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Washington State News and Info DailyWashington State Lawmakers Race to Resolve 2.3 Billion Dollar Budget Shortfall Before March 12 DeadlineWashington state faces critical decisions as lawmakers sprint toward the March 12 session deadline with major budget and tax proposals on the table. According to the Washington State House Democrats, legislators must finalize three budgets and address a controversial income tax on million-dollar earners while dozens of bills await final votes.The state confronts a 2.3 billion dollar budget shortfall in the 2025-2027 biennium, prompting both chambers to propose supplemental budgets. Cascade PBS reports that Governor Bob Ferguson introduced his proposal with 800 million in cuts to childcare and public schools, while redirecting 560 million from the Climate Commitment Act toward family...
2026-03-0304 min
Think Out LoudOregon programs facilitate care for pregnant women with substance use disordersNavigating substance use disorder can be especially difficult for those who are pregnant. As reported in InvestigateWest, state data shows that mental health conditions and substance use disorder were the leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in Oregon from 2018 to 2021. And a study from OHSU found that the rate of opioid use during pregnancy has more than doubled over the last decade.
Those with substance use disorder are often reluctant to seek prenatal care due to stigma around their addiction, and drug treatment centers often turn away pregnant patients due to potential health risks. Efforts like P...
2026-03-0223 min
RANGEThe POD: Team RANGE is growing!Reporter Daisy Zavala Magaña and freelance reporter Daniel Walters were welcomed by Aaron for this week’s episode!They talk about their hopes, goals, and values in journalism, plus previous stories they’ve covered.Meet Daisy Zavala Magaña:Daisy previously covered immigrant labor for RANGE as a freelancer, and now she’s our newest full-time reporter! You can read her introduction in both English and Spanish.Meet Daniel Walters:As a longtime reporter, Daniel isn’t new to the journalism field… or RANGE. He’s currently working for us in a fr...
2026-02-2054 minThink Out LoudOregon program aimed at helping people get jobs after prison may come to an endThe WorkSource Oregon Reentry program helps people incarcerated in the state work on resumes, map out career goals and even connect with future employers. The program is funded by a roughly $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor and from the state, but those funds are set to expire this year. A bill in the Oregon legislature earlier this year would have funded the program, but failed to become law. Danielle Dawson is a collaborative investigative reporter for InvestigateWest and worked on this story with Wesley Vaughan for Bolts. Dawson joins us to share more on the...
2026-01-0914 min
Native America CallingMonday, December 22, 2025 – The Year in Native NewsLeonard Peltier’s release after nearly 50 years in federal prison tops our list for the most momentous events of 2025. We’ll explore what the unrepentant elder activist’s relative freedom (he remains under house arrest) means nearly a year after President Joe Biden commuted his sentence. We’ll also revisit some of the other top news events including how President Donald Trump’s first year touched everything from Native health care to federal contracts, and federal recognition for the Lumbee Nation.
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Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (Diné), managing editor of ICT
Graham Lee Brewer (Cherokee), national rep...
2025-12-2256 minNative America CallingMonday, December 22, 2025 – The Year in Native NewsLeonard Peltier’s release after nearly 50 years in federal prison tops our list for the most momentous events of 2025. We’ll explore what the unrepentant elder activist’s relative freedom (he remains under house arrest) means nearly a year after President Joe Biden commuted his sentence. We’ll also revisit some of the other top news events including how President Donald Trump’s first year touched everything from Native health care to federal contracts, and federal recognition for the Lumbee Nation.
GUESTS
Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (Diné), managing editor of ICT
Graham Lee Brewer (Cherokee), national rep...
2025-12-2256 min
SoundsideWhy Native American kids are getting harsher prison sentences in WAWe could tell this next story with numbers. There is a lot of data. But at its core: This is a story about Native American kids. And how year after year, law enforcement and lawmakers in Olympia allow these children to be arrested and jailed at far higher rates than their white peers. Those experiences as children have lasting consequences well into adulthood. State officials and lawmakers know there’s a problem. But advocates say they haven’t done enough to stop it. GUEST Melanie Henshaw - Indigenous affairs...
2025-12-0918 minThink Out LoudInvestigative series focuses on inequities Native American youth face in Washington state’s criminal justice systemData from the Sentencing Project, a nonprofit which advocates for criminal justice reforms, shows that Native American children in Washington are nearly five times more likely on average to be incarcerated than their white peers. Furthermore, Native American children are less likely to receive a second chance once they are in juvenile court, according to a recently published series from InvestigateWest about the inequities Native American youth face in Washington’s criminal justice system. Melanie Henshaw, Indigenous affairs reporter at InvestigateWest, joins us to discuss her findings.
2025-12-0117 minThink Out LoudMental health conditions, substance use disorder increasingly cited as causes of maternal mortalityMental health conditions, including substance use disorder, caused more pregnancy-related deaths in Oregon between 2018 and 2021 than any other factor. That’s according to the state’s Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee, which assesses deaths that occur during pregnancy, childbirth and the first year postpartum. As reported in InvestigateWest, nearly all of the deaths attributed to mental health conditions were deemed potentially preventable by the committee. InvestigateWest reporter Kaylee Tornay joins us with more details.
2025-11-1713 min
Victory Over Sin327. Whitney Bryen Investigating reporter with Investigate Westhttps://www.investigatewest.org/Victory Over Sin is a show hosted by Mark Renick that addresses issues pertaining to returning citizens and the challenges they face coming out of incarceration. Victory Over Sin airs Saturdays at 12:30 pm. On 94.5 FM and 790 AM KSPD Boise's Solid Talkhttps://svdpid.org/advocacy-systemicchangeofid/https://www.imsihopecommunityphaseii.com/IMSI HOPE COMMUNITY PHASE II can also be found on facebook as well as Instagram and Youtube. Correspondence can be directed to: Address: 1775 W. State St., #191, Boise, Idaho 83702Phone: 208-629-8861 ...
2025-11-0827 minThink Out LoudHow Report for America journalists are serving Pacific Northwest cities and countiesIn Oregon, employment in the newspaper industry has fallen nearly 80% since 2000, according to OPB reporting.
And when communities lose journalists, information gaps can be exploited. The Ashland Daily Tidings closed in 2023, and the newspaper’s website was later invaded by artificial intelligence.
When a community loses a local newsroom, residents have fewer places to turn to for regional news that keeps them informed. Report for America is a nonprofit that places journalists in newsrooms across the U.S. to cover under-reported issues in communities, especially in rural areas.
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2025-10-2217 minSoundsideAs Seattle finalizes comprehensive plan, some ask - who will speak for the trees?After a few marathon public comment sessions last week, the Seattle City Council is considering the final version of a comprehensive plan. This is the document that dictates where and how the city will grow over the next two decades. Over the last week, balancing tree canopy with growth emerged as one of the most controversial issues in the plan. And there’s a history here: In 2023, Mayor Harrell and the Seattle City Council passed a so-called tree protection ordinance that would limit the amount of trees developers could cut down whil...
2025-09-2512 minThink Out LoudWood treatment company pleads guilty to polluting water in Yamhill County Stella-Jones, a Canadian wood products company, recently pleaded guilty to exceeding legal limits of pentachlorophenol in water discharged from its plant near Sheridan, Oregon. The chemical is used to protect wood from insects and fungi and poses a number of health concerns, including an increased risk of cancer.
According to a recent investigation from the journalism nonprofit InvestigateWest, regulators have known about Stella-Jones’s history of pollution for years. On Sep. 8, after InvestigateWest reported on this issue, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued a $1 million civil penalty against Stella-Jones for “numerous violations of environmental regulat...
2025-09-0822 minSoundsideWhy some WA judges won't make accused domestic abusers surrender their gunsIn 22 states, people subject to certain domestic violence protection orders must surrender their guns. Washington State has had that requirement since 2014, when lawmakers unanimously voted to strip abusers of their guns. But not all judges here have been enforcing that law. That’s because of a 2022 appeals court decision that led many judges and judicial officers to view it as unconstitutional. Now, a new ruling in a separate case may provide more clarity and keep more guns out of the hands of alleged abusers. Maybe. Guest: Kelsey Turne...
2025-09-0220 minThink Out LoudIn Washington, some people accused of domestic violence keep their gunsIn Washington, the Flannery decision has caused confusion over when people accused of domestic violence need to surrender their firearms. More recently, another court decision has provided more clarity over the issue. We dig into this story with Kelsey Turner, an investigative reporter with InvestigateWest.
2025-09-0212 minThink Out LoudWorkers complain of bad management, poor conditions at Washington Midsummer Renaissance FaireRenaissance fairs have long been a place for workers and visitors alike to find community amid the trappings of a fictional medieval town. “Merchants” bring their wares to hawk, while various “guilds” provide the entertainment, from jousting to smithing to demonstrating medieval textile arts.
But some longtime guild workers at the Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire have pulled out of the festival due to what they describe as bad management and poor working conditions. They say the organization that puts on the fair – which also operates the Oregon Renaissance Faire and Oregon Celtic Festival – has prioritized profits over...
2025-07-2512 minThink Out LoudNew Washington law making clergy mandatory reporters of abuse draws investigation by US Justice DepartmentEarlier this month, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law that now requires clergy to be mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect. Under SB 5375, clergy in Washington must report suspected abuse or neglect to authorities even if they learn of it during so-called penitential communications, such as confessions. The bill was first introduced in 2023 after reporting by InvestigateWest described how a lack of a mandatory reporting requirement for clergy in Washington may have played a role in helping Jehovah’s Witnesses in the state hide allegations of child sexual abuse.
As reported earlier by Inv...
2025-05-1415 minThink Out LoudIn Washington, how has ‘Joel’s Law’ been workingJoel’s Law in Washington allows a guardian, conservator or loved one to petition a court to force treatment for people who suffer from serious mental illness. Some supporters of the law have called it a lifeline for family members desperately seeking care for a loved one, but others have concerns about stripping away a person's civil liberties. The law has been in place for about a decade.InvestigateWest, the Kitsap Sun and Gig Harbor Now recently co-published a deep dive into the law. Conor Wilson is a reporter for the Kitsap Sun and the nonprofit newsroom Gig Ha...
2025-04-0410 minThink Out LoudOregon bills attempt to address Black mother, infant death ratesIn Oregon and the rest of the country, Black infants are more likely to be born underweight, and both they and their mothers have a lower chance of surviving that first year of life than white and Hispanic ones. A package of bills in the Oregon legislature seeks to support perinatal health by expanding access to doulas, protecting young families from housing loss and eviction and expanding the Oregon child tax credit, among other things. Kaylee Tornay, investigative reporter with InvestigateWest, recently wrote about Black maternal and infant health and joins us to explain.
2025-03-2513 min
Idaho ReportsEpisode: Immigration Issues with Rachel Spacek of InvestigateWestGov. Brad Little has indicated that the state of Idaho will cooperate fully with federal immigration enforcement efforts under President Donald Trump. Associate producer Logan Finney sat down with reporter Rachel Spacek of InvestigateWest to discuss what that state cooperation entails, policy changes that state lawmakers are considering, as well as the influence of the ag industry.
2025-03-0612 min
Bowl After BowlEpisode 372 ★ Two Forward Thinking VALUE FOR VALUE Thank you to the Bowl After Bowl Episode Producers: ItsMoro, harvhat, piez, ChadF, Shadowy Superbadger, southside, boobury, Not-CSB, cbrooklyn112, piranesi, ajoint, Boolysteed, makeheroism, bitpunk.fm, The Moon, RevCyberTrucker, Cannabis Records, Macho Man Randy Savage, ericpp Intro/Outro: Jahzzar - Stars JOIN OUR NODE PARTY II FRIDAY @ 7:00 p.m. Central Battle of the Fictional Douchebags SUNDAY March 2nd after No Agenda Check out Alex Emerick Jones sings Tiddies In My Face Send physical mail to: PO Box 410154 Kansas City, MO 64141 FIRST...
2025-02-262h 51Washington State News and Info DailyWashington State Tackles Budget Shortfall, Parking Reform, and Community Challenges in Landmark Legislative SessionWashington State has seen a flurry of significant developments across various sectors in recent weeks. Notably, the state legislature has been active, with the Senate approving a sweeping parking reform bill by a 40-8 vote. This bill, sponsored by Senator Jessica Bateman, limits the ability of local counties and medium- and large-sized cities to require off-street parking in new development, marking a significant shift in parking reform[1].In other legislative news, the state is grappling with a $10-16 billion budget shortfall, prompting lawmakers to consider new taxes, bills to fund law enforcement hiring, and a statewide rent-hike cap[2...
2025-02-2102 min
The Daily BeansGo Gulf Yourself (feat. Kelsey Turner)Thursday, February 13th, 2025Today, the Army issues guidance that it will not stop gender affirming care for trans active duty service members; the US inflation rate rises drastically in the first report since Trump took office; a federal judge allows the fork in the road resignation program to go forward; the teachers union is suing DOGE over a breach of privacy; an Elon Musk order triggers the firings of SBA employees that were prematurely fired last Friday; election security experts have been placed on administrative leave; two transgender public high school students have sued Trump over his...
2025-02-1354 min
Here Before, Hear NowMelanie HenshawMelanie Henshaw (Muscogee Nation) is an indigenous affairs reporter for InvestigateWest. Her recent reporting focuses on Colville tribal members facing higher than average medical debt for bills that aren’t even theirs to pay.
2025-01-2819 minSoundsideSeattle counted trees as protected that may not have been in perilIn 2023, Seattle City Council waded into controversy by passing a long overdue tree protection ordinance. The law regulates whether homeowners can remove trees on their property and designates certain trees as “protected.” This is all amidst a city goal to increase tree canopy. But that “protected” label is often misleading, according to a new story out in InvestigateWest about how the city is counting its trees. Guest: Robert McClure, co-founder of InvestigateWest Relevant Links: InvestigateWest: Seattle claims to ‘protect’ hundreds of trees that were never threatened InvestigateWest: How developers h...
2025-01-2818 minSoundsideWhy medical debt hits Indigenous Washingtonians especially hardAccording to recent government reporting, Native Americans have medical debt that is double the national average. That’s despite the fact that the federal government is under a legal and moral obligation to provide healthcare to registered members of federally recognized tribes. In many cases, the debt stems from medical care the Indian Health Service was unable to provide but was supposed to pay for when members sought care elsewhere. The resulting debt damages credit scores and adds to health disparities that impact many indigenous communities, including high costs and poor access to ca...
2025-01-2315 minThink Out LoudPort of Coos Bay contractor faces allegations of racismA contractor with the Port of Coos Bay is facing allegations of racism after recordings revealed him praising Hitler and using other anti-Jewish and anti-Black rhetoric. Reporters have connected the recordings from an antifascist infiltrator to Michael Whitworth Gantenbein, owner of Whit Industries, which has received nearly $300,000 in contract work from the Port of Coos Bay over the last decade. A coalition of human rights and environmental groups are calling for the port to cut ties with Gantenbein, but port officials are struggling to find a path forward that doesn’t expose them to a free speech lawsuit.
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2025-01-0913 minThink Out LoudOregon lags behind Washington and other states in testing workers for bird fluJust a couple of years ago, agricultural and public health officials were hopeful that they could keep avian flu from thriving in Oregon. But thrive it did, and some Oregonians’ so-called backyard bird farms have been devastated by infections, as the birds must be euthanized if the virus is detected. It wasn’t too long before the bird flu jumped to dairy cows, whose milk must be dumped if infected. Commercial farms are eligible for payments from the the USDA to compensate for those losses, but smaller operations get no such help.
Just last month, Washington saw its...
2024-11-2508 minSoundsideA first of its kind state agency faces a slow start, and pushback from police reform advocatesBack in 2021, following calls for police reform after the murder of George Floyd, Washington state did something unique. Legislators created a state-funded agency to investigate instances of serious or fatal police use of force – even ones that had happened in the past. Many believe the Office of Independent Investigations has potential to improve trust between marginalized communities and law enforcement. But some say it’s taking the office too long to get going. So far, the OII hasn’t officially launched a single investigation. Melanie Henshaw, an Indigenous Affairs reporter at Investi...
2024-11-2116 minSoundsideRenters say "junk fees" create real harmImagine you are renting a property and your grass dies and gets brown (this is the Pacific Northwest, where, aside from some unseasonable August rain, it’s pretty dry all summer). Then you get a note from your management company that letting that grass die violates the property’s rules and fines you $125. Then, on top of that, the company charges you an additional $125 for the trouble it took to put that note on your door. These fines, so called “junk fees,” are allowed in Washington State. A few cities like Seattle and Olympia ha...
2024-08-2113 min
RANGEEavesdropping with public records ft. Daniel Walters, Nate Sanford & Erik LoweThis week, we’re telling you exactly how you can live your nosy dreams with public records. Join host Luke Baumgarten and reporter Erin Sellers as they explore the vital role of public records in holding our electeds accountable. First we have a lively roundtable with local reporters Nate Sanford of the Inlander and Daniel Walters of InvestigateWest (but formerly at the Inlander too!), who both submit a ton of records requests. We learned their best tips and tricks and how they use records to crack open stories that are crucial to our community. We also...
2024-07-201h 15
City Cast BoiseWhat To Know About That Explosive Secret GOP RecordingBack in March, two controversial Idaho political figures had a heated argument at the state Capitol — and someone secretly recorded every word. Host Lindsay Van Allen is talking with InvestigateWest reporter Daniel Walters who broke this story. He’s got the bombshell details about what was said, who was pressuring a legislator, and whether the recording was illegal. Vote for us in Boise Weekly’s ‘Best of Boise’ contest here! Click on ‘Arts & Entertainment’ then you’ll find us in the ‘Podcast’ category. Want some more local news? Head over to our Hey Boise newsletter where you’ll get a che...
2024-05-1625 min
Did Nothing Wrong podcastEpisode 125 - Patriot Front On Trial w/Daniel WaltersJournalist Daniel Walters joins the pod to talk about the recent Patriot Front trial in Idaho, as well as schisms in the far right, and the idea of redemption and paths forward after leaving hate. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Daniel Walters at InvestigateWesthttps://www.invw.org/author/danielw/Daniel Walters at The Inlanderhttps://www.inlander.com/author/daniel-walters
2024-02-191h 12
RANGEInjustice by GeographyIn the US, it’s supposed to be “innocent until proven guilty,” but it’s a routine part of our criminal legal system to imprison people while they await trial, causing them to lose their jobs, housing, access to transportation and more.This is a problem across America, and we’ve covered it extensively on RANGE (see links below), but here’s a new wrinkle, courtesy of our friends at InvestigateWest.Whether or not you get access to pretrial services, which often requires home monitoring, drug testing and other costly programs, largely depends on the jurisdiction...
2022-05-1159 min
The Journalism SaluteREAIR: Allison Augustyn of InvestigateWestNOTE: We're going to an every-other-week schedule in June and July, so check out one of our first episodes ...This originally aired in August 2020 (hence the references to the Trump Administration).---On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark is joined by Allison Augustyn, the executive director of InvestigateWest, a non-profit journalism studio based in Seattle. In Allison’s words, InvestigateWest is reporting “for community, with community” using a modern investigative reporting approach. She explains the role that InvestigateWest fills and how the imp...
2021-06-2224 min
Fixing the FutureWhy Does the U.S. Have Three Electrical Grids?Electricity is the key to modern life as we know it, and yet, universal, reliable service remains an unsolved problem. By one estimate, a billion people still do without it. Even in a modern city like Mumbai, generators are commonplace, because of an uncertain electrical grid. This year, California once again saw rolling blackouts, and with our contemporary climate producing heat waves that can stretch from the Pacific Coast to the Rocky Mountains, they won’t be the last. Electricity is hard to store and hard to move, and electrical grids are complex, creaky, and expe...
2020-10-0124 min
Interchange RechargedWhy Trump’s Energy Dept Squashed a Supergrid ReportThis week: how an innocuous grid-modeling project became a threat to Trump’s efforts to save coal -- and then languished inside the Department of Energy.It’s one of many pieces of research that have been suppressed by the current administration.What is the study? What does it tell us about the systematic dismantling of government under Trump? What are the implications for a cleaner grid?Journalist Peter Fairley joins us to talk about his investigation, which was a collaboration between InvestigateWest and The Atlantic. The Interchange is brought to you b...
2020-08-2822 min
The Journalism SaluteInvestigateWest Executive Director Allison AugustynOn this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark is joined by Allison Augustyn, the executive director of InvestigateWest, a non-profit journalism studio based in Seattle. In Allison’s words, InvestigateWest is reporting “for community, with community” using a modern investigative reporting approach. She explains the role that InvestigateWest fills and how the impact of their reporting on the Pacific Northwest is measured. She provides examples of notable stories (a social justice component to environmental reporting) and the idea of “meeting people where they live.” She also previews an upcoming sto...
2020-08-1924 min
Otherppl with Brad Listi646. Kristen Millares YoungKristen Millares Young is the guest. Her debut novel, Subduction, is available from Red Hen Press.Young is a prize-winning journalist and essayist whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Guardian and the New York Times, along with the anthologies Pie & Whiskey, a 2017 New York Times New & Notable Book, and Latina Outsiders: Remaking Latina Identity. The current Prose Writer-in-Residence at Hugo House, Kristen was the researcher for the New York Times team that produced “Snow Fall,” which won a Pulitzer Prize. She graduated from Harvard with a degree in history and literature, later earning her MFA from th...
2020-05-271h 30
Finding FixesNeedle exchanges and harm reductionThis is the last episode of Season 2. For people addicted to heroin and other drugs, how do we keep them safe and prevent them from overdosing? We look at the idea of harm reduction and focus specifically on needle exchanges. Those are hundreds of places across the US that hand out clean equipment, the overdose reversal medicine Narcan and other help to people addicted to heroin and other drugs. But needle exchanges are still controversial in many parts of the country, including Tacoma, Washington, where Finding Fixes contributor, Amber Cortes, brings us the story of...
2019-12-0322 min
SEJ 2019 ConferenceReinventing the News Business: The Promises and Perils of News StartupsSpeakers
Emily Gertz (Moderator) Journalist and Entrepreneur
Lyndsey Gilpin (Speaker ) Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Southerly
Tina Griego (Speaker) Managing Editor/Columnist, The Colorado Independent
Robert McClure (Speaker ) Co-Founder and Executive Director, InvestigateWest
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Since 2014, layoffs and shut-downs across cable TV, newspapers large and small, and even digital news darlings like VICE, BuzzFeed and HuffPost, have put nearly 10,000 people out of salaried news jobs. It’s clear that the business of news desperately needs re-invention, and the entrepreneurs on this panel are in the vanguard of figuring out how. Join us for this up-to-the-minute discussion on the up...
2019-12-021h 09Finding FixesHelping family members of people with addictionAddiction is a family disease and family members of people with addiction need help, too. Research shows that helping family members helps their loved one who has an addiction. We look at an approach that is more effective than an intervention or Al-anon to get family members into addiction treatment. It's called CRAFT, or Community Reinforcement and Family Training. STORY: A book group turns into a support group for parents of addicted children. They turned away from "tough love" and, without knowing it, stumbled on evidence-based ways to help addicted family members access treatment. Also, we...
2019-11-2630 minFinding FixesTreating addiction from the EREmergency rooms are the last safety net for the sickest, most marginalized people. People with addiction often end up in emergency departments following an overdose, during withdrawal, or with other health problems. A new approach is linking people with addiction to drug treatment from a hospital emergency department, instead of just sending them out the door when they're well again. Two doctors, one emergency department, a social worker, and a person with addiction in recovery show how emergency rooms can become the gateway for people with addiction to access evidence-based drug treatment and other help they may...
2019-11-1928 minFinding FixesTreating the wounds of traumaTrauma and pain and addiction are tightly woven together. But, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is treatable and treating the wounds of trauma can help treat pain and addiction, too. We must pay attention to the toxic effects of trauma if we really want to help people stay away from drugs, if we want to really help people with chronic pain. In this episode, we hear personal stories from three women that show just how tightly woven together trauma, pain and addiction are. Also, we hear their stories of post-traumatic growth, and their strategies for moving beyond the pa...
2019-11-1232 minFinding FixesMedical Marijuana for Chronic PainMedical marijuana is now legal in dozens of states. Some chronic pain patients now rely on it in place of opioid painkillers. But, in the absence of formal medical guidance, many patients are going it on their own, with informal guidance from their peers. Some experts are not convinced though. They caution against potentially harmful side effects. Reporter and Finding Fixes contributor, Anne Hoffman brings us this intimate look at medical marijuana.
2019-11-0524 minFinding FixesTreating Chronic PainWhat's the appropriate role of opioids in treating chronic pain? For years doctors have used opioid painkillers as the go-to solution for all kinds of pain. Now that U.S. society is saturated with these pills and so many people are dying of overdoses, medical consensus and even laws are changing. Doctors are getting the message to cut back. But some patients with chronic pain say they're being cut off – all of a sudden – from the medicine they depend on. So what's the solution? Answering that question means we have to re-examine what we *think* we kn...
2019-10-2929 minFinding FixesTreating Acute Pain To Prevent Opioid DependenceSOLUTION: The more opioids you get after surgery, the more likely you are to be dependent on them down the road. And it doesn't take very long to become dependent on opioids – days to weeks. The solution Washington State and others have enacted are tighter guidelines advising doctors how many pills can be dispensed following surgery, getting them to counsel patients on the risks of the medication, and encouraging them to recommend alternatives for pain relief. STORY: How changes in Washington State law around opioid prescribing played out through two major surgeries. Reporter Ei...
2019-10-2219 minFinding FixesPreventing Youth AddictionSOLUTION: The best ways to prevent young people from getting addicted don't necessarily focus on the drugs themselves (forget "Just say no.") Research shows the more young people are surrounded by risky environments, including stress, poverty, and violence, the more likely they'll get addicted. But other factors in their environment can protect young people and stand in the way of addiction, such as mentors, clear limits and expectations at home, and supportive communities and schools. STORY: The community of Bellingham, Washington, near the U.S.-Canada border finds that the more people focus...
2019-10-1529 minFinding FixesWhy make a podcast about the opioid epidemic?Our team is hard at work on Season Two, which drops fall 2019, but in the meantime we wanted to answer a question a lot of people ask us: Why are we making this podcast? Why make a podcast about solutions to the opioid epidemic? On this bonus episode, we bring you excerpts from interviews producers and co-hosts Anna Boiko-Weyrauch and Kye Norris did in October 2018 at KUOW with producer, Brie Ripley.
2019-07-2311 minFinding FixesBONUS: How Shannon got off drugsFor Shannon McCarty, two things were crucial in her recovery: connections and timing. It started with timing – a key encounter just when she wanted to get off the drugs. And then it was the connections that kept her going. A police officer she could depend on. A sister who stayed in touch. A dog who gets her out of the house a few times a day. Shannon's story helps us understand how solutions to the opioid epidemic can be incredibly personal.
2019-03-2215 minFinding FixesThe jail turns things aroundSOLUTION: Make incarceration an opportunity to get help and start healing. Make detox easier, get people with addiction drug treatment behind bars, and connect them to help as soon as they're released. STORY: Opioid withdrawal is like the worst flu you've ever had. Now, imagine you're responsible for dozens of people as sick as can be. What do you do? We tour the Snohomish County jail, which has become a defacto detox center and where inmates used to die from lack of medical care. The jail turned things around, and today they're trying to make...
2018-09-1728 minFinding FixesProfessional hand-holdersSOLUTION: Create teams of social workers and police officers who help homeless people with addiction get drug treatment and housing. Break the cycle of drug use, crime, and jail time by reaching out to people on the streets and in the woods, and asking them what help they need. STORY: Marshmallows in Kevlar and a foul-mouthed social worker. Coffee dates, mac n' cheese, and body wash. The county reimagines police work and helps hundreds of people get into detox, drug treatment, and stable housing. This season we're in Snohomish County, Washington which has an oversized...
2018-09-1730 minFinding FixesValuable lessons from a landslideSOLUTION: Get government to work more effectively. Use a disaster response playbook to organize county government around the opioid epidemic. Approach addicted people with compassion, as you'd approach a person with any other medical condition. STORY: Addiction hits home for the top dog of a disaster-prone county. An old-school cop gets a wake-up call and learns "handcuffs and a trip to jail" just won't cut it anymore. Also, we learn what a landslide can teach us about tackling the opioid epidemic. This season we're in Snohomish County, Washington which has an oversized share of overdose...
2018-09-1726 minFinding FixesInstructions on how to spot and stop an overdoseDownload instructions on how to recognize the signs of an overdose and administer Narcan to stop it. Drawn by Julia Drachman.
2018-09-1700 minFinding FixesA lifesaving nasal-spraySOLUTION: Get the overdose reversal drug, naloxone (aka Narcan) into the hands of everyone who needs it, and train them how to use it. Family, friends and people with addiction themselves can play a big role in stopping overdose death. STORY: A life lost, a life saved. The main character of this episode isn't a person. It's a nasal spray. Naloxone (aka Narcan) saves lives from opioid overdoses (heroin, painkillers, fentanyl). Across the U.S., people are dying from opioids, but their deaths are preventable. We walk you through how to save a life using the overdose...
2018-09-1723 minFinding FixesMedicine that melts under your tongueSOLUTION: Treat addiction using evidence-based medication, like buprenorphine (aka Suboxone). Expand access to treatment through telemedicine. STORY: At a clinic in Everett, Washington, a nurse pushes his patients to work hard, and the patients embark on their road to recovery. Do they have a chance? (Yes, and we'll tell you why.) This season we're in Snohomish County, Washington which has an oversized share of overdose deaths in the state and is now treating the opioid epidemic like a natural disaster. MORE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES: Snohomish County overdose and addiction treatment resource...
2018-09-1725 min
Finding FixesPreviewFinding Fixes is the first podcast dedicated to solutions to the opioid epidemic. Each episode we dive into one solution. The first season we're in Snohomish County, Washington, which is treating the opioid epidemic as a state of emergency like a natural disaster. As communities across the country struggle with rampant opioid overdoses, we seek to fill a gap: What are people doing that works? How can my community tackle the epidemic? We are journalists in Seattle with decades of experience, and we hope you'll join us as we ex...
2018-09-0102 min
Native Opinion an American Indian PerspectiveEpisode 79 "We are not being Represented, We are being controlled"“EPISODE 79, WE ARE NOT BEING REPRESENTED, WE ARE BEING CONTROLLED.” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Webpage: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207 Please leave us a review on i-tunes! It helps people discover our show… Articles Discussed IN This Episode ARTICLE 1: Title: Markwayne Mullin Cancels Town Hall Meeting Citing 'Safety Concerns' Posted: Apr 11, 2017 7:36 PM EDT Updated: Apr 11, 2017 9:41 PM EDT BY: NEWSON6.COM http://www.newson6.com/story/35127153/markwayne-mullin-cancels-town-hall-meeting-citing-safety-concerns ARTICLE 2: TITLE: A Right-Wing Think Tank Is Trying to Bring Down the Indian Child Welfa...
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