The Jefferson Exchange

YouthLine is a peer-to-peer help, support and crisis line serving youth ages 10-24 across the United States since 2000. Headquartered in Oregon, YouthLine serves youth all across the nation. Pan Hamsa is the Outreach Coordinator for southern Oregon.

MLK Day organizers D.L. Richardson and Gina DuQuenne discuss event activities, which include SOU President Rick Bailey giving the keynote address. The theme this year is "The time is always right to do what is right."

Devin Roach is an assistant professor at Oregon State University and director of the Versatile Advanced Manufacturing lab at Oregon State. His team developed a concrete substitute.

Tuula Rebhahn, executive Director, and Aliyah Zweig, marketing and outreach coordinator, share insights into the Siskiyou Field Institute's work and public impact.

Little Theatre on the Bay's latest play is "Ken Ludwig's Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure," directed by Jeremy Conway and Talis Slatick at the Liberty Theatre.

Tamie Kaufman shares insights into her life growing up in Gold Beach and becoming mayor.

Josh Letsinger, Community Outreach Manager at Jackson County Library Services and April Bozada-Armstrong, Selection Librarian and curator of Digital Collections, are joined by Holly King, Literacy Coordinator at the Shasta County Office of Education in this episode of JX Reads.

Tara Lohan offers deep insight into the extraordinary capability of environments to recover within relatively short periods of time after the removal of dams that have blocked natural waterways for generations.

Seth Miller, Executive Director of Oregon Parks Forever discusses registration and event details for its annual fundraiser.

Co-presenters at the convening are Tanya Day, Community Outreach Manager at Community Works of Jackson County, and Crystal Buhler, Justice Services Program Manager.

Mark Morrison is an IT professional who built a tech-heavy, personal-use cooler to keep beverages cold. Then he realized his invention may have more humanitarian applications.

Alison Sexauer and Rebecca Slossberg, organizers of the Rogue Valley Food Solutions Summit, discuss the summit and its impact on the regional food ecosystem.

Morgan King offers insight into why Cal Poly was recognized with a national distinction of being a bike-friendly campus by the League of American Bicyclists.

Guests are Nicole Larsen, Jen Bray, Justi Hansen and Shon Bollock

Christine Morgan shares insight into the city's partnership with tribal leaders.

Dr. Bryce Smedley joins the Exchange.

Wildlife enthusiast, naturalist, adventurer and author Charles Hood joins the Exchange to talk about what goes on in nature at night.

Rosie Grant joins Chelsea Rose to discuss her unique cookbook.

Peter McCarville and Jan Stover join the Exchange.

Professor Sarah Gravem joins the Exchange.

Bob Bailey, Board President of the Elakha Alliance, joins the Exchange.

Joining the Exchange to help us learn more is Dr. Sristi Kamal, Deputy Director of the Western Environmental Law Center.

City managers Alex Campbell of Talent and Eric Swanson of Phoenix, join the Exchange.

Portland State University professor Megan Horst is the editor of a research report in the form of a book that looks 25 years into Oregon's future.

Joining the Exchange is Jon Nelson, the Wildlife curator at the High Desert Museum in Bend.

Jonathan Bach joins the Exchange.

Bruce Campbell and his wife, Ida Gearon, join the Exchange to discuss their upcoming new film "Ernie and Emma."

Kimberly Carlson Aesara joins the Exchange to discuss her latest book.

Joining the Exchange are Jordan Osborn, Principal at Bonanza Jr/Sr High School, and Adrienne Enriquez, Director of Oregon GEAR UP WEST.

Dr. Rick Bailey joins the Exchange.

Senior Producer Natalie Golay visits with Ashland's Funagain Games Assistant Manager Tim McKelroy and some local gamers about their love for board games.

Madeleine DeAndreis, mayor of Fort Jones, California, offers insights about her city, current challenges and future outlook.

Lisa Mensah, President and CEO of Oregon Community Foundation joins the Exchange along with Kurt Hildebrand of OCF.

OPB reporter April Ehrlich joins the Exchange to offer more insight on the new federal law that reauthorizes funding for rural counties and schools.

Andy Linerud, Chair of the RCC Foundation Board joins the Exchange along with Randy Weber, the president of Rogue Community College.

JPR meteorologist Milt Radford offers insight into the holiday travel weather and a warning about King tides.

Caitlin Moher is the Research Manager at Center for Environmental Health and author of the report. She offers insight into the investigation findings.

Hundreds of people use the Chiloquin Community Center each month. A recent upgrade helped make it more accessible to the entire community.

Joining the Exchange to discuss the problem and project solutions is Tim Greseth, Executive Director of the Oregon Wildlife Foundation.

Rogue Valley Symphony Music Director Martin Majkut discusses the unique holiday performance, featuring singer Joan Ellison in costume as Judy Garland.

In our weekly series with local leaders, the JX talks with Susie Baugh, mayor of Anderson, California.

Collette Adkins is a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, which launched a lawsuit against the Department of Fish and Wildlife to comply with court-ordered protections for gray wolves. Adkins also serves as the Center's Carnivore Conservation Program Director.

Jaz Brisack shares insider details of how workers at Starbucks were organized into a union, and the response by corporate leaders to undermine those efforts.

Vanessa Finney visits with Portland State Professor Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, author of "Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist."

The JPR news team gathers for a roundtable discussion of the top news stories they've been working on this week.

Jessica Jones is General Manager of Waste Management (WM) of Northern California and Nevada, which received a multimillion dollar investment from the state of California.

Vanessa Houk joins the Exchange to discuss her Courage award, her life and her mission.

Amy Lewin, Executive Director of the Oregon Cultural Trust, and Vance Beach, Executive Director of the Black Alliance & Social Empowerment, discuss the award.

Rabbi Avi Zweibel, Director of the Chabad Jewish Center of Southern Oregon, joins the Exchange to discuss the celebrations in Ashland across the Rogue Valley.

Dr. Alex Gonzalez is the Director of Bands for SOU and teaches courses in music pedagogy at Southern Oregon University.

Dr. Devin Roach is an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University and the Director of the VAMOS Lab (Versatile Advanced Manufacturing lab at Oregon State). His team developed a concrete substitute.