Beat Check with The Oregonian
Hosted by Therese Bottomly and Dave Killen and Regan Mertz · The Oregonian/OregonLive
4.5from 164 ratings
- 360
- Episodes
- 93
- Transcribed
- 164
- Ratings
- 2019
- First episode
- 363M
- YouTube views
About Beat Check with The Oregonian
A weekly look inside Oregon's biggest news stories with the journalists at The Oregonian/OregonLive.com.
- Publisher
- The Oregonian/OregonLive
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Oct 2019
- Latest episode
- 8 Sept 2025
Latest episodes
93 of 360 episodes have a transcript.
8 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT
(2023 Replay) The Unidentifieds Episode 2: The unknown baby boy and the reservoir
1 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT
(2023 Replay) The Unidentifieds Episode 1: Remains found along the Redwood Highway
25 Aug 2025
(2024 Replay) The backstory to the mystery of ‘Cosmo the talking crow’
Inside a recent episode
(2023 Replay) The Unidentifieds Episode 2: The unknown baby boy and the reservoir
Published 8 Sept 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It was wrapped in an aqua -colored blanket and a handmade patchwork quilt with multicolored gingham squares. The bundle was tied with wire and held down by iron weights. Who wore red and white striped shirt with a JC pinning label, gray corduroy pants with an elastic waist, a white cloth diaper with blue diaper pins, white angle socks, and size three laced white shoes that were thought to be bought at noble shoes in downtown Medford, Oregon. The boy was 32 and a half inches tall, 19 to 30 pounds, and had eight upper and eight lower teeth. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office ended up taking over the investigation. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Beat Check with The Oregonian
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Cece Moore
- Samantha Swindler
- Ted Sickinger
- Gosia Wozniacka
- Fiona Conneely
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 363,148,554
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 142 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 22 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 75
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 93
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Who hosts Beat Check with The Oregonian?
Therese Bottomly and Dave Killen and Regan Mertz host the show. Published by The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Does Beat Check with The Oregonian take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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