Think Out Loud

News Roundtable: Jan. 15, 2016 | 'Once They Were Hats'

By Allison Frost (OPB) and Sage Van Wing (OPB)

Jan. 15, 2016 12 a.m.

ECW Press

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Our news roundtable takes up some of the big stories of the week — the State of the Union speech and reactions, a proposed minimum wage hike, the continuing armed occupation in Harney County and a $1.4 billion lawsuit against the state brought by Linn County. Barbara Dudley, Jim Pasero and Christopher McKnight Nichols are our guests.

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Then we throw our news hat to the wind and turn to natural history with Frances Backhouse, author of "Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver."

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We end this hour with a few of the comments from listeners on Facebook and Twitter that we got in response to shows this week.