Phineas Pope
Weekend Edition Host / ProducerPhineas Pope is the Weekend Edition Host and Producer at Northwest Public Broadcasting, where he also covers stories from Southeast Washington and North Idaho. Prior to joining NWPB, he worked in production at Iowa Public Radio and Iowa PBS.
Phineas holds a bachelor's degree from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he studied music law. His areas of interest include copyright law, music theory, and musicology.
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Part of the Northwest Coast is often referred to as the “Graveyard of the Pacific.” That's because it's home to thousands of shipwrecks. NWPB's Anna King talks with host Phineas Pope about our new short documentary, "Wrecked: Sinking Ships & Colliding Cultures on the Northwest Coast." -
Across the nation, cattle mutilation has been puzzling ranchers and law enforcement for decades. -
With changing immigration policies, Northwest farmers say they're leaning more on the H-2A visa program to fill labor gaps. Domestic workers say they're losing ground. -
The U.S. Department of Energy is finally set to start processing radioactive waste at the Hanford site in southeast Washington. NWPB's senior correspondent Anna King has been covering Hanford for nearly two decades and talked with host Phineas Pope. -
Stacy Boe Miller is a local poet, writer and editor based in Moscow, Idaho. She was the Poet Laureate of Moscow for three years. -
Matt's Place Foundation is a nonprofit based out of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The organization provides accessible housing options for people with ALS. -
EcoFlight flies small groups in prop planes, advocating for the environment from the sky. The nonprofit, based in Aspen, Colorado, operates throughout the western United States. -
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will see changes after President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” in early July. -
NWPB host Phineas Pope speaks with Doug Ray, a former associate laboratory director at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, to learn more about possible cuts to the lab. -
College-related expenses like rent and groceries are increasing with inflation, making it difficult for some low- and moderate-income families to cover the costs. Federal cuts to university research funding and concerns about state budgets could also affect how much students pay in the coming months and years.
