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Fixing How we View Trade-Offs in Public Policy with Jeff Gudman from 2021-07-23T20:46:45
Jeff Gudman, former Lake Oswego city councilor and two-time republican candidate for Oregon state treasurer, joins Fix It! to help us understand that if we are going to do anything in government...
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Fixing the Fall of Sacrifice as an American Value with Andrew Kalloch from 2021-07-22T23:33:26
Andrew Kalloch, former ACLU attorney and current Global and Public Policy staffer at Airbnb, joins guest hosts Mindy Tran and Delaney Kleiner on Fix It! to discuss the value of sacrifice in Amer...
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Fixing Oregon's PERS Liability with Allen Alley from 2021-07-21T17:23:03
Today, UO Clark Honors College students (and guest hosts) Lali and McCall spoke with Oregon political leader Allen Alley on the issue of Oregon's PERS liability and possible solutions.
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Fixing Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Bill Bradbury from 2021-07-20T20:12:56
Bill Bradbury, Oregon's former Secretary of State, joins two student guest hosts to share the potential of floating offshore wind turbines in combating climate chaos.
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Fixing Oregon's Budget Surplus Utilization with Tim Nesbitt from 2021-07-19T19:25:56
In our first guest-hosted episode, University of Oregon Clark Honors College students Whitney Warth and Gavin Barrett interview former gubernatorial Chief of Staff Tim Nesbitt on fixing how we a...
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Fixing How We Mass Produce Food with Christy Goldsby from 2021-01-06T19:34:56
Christy Goldsby, the founder of Honey Mama’s Listen
Fixing How You Read the News with Nick Hobbs from 2021-01-06T19:30:49
Ex-Googler (Xoogler) Nick Hobbs joins the Fix Cast to share how he and his new start-up, Brief, are working to change news...
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Fixing How the Government Innovates with Kyla Fullenwider from 2021-01-06T19:27:51
Kyla Fullenwider, the first Chief Innovation Officer for the U.S. Census Bureau under President Obama, joins Fix ...
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Fixing How You Think About Cybersecurity with Chris Jay Hoofnagle from 2021-01-06T19:24:28
Cybersecurity expert Prof. Chris Jay Hoofnagle of UC Berkeley's School of Law spends a few minutes with Fix It! discussing the causes of, and...
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Fixing How We Create Environments for Innovation with Skip Newberry from 2021-01-06T19:17:20
Skip Newberry of the Technology Association of Oregon ventures through the Fix It! Zoom room t...
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Fixing Local Journalism with Ben DeJarnette from 2021-01-06T19:09:30
Journalist Ben DeJarnette visits Fix It! to talk about how broken incentives, among other factors, are eroding the trust and efficacy of local ...
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Fixing the Environmental Footprint of the Food Industry with Jordan Schenck from 2021-01-06T19:03:34
Jordan Schenck, formerly of Impossible Foods and now founder of beverage company Listen
Fixing Law Schools with Jay Edelson from 2020-12-31T02:02:32
Jay Edelson, founder of Edelson PC and host of legal podcast Listen
Fixing Reductionism in Free Thought with Sinead O'Sullivan from 2020-12-25T21:17:29
Space expert Sinead O'Sullivan stops by the Fix It! cast to chat about reductionist solutions to complex problems, and how we have to re-wire our brains...
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Fixing how Surging Cities Connect with Diverse Talent with Nygel Jones from 2020-12-18T20:52:13
Nygel Jones of RE:locate visits Fix It! by to...
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Fixing How we think about Plant-Based Food with Matt de Gruyter from 2020-12-11T19:52:20
Matt de Gruyter, founder of Next Level Burger, dials in to the Fix It! cast to discuss changing attitudes toward p...
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Fixing Sustainability in Tourism with Kevney Dugan from 2020-12-06T04:33:57
Kevney Dugan, CEO of Visit Bend, speaks about making tourism more susta...
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Fixing Attitudes of Mass Destruction with Tim Shriver from 2020-11-29T01:48:59
Fixing Sagebrush Conservation with Matt Shinderman from 2020-11-21T02:44:29
Matt Shinderman of OSU Cascades visits the Fix It team to discuss the sagebrush biome, its endangerment, a...
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Fixing How We Pick Our Politicians with Brett Hennig from 2020-11-13T16:28:58
Brett Hennig from the Sortition Foundation joins Fix It to share a bit about how we can work toward a hea...
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Fixing the Women in Leadership Gap with Lauren McLean from 2020-11-06T17:58:11
Boise, Idaho Mayor Lauren McLean Listen
Fixing how we respond to Dog Whistle Politics with Ian Haney Lopez from 2020-10-31T00:46:50
UC Berkeley Law Professor Ian Haney Lopez drops in to the Fix It! Zoom to discuss...
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Fixing How we report on the Supreme Court with Adam Liptak from 2020-10-30T17:56:21
Adam Liptak, the New York Times' Supreme Court reporter, joins the...
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Fixing How we talk about Glaciers & Climate Change with Mark Carey from 2020-10-23T19:01:46
University of Oregon professor Mark Carey talks to Kevin about how we can discuss the impacts of clim...
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Fixing Urban Congestion in River Cities with Susan Bladholm from 2020-10-16T18:24:32
Susan Bladholm stops by the Fix It! Zoom room to share how she's helping alleviate automotive congestion in the great city of Portland, Oregon. Learn more the ...
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Fixing States' Civic Engagement with Josh Fryday from 2020-10-09T18:37:45
Josh Fryday, California's Chief Service Officer, stops by Fix It! to share more about how states can encourage (and make it easy for) citizens to get civically involved. Learn more about Josh an...
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Fixing How we talk to our Government with Beto Altamirano from 2020-10-02T22:00:20
Beto Altamirano, a Forbes 30-under-30 recipient and founder of Irys, joins the show to talk about making cities smarter by fixing how community members communicate with municipalities. Learn mor...
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Fixing Urban Homelessness with Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke from 2020-09-25T23:57
Mayor Andy Berke of Chattanooga, TN stops by to discuss how he and his city are tackling the very difficult issue of homelessness one step at a time, and to great effect.
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Fixing the Discovery & Development of Talent with Ashton Eaton from 2020-09-18T18:21:28
Olympian and 2x Gold Medalist Ashton Eaton joins the Fix It crew to chat about how our education system fails to discover latent talent -- "hidden geniuses" -- and what we can do to more quickly...
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Fixing Money in Politics with Ann Ravel from 2020-09-12T00:33:45
California candidate for state senate Ann Ravel stops by the Fix It Zoom Room to explain why money in state politics has crept up to be such an insidious problem, and how we can get involved as ...
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Fixing Antitrust Regulation in the Tech Era with Tom Wheeler from 2020-09-04T17:22:04
FCC Chairman Emeritus stops by Fix It to share why historical antitrust precedents don't really work in the era of big tech, why "people are policy", and what we can do to make sure we're effect...
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Fixing Tourism with Todd Montgomery from 2020-08-28T22:43:51
Todd Montgomery from OSU Cascades joins the Fix It crew to talk about how we can fix overcro...
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Fixing Healthcare Worker Training During COVID with Wendy Morgan from 2020-08-21T23:18:55
Wendy Morgan joins Kevin on Fix It to explain how her virtual reality training company Listen
Fixing Public Healthcare Data during COVID with Aneesh Chopra from 2020-08-15T22:34:29
Former United States CTO Aneesh Chopra joins us to discuss how availability of critical healthcare data is hampering our efforts to contain the COVID pandemic. See topics and media mentioned dur...
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FIxing Homelessness during COVID with Jason Elliott from 2020-08-12T01:33:32
Jason Elliott (@jason_elliott, @CAGovernor @GavinNewsom) talks to us about how he and the Newsom administration in California have tackled homeless during the COVID pandemic.
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Fixing the Filibuster with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley from 2020-07-21T16:39:46
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) joins the show to talk about fixing the filibuster in the U.S. Senate. Tune in to learn more about this procedural fix with big policy ramifications.
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Fixing Access to Higher Education with John Kroger from 2020-07-02T18:08:31
The Navy’s Chief Learning Officer talks with us about fixing access to higher education. Learn more about John Kroger at his Reed College and Harvard University bios Listen
Special Edition - Fix It's Duct Tape Awards from 2020-07-01T20:43:37
Let us know of folks and organizations you know who are tackling tricky problems with innovative solutions! We're looking forward to seeing your nominations. Tweet at us or DM us Listen
Fixing COVID-Era Elections with Shemia Fagan from 2020-07-01T20:40:37
The Democratic nominee for Oregon Secretary of State, Shemia Fagan, chats with us about fixing how we run elections during the COVID era.
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Fixing the Civic Tech Talent Pipeline with Chris Kuang from 2020-07-01T20:31:49
Chris Kuang joins the show to talk about fixing the pipeline for tech-savvy students to work in government and on social impact projects.
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Fixing Political Leadership with Becca Balint from 2020-07-01T20:24:19
Vermont Senate Majority Leader hops on Fix It to discuss how we can fix political leadership. Learn more about Becca at her Vermont Legislature profile Listen
Fixing the Savings Gap with Tobias Read from 2020-07-01T20:19:32
Tobias Read, currently the Treasurer of Oregon, is a national leader when it comes to helping people save more money. Catch more details in the episode and the notes below.
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Fixing Youth Unemployment & Civic Disengagement with John Bridgeland from 2020-07-01T20:12:18
John "Bridge" Bridgeland talks about fixes for youth unemployment and civic disengagement in this episode of Fix It. Find more information at the resources below:
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Fixing Entrepreneurship in a Recession with Michelle Zatlyn from 2020-07-01T19:37:39
Cloudflare co-founder and COO Michelle Zatlyn outlines the problem of starting an enterprise in an economic downturn and provides some fixes to help would-be entrepreneurs get started.
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Fixing the Digital Divide with Angela Siefer from 2020-07-01T19:13:40
Angela Siefer of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) jumps onto the Fix It podcast to chat about getting internet...
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Fixing America's Healthcare System with Dr. Vivian Lee from 2020-07-01T19:02:05
Dr. Vivian Lee of Verily Life Sciences chats with us about fixing the incentives that have skewed our healthcare system toward less-tha...
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Fixing the Reopening of Society with Juliette Kayyem from 2020-07-01T17:43:42
Today, we talk with Juliette Kayyem about how to fix our approach to re-opening during COVID-19. Learn more about Juliette in the notes below....
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Fixing Business Patronage during COVID with Archon Fung from 2020-07-01T17:32:26
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Archon Fung talks about fixing how we identify COVID-safe businesses with the Fix It Listen
Fixing the Landlord/Tenant Relationship with Georges Clement from 2020-07-01T17:27:20
Georges founded and leads JustFixNYC, a nonprofit helping tenants fight back against displacement. Learn more
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Fixing Crypto Ignorance with Andy Bromberg from 2020-06-24T18:52:16
Andy Bromberg of Coinlist walks us through cryptocurrency basics, why most people don't understand it, and how we can educate ourselves to become informed participants in the crypto ecosystem. Listen
Fixing Climate Change with Bill McKibben from 2020-06-10T00:30:01
Bill McKibben is the OG environmentalist and climate action advocate. On this episode, he shares what we need to do to curb the catastrophic impacts of climate change, and what you can do to hel...
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