Scott Greenstone
Scott Greenstone is a production assistant with Oregon Public Broadcasting's daily talk show, Think Out Loud.
He worked as a reporter for The News-Review in Roseburg and as an undergraduate research fellow with the UNESCO Crossings Institute at University of Oregon. Scott is currently studying journalism at UO.
A semi-rehabilitated ex-homeschooler, Scott is constantly curious about how normal people operate.
Latest Stories
![Esther Stutzman and Shannon Applegate](https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/MAATUNCROBCS7EXWIS7QO7XI3M.jpg?auth=c6921fefbf047e47f1c1f577a65d27885bc352bdd0450f7c0980ba537775d69e&width=150&height=84&smart=true)
News Roundtable | Exploring Roots Of Friendship In Yoncalla
We analyze some of the biggest stories of the week with our rotating panel of news watchers. Then we meet two friends from Yoncalla who found their friendship ran deeper than they imagined.
![Weapons for sale at the Roseburg Gun Shop.](https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/FVLEOUAZ2RD4JLSVBYMDOLYQXA.jpg?auth=a3026721331ca336fcdeb873fe594f3b094f4f97fcfc4c9b72f5a750aa9aed95&width=150&height=84&smart=true)
An Affordable Electric Car | More Gun Control In Oregon? | Darcelle XV
We'll talk to the man who wants to bring a new, cheaper electric vehicle. Two Oregon lawmakers join us to discuss possible legislative action in response to the massacre in Orlando and other mass shootings. And we end the hour with a conversation with the oldest living performing drag queen in the country.
![For our series on Oregon's Soviet Diaspora, Think Out Loud talked to five Eastern Europeans in the Portland area.](https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/VBEUMWWHH5DKNE2WROFIQCG264.jpg?auth=f2ad83890de1bc5a442349a890d04147dd9b8b667c58007dee80181379dc957c&width=150&height=84&focal=1021%2C339)
Oregon's Soviet Diaspora: 25 Years Later, The Refugee Community Wants To Be Known
It's been almost 25 years since the Soviet Union dissolved, so Think Out Loud asked the immigrant community in the Portland area about their lives in America.
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Denser Portland? | Gay Christians | Native Language Teacher
In the wake of the Orlando shooting, we talk to a gay Christian reform activist about religion and sexuality. We also learn about new plans that might allow for denser residential development in close-in Portland. And we hear from one of the last speakers of the native language Ichishkiin.
![The Portland Police Bureau is staying silent after an off-duty officer who was likely intoxicated crashed a city-owned vehicle Monday afternoon.](https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/N2ENBXA3JBFL7P5N4EVS3EI6JU.jpg?auth=833672f95d29266b448806f0b817d068114f27008e11bc0070cbf1ba82381e6f&width=150&height=84&smart=true)
Reacting To Orlando Shooting | Healthy Cops | Soviet Diaspora: Mail-Order Bride
Portlanders discuss their reaction to the tragic shooting in Orlando over the weekend. We talk to a Russian woman who was a mail-order bride and to a researcher whose study found ways police could improve their health.
![Officials with Union Pacific Railroad Company say 16 oil tanker cars derailed. They point to a faulty railroad tie as the possible cause. At least three of the cars caught fire in the accident.](https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/6GZQO4SOJZCVXGGEBEYCPEBD2M.jpg?auth=67d8d6e9bc06458ad30e2aa16efc4ba85ce4dc86d34a8ae15d6961a679645cb1&width=150&height=84&smart=true)
Oil Trains In Washington | Earthquakes In Indian Country | Imaginary Friends | Soviet Diaspora: Family
We explore oil train traffic on the Washington side of the gorge, how Native American tribes are preparing for a Cascadia earthquake, the psychology of imaginary friends, and how post-Soviet immigrant families navigate generational and cultural divides.
![Refugees fleeing Aleppo, Syria.](https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ZER73GKPVJHXXIH4RQOLALYL5A.jpg?auth=419f1c656bb18d8760f2ba093e220f8a4227013f00f34d09cb18334ee68f202d&width=150&height=84&smart=true)
Bringing Refugees To Oregon | Soviet Diaspora: Education | Talking Business
We'll talk to two faith leaders from Eugene who are working to bring refugees to Oregon. We'll continue our series on this state's Soviet diaspora with a conversation about education. And we'll catch up on the latest regional business news.
![A helicopter flies above the smoke emitted by the oil train fire in Mosier on Friday, June 3, 2016.](https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/6FUYOJHYORFD3F5KVOISSKCZGM.jpg?auth=7f32676bf2fd301721d45b00c0eb18c5264bacb605acc14d0bce4a93793c3654&width=150&height=84&focal=750%2C500)
Mosier Oil Derailment Update | Oregon's Soviet Diaspora
The mayor of Mosier fills us in on recovery efforts there, and we learn more about oil train safety issues. Also, we launch a new series of interviews about Oregon's Soviet diaspora.
![Bottles of water are piled next to a closed drinking fountain at Sabin Elementary School in Northeast Portland.](https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/PF34FDRLPBA7ZAGXWJCKHLDRRY.jpg?auth=f716e48566a6c8857c791595aafe3fe1b447ffd9082fdff9c9e20c6581b95bc8&width=150&height=84&smart=true)
Lead In Schools | The Disappearing West | Marijuana Ice Cream | Comic Amy Miller
We talk with a Portland Public Schools board member about lead and radon and get insights on disappearing land in the American west. We'll also hear about marijuana-infused ice cream and talk to Amy Miller, named Portland's funniest person in 2015.
![Plastics and metals from dismantled electronics await their turn to enter a machine that shreds and sorts them into commodity type.](https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/7EW47HB23ZAYNPLDLW4QDAFLB4.jpg?auth=4ea33d973b33374bd7d465731e3dccad49496398ac0be6051e8e5e73fd33dfab&width=150&height=84&smart=true)
E-Waste Recycling | Subversive Comics | Surviving HIV
Just where do the electronics you take to be recycled end up? Also, we talk to UO professor Ben Saunders about the power of comics to address what might be considered subversive topics. And we talk to an Oregonian who has lived with HIV for over 30 years.