and Sarah Sears, co-founders of the BuzzCutt app, an app that allows people to find restaurants and bars that serve non-alcoholic beverages, on why they are creating it and the benefits it will have to the community  

An interview with Dwindell Joseph Feeley, Development Manager at Free Geek about the work they do recycling and repurposing tech equipment and about how they are helping with the problem of digital inequity. www.freegeek.org

An interview with Tobias Read, Oregon State Treasurer, about the Unclaimed Property Program and the "Checks Without Claims" program that are attempts to return unclaimed money and property to their rightful owners in the state of Oregon. www.oregon.gov

An interview with Zory Kirakossian, Portland Center Director at Adult & Teen Challenge, a recovery center, about the work they do with male teens and adults with drug and alcohol addictions. 

An interview with Cristin Lincoln with Living Room Realty and Ada Dorch with Impact NW about the work Impact NW does with the homeless and less fortunate and the annual coat drive sponsored by Living Room Realty.