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, we need to consider the trade-offs. In his words: “If we do this, what don’t we do?” Join Clark Honors College guest hosts Nathan Malamud and Nathaniel Olds for an exploration of Gudman’s philosophy in practice.
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 American culture.
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.
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.
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 approach the usage of our state's budget surplus.
Christy Goldsby, the founder of Honey Mama’s chocolate, joins the Fix It gentlemen to share how she's pushing the envelope on mass-producing, packaging, and delivering food in a more sustainable, planet-friendly way.
Ex-Googler (Xoogler) Nick Hobbs joins the Fix Cast to share how he and his new start-up, Brief, are working to change news consumption for the better.
Kyla Fullenwider, the first Chief Innovation Officer for the U.S. Census Bureau under President Obama, joins Fix It! to help us understand how to work within the ostensible bureaucracy of government to create new products / processes that benefit both the government and everyday Americans.
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 fixes for, many of the cyber intrusions we see in the news today.
Skip Newberry of the Technology Association of Oregon ventures through the Fix It! Zoom room to share a few steps that he's taking to make it easier for entrepreneurs to build innovative products and businesses.
Journalist Ben DeJarnette visits Fix It! to talk about how broken incentives, among other factors, are eroding the trust and efficacy of local news organizations – and what we can do to stop this. See a couple of the other topics discussed below:
Jordan Schenck, formerly of Impossible Foods and now founder of beverage company Sunwink, joins Fix It! to share how she and others are working to reduce our food production's damage on ecosystems. See her recommendation to read the Omnivore’s Dilemma.
Jay Edelson, founder of Edelson PC and host of legal podcast Non-Compliant, joins the Fix It team to discuss anachronistic practices of modern law schools and changes that we could make to better train future generations of lawyers.
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 and our organizations to consider deeper-order effects when building technology or policy. Check out more details on a few of the topics discussed here:
Nygel Jones of RE:locate visits Fix It! by to share how he's helping new college graduates find homes in burgeoning communities (like his current town of Boise, ID.) instead of traditionally-overpriced cities like New York and LA.
Matt de Gruyter, founder of Next Level Burger, dials in to the Fix It! cast to discuss changing attitudes toward plant-based diets, misconceptions about plant-based diets' impact on the body, and how Next Level Burger is transforming this mindset one delicious burger at a time.
Kevney Dugan, CEO of Visit Bend, speaks about making tourism more sustainable to ensure the long-term preservation of natural recreation spots. Learn more about topics discussed at the links below:
Tim Shriver joins the gents of Fix It! to discuss why a fundamental shift in attitude toward those of different political or social leanings is not only possible, but necessary, to make progress as a country. See more on the topics discussed in the items linked below.
Matt Shinderman of OSU Cascades visits the Fix It team to discuss the sagebrush biome, its endangerment, and how he and the HERS Lab are working to conserve it.
Brett Hennig from the Sortition Foundation joins Fix It to share a bit about how we can work toward a healthier form of picking political leaders. See details on some of the topics discussed at the links below.
