The Truth Ride with Riccardo Waites

We Black Radio LLC

Tune in and hear diverse voices on numerous topics including speaking truth to power and each other. Voices from a rural community that’s less than 1% Black and broadcasting on Central Oregon’s only Black-owned radio station, We Black Radio. Hosted by founder Riccardo Waites, this show digs into local, national, and global happenings with unfiltered honesty, humor, and heart. Expect real conversations and fresh perspectives from Riccardo and his guests. If you’re ready for dialogue that challenges, enlightens, and inspires, buckle up and tune in to The Truth Ride.

  1. May 5

    PAH Forum Review and The Release Of Good Deeds Map

    We discuss the Forum held by Partners for Affordable Housing for candidates for Deschutes County Commissioner. We Black Radio releases interactive map of 160 properties with racially biased language in their deeds in Deschutes County.

    PAH Forum Review and The Release Of Good Deeds Map

  2. Apr 27

    The Truth Ride: Interview with Deschutes County Commissioner Morgan Schmidt and local creative Jason Graham.

    We introduce the community to Jason Graham in our "Meet Your Neighbor Series" Jason aka MOsley WOtta is a talented man with personal experience of living in Bend and providing perspectives some of you may be unaware of. We also continue our interviews of Deschutes County Commissioner Candidates who sit down with us in The Lion's Den, a Black owned barbershop near downtown Bend, Oregon.

    The Truth Ride: Interview with Deschutes County Commissioner Morgan Schmidt and local creative Jason Graham.

  3. Apr 7

    The Truth Ride Interview with Deschutes County Commissioner Candidate Jennifer Letz April 5th 2026

    We speak with award winner Josie Stanfield on her award, No Kings, becoming the first Black owned brick and mortar store in Redmond and more. We speak with Sisters Mayor and Deschutes County Commissioner Candidate Jennifer Letz. Finally I respond publicly to a Deschutes County Commissioner Candidate who attacked me online.

    The Truth Ride Interview with Deschutes County Commissioner Candidate Jennifer Letz April 5th 2026

  4. Mar 16

    The Truth Ride: Interview with Deschutes County Commissioner Candidate Amanda Page March 15th 2026

    On this episode of The Truth Ride, We are pulling up with purpose. We’re unpacking The Crimson Report—what it exposes, why it matters, and how it speaks to the ongoing reality of racial terror in this country. We’re also chopping it up with Graham Betchart and Joey Hamilton, the creators of Making Space for Love—a podcast being streamed on WBR about loving ourselves, each other, and our community in a world that keeps trying to break us. And we’re keeping it local and political, continuing our series with candidates for Deschutes County Commissioner as we sit down with Amanda Page to press her on what real accountability to Black, indigenous and marginalized communities looks like.

    The Truth Ride: Interview with Deschutes County Commissioner Candidate Amanda Page March 15th 2026

  5. Feb 27

    Interview with Lynne Mcconnell Executive Director Housing-works Feb 15, 2026

    We sit down with Housing-works Executive Director Lynne Mcconnell and discuss the role Housing-works plays in housing locals in the community and she answers some of the questions sent in for her by the listeners. We will also discuss the SNUBBING of Deschutes County Commissioner Candidate Amanda Page for endorsement by the Democratic party and how systemic racism played a part in that decision due to an unfair "pledge" by candidates.

    Interview with Lynne Mcconnell Executive Director Housing-works Feb 15, 2026

  6. Feb 27

    Meet Your Neighbor: Auzheal Clement and Rick Russell Deschutes County Commissioner Candidate Feb 1, 2026

    We speak with game designer Auzheal Clement in our "Meet Your Neighbor" series. We speak with Deschutes County Commissioner Candidate for seat 4, Rick Russell and we hear his thoughts on the removal of the DEIA Committee and other topics sent in by the listeners, and we kick off Black History Month with a positive representation of Black excellence.

    Meet Your Neighbor: Auzheal Clement and Rick Russell Deschutes County Commissioner Candidate Feb 1, 2026

  7. Feb 27

    Meet Your Neighbor: Kory Marlowe Jan 18, 2026

    We speak to Hip Hop artist $izzul Th3 GR8 on his new EP Famous Nobody and we discuss the January 13th meeting of Bend's Human Rights and Equity Commission and learn that EVERYBODY is blaming Eric King and also Mayor Kebler for the systemic and toxic atmosphere of City Hall

    Meet Your Neighbor: Kory Marlowe Jan 18, 2026

  8. Feb 27

    Interview With Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Chang Jan 4, 2026

    We discuss a few topics with Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Chang including discontinuing the County's volunteer internal DEIA Committee, the effects of Trumps regime removing contractual funding on an impactful Equity project in Portland, and the Andres Portela resignation, buckle up your seatbelt The Truth Rides about to begin!

    Interview With Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Chang Jan 4, 2026
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Tune in and hear diverse voices on numerous topics including speaking truth to power and each other. Voices from a rural community that’s less than 1% Black and broadcasting on Central Oregon’s only Black-owned radio station, We Black Radio. Hosted by founder Riccardo Waites, this show digs into local, national, and global happenings with unfiltered honesty, humor, and heart. Expect real conversations and fresh perspectives from Riccardo and his guests. If you’re ready for dialogue that challenges, enlightens, and inspires, buckle up and tune in to The Truth Ride.

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