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Speaking Freely With Annette Newell

Sep 26, 2022

 Ideas.  Ideology.  Theories.  Conspiracy theories.  What we believe.  That’s the focus for this episode. We’ll talk about a new book, with its roots in Oregon, about how ideology has shaped America’s history, as well as the world’s, even up to today.  And, a new documentary series, called "Shadowland."  It’s...


Sep 19, 2022

Quite a week we’ve had.  Derailing a railroad strike.  Fighting the furious march of wildfires in the Pacific Northwest.  And: a first hand look at what it was like, to testify before the January sixth committee.  We’ve got all of that on this show.  Starting with  Longtime Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio.  As the...


Sep 18, 2022

Governor Kate Brown provided an update on how the state and partners are preparing and responding to the wildfire situation in Oregon. In this episode we hear from Governor Brown, Oregon Department of Forestry Fire Chief Mike Shaw, Oregon State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Travis Medema, and Oregon Office of...


Sep 4, 2022

It was December 12th, 2019. A cluster of people in the city of Wuhan, China, started to get symptoms of an unusual pneumonia-like illness, that did not respond well to standard treatments. It’s now, September, 2022. And that illness, COVID-19, continues to affect us, in just about every way possible. It’s top of...