The Point on KPOV Podcast features select segments and interviews from KPOV's weekday community affairs program. The Point is the local issues, arts, stories, and culture show for Bend, Redmond, Sisters, Prineville, everywhere in between and beyond, and is produced entirely by our Central Oregon community and KPOV.
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Peace Keepers founder Luke Richter heads up a freezing weather clothing and supplies drive for Central Oregon's Homeless Community. A full 40% of Central Oregon's homeless population are working and still can not afford what's known as affordable housing. The crisis is greater than housing; it's what to do tonight in single digit temperatures. Learn where to start here.
It's time to work together to save lives.
Jacquie Elliott and Carolyn Esky have a discussion with Derek Hofbauer about Cascade East Transit and services in Central Oregon.
Mistletoe! With us today is Jeremiah Dung – Associate Professor, Plant Pathologist Oregon State University Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. Jeremiah is also Interim Director of the Central Oregon Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
Jacey Silk and Carolyn Esky discuss the Safe Parking program as a solution to the homeless parking situation in Redmond, OR, with Pastor Rick Russell and Safe Parking Director Sierra Hopper from Mountain View Community Development.
Raven Makes Gallery works to educate the community about Native American culture through featuring authentic Indigenous artwork.
Veteran Leo McGregor is a happy retired professional and a dedicated volunteer mentor with the Deschutes Veterans Intervention Strategy. The VIS is a Deschutes County-specific program, designed to provide local justice-involved veterans with the opportunity to improve their criminal justice outcomes by helping them address their mental health and/or substance abuse issues that play a role in their criminal activity.
Explore Women's Health Issues openly and honestly with Dr. Carol. Specializing in proactive prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence and women's sexuality, Dr. Carol addresses health challenges many women face with humor and candidness.
Dr. Jane Guyn, internationally known sexologist and author, talks openly about sex, sexual satisfaction, and how to achieve sexual intimacy in relationships. There’s more information at howtofixmysexlife.com.
Guest Scott Dugan is an OSU Extension Service Educator, award-winning writer for the Extension Cattle & Land Management Service, and an in-person educator for all tri-county farm and ranch owners. He talks about all his OSU Extension department has to offer local farmers and ranchers, from the hobby farmer to the thousands-acre rancher; Scott Dugan has a lot of help for all your land and animal questions.
Dennis Alimena, co-founder of Mindset for Success.org and an ardent student of Crypto-Currency or Crypto is here to discuss a digital currency that works as a medium of exchange through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it.
OSHU Professor of Neuroscience, Dr. Larry Sherman, talks to Bruce about his lecture in the Nancy R. Chandler Lecture series entitled Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience Of Music-Making And Listening. The presentation is October 20 at COCC. You can find more information and a ticket link here.
The talk involves great classical music and signing, audience singing, and cutting-edge information about how learning to make music strengthens the brain in very significant ways.
This interview gets into the science, but also Dr. Sherman’s own life and reasons for adding this study of music and the brain to his foundational work on repairing damage to the brain.
Dr. Sherman also has a book of the same name coming out soon with co-author Dennis Plies.
Stacy has been with KPOV since the beginning. She is a founder of 4 Peaks Music Festival, a vision to bring an intimate, world-class festival to Central Oregon. She is driven by her desire to cultivate a community of artists, attendees, partners, bands, and most of all, her love for music.
Hear from Stacy, host of Live Alive, on the role music plays in her life and how it shaped her entire sphere.
Local music legend and aficionado James Gilchrist talks to Amy Campbell about the role live music has played in his life with dealing with grief, stage 2 dementia, and reconnecting with and expanding his community. James is 68 years young and you will find him out and about on most nights taking videos for the bands he loves.
KPOV was honored to host Lisa Mensah, the new President and CEO of Oregon Community Foundation during her Central Oregon Tour. Listen to her interview with Dawn Newton, the host of Open Air, for a special edition of The Friday Point, kicking off KPOV’s Fall Membership Drive.
Born and raised in Oregon, Lisa joins OCF following an illustrious career that has taken her from working on rural poverty with the Ford Foundation to serving as an Under Secretary for Rural Development in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, managing a $215 billion loan portfolio, to most recently leading Opportunity Finance Network.
Lisa told Dawn, “There's a thread of kindness, hope and optimism that runs through this state, that combined with a willingness to work hard, together, will help us address some complex challenges and help communities thrive.”
KPOV and host Bruce were honored to interview Sweetheart Deal Director Elisa Levine on the Thursday Point October 6. It’s a beautiful interview and a great film.
We were not surprised, but were very proud, to hear that Elisa and Co-Director Gabriel Miller won Bendfilm’s Best Director Award for Sweetheart Deal.
Sweetheart Deal looks at the life of four Seattle women who are addicted to heroine and engaging in sex work to earn a living. They are aided by someone who lets them know he cares for women like them. There is a plot twist we won’t spoil for you.
Listen to this interview for so much insight. It was conducted before Bendfilm 2022, so you will hear some dated material, but the description of the film and the Directors’ motivations and methods are engaging and informative.
Benfilm 2022 is available on line until October 23 at at https://www.bendfilm.org/
On Tuesday, September 13, Bruce and Steve talked with Redmond City Councilor, veteran, and former police commander, Clifford Evelyn about the importance of hope in our times. Clifford tells us where we can look and what we can do to find hope in ourselves and our communities.
Check out the wisdom and hope in Cliff himself and be inspired by his vision and courage.
Priscilla Calleros, Events & Outreach Manager at The Environmental Center, talks about the The Multicultural Art Exhibit. It’s part of Welcoming Week and features live poetry, music, and creative arts by local BILAPOC and LGBTQ+ artists.
Neil Baunsgard, Transportation and Climate Advocacy Manager at The Environmental Center, tells us about this year’s Green Tour, which showcases reducing energy use in residential and commercial buildings in Central Oregon.
On Sunday, August 28, a man entered a Safeway store in Bend, Oregon, with an assault rifle and a shotgun. He killed two elderly men and shot at least two others before shooting himself.
On Wednesday, August 31, KPOV Youth Radio Hour host Juniper Rook talked about the tragic shooting, its impact on her, other local young people, and our entire community. Juniper, a gun safety activist since hse was 12 years old, openly and courageously expressed her frustration, and that of other youth, at the lack of action by adults to prevent mass shootings. Juniper also offers guidance on what we can do.
You will hear astonishing brilliance from this 16-year old student/athlete/activist.
You will hear the fiery spirit that animates powerful young activists. She is the future of positive change in our world. Listen.
(The old guy in the conversation is KPOV Tuesday Point host and Station Manager Bruce Morris.)
On August 23, 2022, KPOV aired a special interview on the upcoming movie Prognosis: Notes on Living, Bruce was joined by Jamie Nesbitt of Out Central Oregon and Erin Collins of The Peaceful Presence Project. The film is presented along with BendFilm. The movie will be shown August 25, 2022 from 7-9 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Bend. Tickets are available at Bendfilm.com. A facilitated discussion will follow.
In perhaps her bravest act, Oscar-winning documentarian and LGBTQ+ activist Debra Chasnoff responds to her diagnosis of a deadly disease by turning the camera on herself, her wife and their chosen family.
Hear Erin and Jamie describe their responses to the film and its impact and importance to people facing serious illnesses. The film shows how compassionate community can be formed around them and their caregivers to allow them to live life to the fullest with a serious illness.
Johannah Johnson-Weinberg, Executive Director and Founder of Companion Animal Medical Project, shares the mission about how CAMP helps the unhoused get proper care for their pets.