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Michael Dunne

Host of KLCC's Oregon On The Record Public Affairs Show and Oregon Rainmakers Podcast

Michael Dunne is the host of KLCC's newest show, Oregon On The Record and Oregon Rainmakers podcast.

Do you have a suggestion for a guest or topic? Email Michael at mdunne@klcc.org.

  • A conversation with KLCC's Dirk VanderHart and the Oregon Capitol Chronicle’s Julia Shumway to get their read on the recently completed Oregon short legislative session. Even those two savvy and veteran political reporters were surprised at both the amount the legislators got done and the mostly bipartisan way the did it.
  • On this edition of Oregon on the Record, you’ll hear from April Ehrlich of Oregon Public Broadcasting who’s produced several reports about the latest plans, amendments and changes to forest management at the federal and state level related to Oregon’s wilderness.
  • On this edition of Oregon On the Record, you’ll hear from Marion Suitor Barnes, from the City of Eugene and get an explanation on the why, where, how and when of road construction in the downtown core. And yes, you’re been right all along, this time it is larger and more sudden then in years past.Additionally, we’ll talk with a Eric Adams of Willamalane and Dorris Ranch about how one of our region’s most important crops – Filbert nuts – have been negatively impacted by the ice storm and even competition from overseas.
  • On this edition of Oregon On The Record you’ll hear from two authoritative voices about whales, whale strandings, and whale deaths that happen from time to time along the coast. Tiffany Boothe, an assistant director of the Seaside aquarium and Jim Rice, a member of Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute, weigh in on the life and death of whales along Oregon’s shores.
  • On this edition of Oregon On The Record, you’ll hear a conversation with Nickolas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist at the New York Times, and hear his thoughts about his home state of Oregon, and where we are heading as a nation.
  • On this edition of Oregon On The Record, you’ll hear from Alex Baumhardt, reporter for Oregon Capital Chronicler about how she found that insurance premiums are skyrocketing, yet the number of companies willing to write policies is dwindling.We’ll also air a conversation with Bethany Cartledge, the new Executive Director of St. Vincent DePaul Society of Lane County who takes over for the organization’s long-time leader.
  • On this edition of Oregon On The Record, a conversation with the Bird Curator at Eugene’s Cascade Raptor Center Kit Lacey about her very unusual job and how she goes about doing it. The falcons, hawks, owls and eagles at the center are not just birds of prey, but truly her friends, and clients and they all work together toward the goal of creating an environment of trust and collaboration.
  • On this edition of Oregon On The Record, listeners hear from Alexander Lavake, the coordinator of Lane County’s Fentanyl awareness program and how they hope to educate the public about the dangers of this drug, promote life-saving overdose prevention and promote a community-wide collaboration.
  • On this edition of Oregon On The Record, you’ll hear from Beto Yarce, the new Regional Administrative Director for the Small Business Administration and Scott Bossom of 1st Security Bank about how he and the organization are working to open up loans to everyone. As someone who’s seen credit discrimination first-hand, Yarce, talks about SBA efforts to distribute more and more loans to people who’ve had a traditionally difficult if not impossible job of getting a vital business loan.
  • On this edition of Oregon On The Record, you’ll hear from Erik Burke, the Local Director of Friends of Trees and local arborist Gritz Kuhn of Sperry Tree Care about the health of our urban forest trees and what all of can do to help them thrive. They’ll also talk about the incredible benefits we derive from trees including better mental health, better air and higher property values. Trees are a gift that we enjoy today, and should nurture so that our ancestors can enjoy them hundreds of years from now.