Lillian Karabaic
Lillian Karabaic is the host of OPB's "Weekend Edition" and a financial reporter. From 2016 to 2023, she hosted the financial radio show and podcast "Oh My Dollar!" She was previous co-host of the BikePortland.org podcast from 2011 - 2016, morning radio host at KRRC and KXRY (XRAY.FM), and financial advice columnist at Slate.com. She helped co-found StreamPDX, a podcasting studio in a 1960s airstream.
Along the way, she’s worked as a vegetarian cook at a commune in rural Oregon, a bicycle instructor, a live-in social worker with young mothers leaving incarceration, a transit map maker, and a financial advisor. She’s lived in Karnataka, India, and Berlin, Germany. Her book, "A Cat’s Guide to Money," is an illustrated guide to personal finance. She is currently writing a non-fiction graphic novel about the American health care system.
Lillian graduated from Reed College with a degree in economics. She has traveled to 48 countries by train and is always planning another trip to get more vegan donuts.
Latest Stories
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Portland geographer explores lessons from the Hunger Games
Dove Makes found an audience making highly-researched videos exploring the cultural geography of the Hunger Games series, and thinks the dystopian series has lessons for our present moment.
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‘The Evergreen’: ‘Stop Requested’ in an Oregon city near you
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Federal report recommends bringing Amtrak service back to Eastern Oregon
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Greyhound cancels intercity bus service in northeastern Oregon
This ends bus service between Baker City, Ontario, La Grande and Pendleton on Jan. 16.
Behind the scenes of ‘Stop Requested,’ a 14-day journey by public transit
Prakruti Bhatt and Lillian Karabaic answer listener questions about Stop Requested.
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‘Stop Requested’: It’s free to ride the bus to John Day but costs to leave
In the final episode of Stop Requested, OPB's Lillian Karabaic and Prakruti Bhatt spend a 12-hour travel day going from Enterprise to John Day. And are driven by a buffalo riding champion.