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
Oregon patients, lawmakers see ‘horrors’ in US organ-donation system
Organ donation in the U.S. is broken — but there's a possibility that breaking the monopoly that runs it might change things.
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Fashioning change: Portland thrift shop creates safe haven for trans and nonbinary shoppers
Radical Abundance is a new Portland thrift shop that raises funds for trans and non-binary folks to afford gender-affirming medical care.
Oregon’s state-mandated retirement program hasn’t seen a smooth rollout
July 31 was the final deadline for all Oregon businesses to enroll in the state’s mandated retirement plan, OregonSaves. But the rollout has been rocky.
What is OregonSaves, the state-mandated retirement program?
Monday was the final deadline for all Oregon businesses to enroll in the state’s mandated retirement plan, OregonSaves. But what is OregonSaves?
Small town, big scares: Inside Wallowa County’s teen haunted house camp
Teens in Wallowa County break the mold of traditional summer camps by participating in Haunt Camp, where they design and build an avant-garde haunted house.
Portland LGBTQ+ seniors reflect on changes they’ve seen in their community
This Meals on Wheels lunch for seniors in Northeast Portland has a unique flavor: Nearly everyone here is gay, lesbian, or transgender. We talk to them about the changes they've seen over their lifetimes.
Bridging the gap: stories of Eugene queer life across generations
Enid Lefton, 72, met Shayna Metzler, 21, through their work with the Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project.
Indie businesses thrive as Lloyd Center mall reinvents itself — again
Rumors of the Lloyd Center's death have been greatly exaggerated. Developers of the iconic Portland shopping mall are focusing on community feel as they plot next steps.
Drag Queen Storytime at Tigard library canceled due to threats
The Tigard Public Library will close Sunday out of "an abundance of caution" following the threats surrounding the event, police said.
Sen. Wyden on Oregon’s semiconductor industry, the debt limit crisis — and the Trail Blazers
Sen. Ron Wyden sat down with OPB's Lillian Karabaic to discuss a number of top issues facing Oregon.