Street Roots Radio

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XRAY.FM's Street Roots Radio is a collaborative radio project with Street Roots journalists. Highlighting the work of the Orange Fence Project, which focuses on homelessness policy, enforcement and im... more

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How many episodes does Street Roots Radio have?

The podcast currently has 103 episodes available.

Street Roots Radio episodes:

April 10, 2024Street Roots Year-In-Review: The 2024 Spring Anthology!
To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots.org.
Further Info:

11/9/23, Circuit Court judge halts enforcement of Portland's public sleeping ban ordinance (Jeremiah Hayden)

+ Corresponding XRAY Street Roots Radio Episode

11/1/23, Portland has a waste problem — where is it coming from? (Jeremiah Hayden)

+ Corresponding XRAY Street Roots Radio Episode

10/11/23, CymaSpace brings music to deaf and hard-of-hearing communities (Ellen Clarke)

2/21/24, Frybread goes fancy (Melanie Henshaw)

11/8/23, Portland Public Schools teachers striking for smaller class sizes, higher pay (Aurora Biggers)

Episode Credits:
Interview: Kanani Cortez, Street Roots Digital Producer

Reporting:

Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter - 11/1/23, Illegal Dumping + 11/9/23, Sleeping Ordinance Halted

Melanie Henshaw, Street Roots Indigenous Affairs Reporter - 2/21/24, Javelina

Ellen Clarke, Street Roots Correspondent - 10/11/23, CymaSpace

Aurora Biggers, Street Roots Correspondent - 11/8/23, Portland Teachers Strike

Host, Producer, & Editor: Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Manager
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26min
April 03, 2024Uncomfortable Enough? Grants Pass v. Johnson
To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots.org.

If you can't buy from a vendor, read the article online here.
Further Information

U.S. Supreme Court Johnson v. Grants Pass Petitioner's Brief (In Favor of Sleeping Bans)

U.S. Supreme Court Johnson v. Grants Pass Respondent's Brief (Against Sleeping Bans)

ORS 195.530 (2021 statewide legislation championed by then-Speaker Kotek)

Federal Court Ruling in Martin v. Boise (2018)

Supreme Court Ruling in Robinson v. California (1962) ["The 'crime' of having a common cold"]

MINT (Mobile Integrative Navigation Team) [Helping homeless residents move locations and navigate Grants Pass ordinances]

Episode Credits:
Reporting & Interview: Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter

Host & Producer: Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Manager

Post-Production & Editing: Chase Spross, XRAY.FM Station Director
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42min
March 27, 2024Coalition Urges Multnomah County to Act on Noxious Gas Pollution
To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots.org.

Further Information

Report on Oregon's Hidden Pollution in Buildings [Sierra Club, OR Physicians for Social Responsibility, Verde, RMI, Beyond Toxic]

2022 Multnomah County Report on Public Health & Gas Stoves

FAQ on Environmental Racism & Environmental Justice in Portland [OPAL]

Episode Credits:
Reporting & Interview: Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter

Host & Producer: Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Manager

Post-Production & Editing: Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio
...more
19min
March 20, 2024Reframing Power: PICA's Policing Justice Exhibition
To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots.org.
Further Information

More about the Policing Justice Exhibition (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art)

Don't Shoot Portland

Short film: The Murder of June Knightly (Forensic Architecture)

Short film : Tear Gas Tuesday (Forensic Architecture)

Study of Medical Effects of Portland Protester's Exposure to Tear Gas (BMC Public Health)

Related Reporting: Menstrual irregularities reported from exposure to tear gas at Portland protests (OPB)

Related Reporting: Almost all people surveyed report harmful effects of tear gas at Portland protests (OregonLive)

Alfredo Jaar (Chilean filmmaker documenting Trump intimidation tactics at DC protests)

Episode Credits:
Reporting & Interview: Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter

Host & Producer: Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Manager

Post-Production & Editing: Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio
...more
28min
March 13, 2024Central Library Reopens + Refurbishing Old Library Furniture with Street Roots Flight Crew
To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots.org.
Further Info

Support Street Roots in Completing Renovations for their New Building

About the Central Library Renovations [Multnomah County]

Multnomah County Library's Expansive Service Roster

Street Roots Building Renovation Delay + Flight Crew Details [Executive Director, Kaia Sand, 2/21/24]

Episode Credits:
Interview: Kanani Cortez, Street Roots Digital Producer

Reporting: Kanani Cortez, Street Roots Digital Producer // Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter // DeVon Pouncey, Street Roots Community Media Director

Host & Producer: Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Manager

Post-Production & Editing: Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio
...more
26min
February 21, 2024Portland Adopts Enhanced Service District Recommendations Amidst Criticism
To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots.org.
Further Resources

About Enhanced Service Districts

City Council Discussion + Public Testimony on Enhanced Service District Recommendations

About Enhanced Service District Fee Structure

Merriam Webster's definition of a Tax

2/8/23 Episode on Portland Expediting Groups (undisclosed lobbying activity carved out for prominent Portland Business Alliance members, including Clean & Safe)

2/8/23 Street Roots Reporting on undisclosed lobbying by prominent Portland Business Alliance members, including Clean & Safe, via Expediting Groups

Episode Credits:
Reporting & Interview: Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter

Host & Producer: Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Manager

Post-Production & Editing: Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio
...more
33min
February 07, 2024Are Efforts to Dismantle M110 Premature?
To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots.org.
Resources Mentioned & Further Reading:

October Street Roots Reporting on M110 Backlash, including interview with Coalition to Fix & Improve M110 Director (and former OR Dept. of Corrections Head) Max Williams

10/25/23 Street Roots Radio Episode (Pairs with M110 Backlash article)

OR House Bill 4002 (Legislation introduced to recriminalize drug possession)

RTI Research Study on Effects of M110, including racial disparities since passage

Episode Credits:
Reporting & Interview: Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter

Host & Producer: Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Manager

Post-Production & Editing: Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio
...more
34min
January 31, 2024Oregon Responses to Freezing Weather Fall Short, Homeless Residents Left At Risk
To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots.org.
Resources Mentioned & Further Reading:

City of Portland tells Multnomah County they won't help staff warming shelters unless county provides "armed security" among other demands [First reported by Willamette Week, 1/21/24]

City of Portland, via Portland Bureau of Transportation, tells residents to avoid all travel due to ice and freezing rain for the 48 hours following the closing of warming shelters

Multnomah County's 1/16 announcement of warming shelters open through Wed 1/17 at noon (effectively announcing this as their closing time)

Record number of 911 calls for medical help 1/17 [Willamette Week, 1/22/24]

Governor Kotek declares statewide state of emergency due to ice Thu 1/18/24 (after warming shelters have closed for good)

Oregon Climate Change Research Institute (Director Erica Fleishman interviewed for story)

Episode Credits:
Reporting & Interview: Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter

Host & Producer: Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Manager

Post-Production & Editing: Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio
...more
24min
January 17, 2024U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Oregon Homelessness Case
To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots.org.

Support vendors who've lost income due to the winter storm with Street Roots' Snow Day Fund.
Resources Mentioned & Further Reading:

U.S. Supreme Court Johnson v. Grants Pass Petitioner's Brief (In Favor of Sleeping Bans)

U.S. Supreme Court Johnson v. Grants Pass Respondent's Brief (Against Sleeping Bans)

Duncan v. City of Portland (Case challenging Portland camping ban enforcement)

About Writs of Mandamus (Extraordinary legal maneuver being pursued by Portland City Council in Duncan v. Portland)

ORS 195.530 (2021 statewide legislation championed by then-Speaker Kotek)

Federal Court Ruling in Martin v. Boise

Episode Credits:
Reporting & Interview: Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter

Host & Producer: Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Manager

Post-Production & Editing: Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio
...more
23min
January 10, 2024Urban Alchemy Part 3: Trouble with Local Service Providers
To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots.org.
Past Related Episodes:

12/27/23: Urban Alchemy Part 2: A Million Dollar Class Action Lawsuit

12/13/23: Urban Alchemy Part 1: Structure, Funding, & Admissions

11/15/23: Next PDX Temp. Alternative Shelter Site Faces Hazardous Chemical Cleanup

3/15/23: Urban Alchemy Wins Portland Mass Camp Project Amid Lawsuit Concerns

3/8/23: City Plans for Mass Camp Sites Emerge, But Failed Negotiations Raise Questions

Episode Credits:

Reporting & Interview: Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter

Host & Producer: Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Manager

Post-Production & Editing: Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio
...more
29min

FAQs about Street Roots Radio:

How many episodes does Street Roots Radio have?

The podcast currently has 103 episodes available.