Michael Dunne
Host of KLCC's Oregon On The Record Public Affairs Show and Oregon Rainmakers PodcastMichael Dunne is the host and producer for KLCC’s public affairs show, Oregon On The Record. In this role, Michael interviews experts from around Western and Central Oregon to dive deep into the issues that matter most to the station’s audience. Michael also hosts and produces KLCC’s leadership podcast – Oregon Rainmakers, and writes a business column for The Chronicle which serves Springfield and South Lane County.
Prior to his role at KLCC, Michael held extensive positions in public relations and marketing within the industries of banking, telecommunications, and technology.
Do you have a suggestion for a guest or topic? Email Michael at mdunne@klcc.org.
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On this edition, we talk with Eli Hager, a reporter from ProPublica about his story detailing how an Oregon man with a misdemeanor family charge may end up deporting him nearly two decades later and how this is becoming a larger ICE tactic. We also talk with KLCC's Macy Moore about the attempt to recall ALL Corvallis school board members. -
On this edition we first talk with Samantha Pierotti, of the Register Guard about her story on the inflatable protestors of Eugene helping to bring levity to a serious situation and we talk with Michele Thorne of the Good Meat Project about women ranchers adopting sustainability and ethics in raising livestock. -
On this edition, we talk with PeaceHealth's Executive Dr. Jim McGovern about a controversial new contract for physicians with an out-of-state entity and a recent no-confidence vote by the organization's medical staff. Then, we talk with KLCC's Rebecca Hansen-White about the controversies at Springfield Public Schools. -
On this edition, we talk to avalanche experts Professor David Hill and Central Oregon Avalanche Center forecaster Gabriel Coler about avalanche control, prediction, and survivability. -
Could Oregon ban the killing of animals for food, research and hunting? We talk with the leader of Initiative Petition 28, then hear the story of the McKenzie River drift boat, the Oregon-born craft that changed whitewater river running forever. -
On this edition we talk with Dan Evans and Nora Colie of OPB on their new documentary about a racial killing in Portland in the 1980's: Remember Mulugeta: Confronting hate in Portland. -
On this edition, we talk with Cathryn Stephens of the Eugene Airport about expansion plans and the campaign to raise funds to pay for it. Then we talk with KLCC's Love Cross about another installment of her series - Oregon Ready. -
On this edition, we talk with Talicia Brown, Founder and Executive Director of the Black Cultural Initiative about a new monument to Eugene's black community that is being built and cited at Alton Baker Park. Then we talk with Kelly Fleischmann of Greenhill Humane Society about a recent rescue of more than 36 cats at one home. -
KLCC's Tiffany Eckert talks about about her reporting on PeaceHealth layoffs and its shift to an out-of-state ER staffing firm, as local physicians dispute the reasons cited and warn of impacts on care. -
On this episode we talk with Political Science Professor Chandler James of the University of Oregon about the role of the president, activist president's and the norms that guide - on do not - guide them.
