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JPR's live interactive program devoted to current events and newsmakers from around the region and beyond.

Geoffrey Riley, John Baxter, Angela Decker, Robert Goodwin


    • Sep 16, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • daily NEW EPISODES
    • 18m AVG DURATION
    • 1,089 EPISODES


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    JX Arts: Roundtable discussion of music, art and culture around our region

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 29:02


    JPR's Vanessa Finney and Dave Jackson join the Exchange.

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    The JX meets with local leaders: Mayor of Phoenix, Oregon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 15:14


    Al Muelhoefer, 82, is the newly elected mayor of Phoenix, Oregon. He joins the Exchange to talk about the excitement in his city, which he describes as the "Phoenix Vibe."

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    The long and winding forestry question: roads or no roads?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 30:49


    Joining the Exchange are Congressmember Andrea Salinas (OR-6) and Haleigh Martin, Communications Manager for KS Wild.

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    Five years after Almeda fire; transitional housing; labor impact of immigration policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 15:05


    JPR's Charlie Zimmerman hosts a showcase of news features.

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    Everything you never knew about mead

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 14:29


    Lily Weichberger, owner of Oran Mor Artisan Meadery, joins the Exchange.

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    Oregon Coastal Economic Summit to discuss challenges, opportunities facing coastal regions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 30:38


    Marcus Hinz, Jeff Griffin, and Jason Giffen join the Exchange.

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    City managers of Talent and Phoenix look back and ahead, five years after Almeda wildfire

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 30:05


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

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    Crater Rock Museum is a hidden treasure in southern Oregon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 14:03


    Jillian Kettley joins the Exchange. She's the curator at the Crater Rock Museum in Central Point, Oregon.

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    JX Reads: Celebrating LatinX Heritage and Library Card Sign Up Month

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 28:25


    Kristen Anderson, Josh Letsinger and Milagros Morales join the Exchange.

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    JX Meets Local Leaders: Mayor Alexandra Stillman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 15:16


    Alexandra Stillman, Mayor of Arcata, CA joins the Exchange.

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    Commemorating five years since 2020 Labor Day fires, 80 years since WWII

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 14:00


    Charlie Zimmerman hosts a showcase of news features from around our region.

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    Buried secrets spread through the woods of Mt. Hood

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 30:43


    "Girl in the Creek" author, Wendy Wagner, joins the Exchange.

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    Sometimes heroes need champions—when stress takes toll on first responder mental health

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 15:30


    Bob Arnsmeier and Holly Migas join the Exchange.

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    Sometimes heroes need champions—when stress takes toll on first responder mental health

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 15:30


    Bob Arnsmeier and Holly Migas join the Exchange.

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    The remarkable lives of people with Down Syndrome highlighted in new book

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 15:15


    Melissa Hart visits with JX associate producer Charlie Zimmermann.

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    Feds say no to efforts to list Pacific Fisher under Endangered Species Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 14:35


    Joining the Exchange is George Sexton, Conservation Director at KS Wild.

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    How one Oregon activist is using a decades-old liberal policy to stall green energy projects

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 15:01


    OPB reporter Tony Schick joins the Exchange.

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    Greater TANF access, cash, lead to more breastfeeding and potentially better health

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 15:03


    OSU Professor David Rothwell, MSW, PhD, joins the Exchange.

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    List of vulnerable species at greatest need for conservation tops 300 in Oregon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 13:38


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

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    JX Foodie: September—it's all about endings and beginnings

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 28:35


    JX Foodies Erika Bishop and Will Smith join Mike Green in the JPR studio.

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    JX Meets Local Leaders: the mayor of Central Point, OR

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 14:50


    Mayor Taneea Browning joins the Exchange.

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    JX Meets Local Leaders: the mayor of Central Point, OR

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 14:50


    Mayor Taneea Browning joins the Exchange.

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    How did housing in Bend become so expensive?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 30:17


    Jonathan Bach joins the Exchange.

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    Medicaid cuts; safety in downtown Eugene; Oregon towns save to buy watersheds

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 14:26


    JPR's Charlie Zimmerman hosts a showcase of news features from around our region.

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    Community Foundation of the North State serves three California counties

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 15:02


    Joining the Exchange is Kerry Caranci, CEO of the Community Foundation of the North State.

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    Jacksonville's haunted history tours are back

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 14:57


    Joining the Exchange is Carolyn Kingsnorth, President of Historic Jacksonville, Inc.

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    Which abused kids in Oregon's foster care system count in the reporting data?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 14:47


    OPB's Politics Reporter Lauren Drake joins the Exchange.

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    Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read addresses the threat to Oregon's mail-in voting

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 30:32


    Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read joins the Exchange.

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    Equamore Foundation provides a sanctuary for abused horses and donkeys

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 14:19


    Peter McCarville and Jan Stover join the Exchange.

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    Connecting climate change and wildfire risk

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 14:19


    Dr. Chris Adlam joins the Exchange.

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    Edenvale Winery hosts the 2025 Oregon Honey & Mead Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 15:17


    Joining the Exchange is Dr. Sharon Schmidt, President of Cascade Girl.

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    CAL FIRE awards $5M in grants to support forest management economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 15:09


    Joining the Exchange is Asst. Chief John McCarthy of CAL FIRE's Wood Products & Bioenergy Team.

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    They're young, white, male and fascist—But, why?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 30:24


    Craig Johnson joins the Exchange.

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    News features: Divers retrieve the dead, wildfire resilience efforts delayed; tribes seek dam removal

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 14:48


    JPR's Charlie Zimmerman hosts a showcase of news features from around our region.

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    Social security turns 90 this year ... will it live to 100?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 15:21


    Stacy Larsen joins the Exchange to discuss the 90th anniversary of social security and its future.

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    Author offers advice on technology and parenting in the digital age

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 14:52


    Devorah Heitner joins the Exchange.

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    Phoenix High School back-to-school block party

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 13:35


    Kelly Soter joins the Exchange. She's the Director of Community Care and Early Learning at the Phoenix-Talent School District.

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    'Robopocalypse: the Musical!' is not your Muppet-style of puppeteering

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 14:44


    Puppeteers for Fears' Executive and Artistic Director, Josh Gross, joins the Exchange.

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    A funny, thoughtful and interesting documentary about grammar?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 30:34


    Author Ellen Jovin is the subject of Brandt Johnson's , award-winning documentary film, "Rebel With a Clause." Both join the Exchange. —

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    JX Arts: Roundtable discussion of music, art and culture around our region

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 29:10


    JPR's Vanessa Finney and Dave Jackson join the Exchange.

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    JX meets with local leaders: Yreka Mayor Colleen Baker

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 15:06


    In a continuing series, the JX meets with local leaders from around our region.

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    An infodemiologist and witch reveals the science behind false narratives

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 30:44


    Dr. Hoffman joins the Exchange to discuss her new book.

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    News showcase: Yreka homeless camp; Karuk cultural burning; saving western bees

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 14:30


    JPR's Charlie Zimmermann hosts a showcase of news briefs from around our region.

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    Student engineers build custom car for four-year-old

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 15:04


    Joining the Exchange are Dr. Kristi Lebkowsky, a teacher at Henley, and Layne Worrell, a student who participated in the project.

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    'Follow the money' in the Epstein case with Senator Ron Wyden

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 15:03


    Senator Ron Wyden joins the Exchange.

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    Yasui Family: An American story of citizenship, immigration and belonging in Oregon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 15:15


    Joining the Exchange is Megan Lallier-Barron, Curator of Exhibitions at the Oregon Historical Society.

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    Third Annual Archaeology Night at Hanley Farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 14:35


    Chelsea Rose, Director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA), and Katie Johnson, a research archaeologist and principal investigator at SOULA, join the Exchange.

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    Women-led video game tech company is headquartered in southern Oregon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 25:53


    Co-founder and CEO Jessica Murrey joins the Exchange to discuss her groundbreaking impact in the digital tech gaming industry.

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    Before 'Air' Jordan, Nike was all about 'Pre'

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025 29:55


    Brendan O'Meara joins the Exchange to discuss his new book, "The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine."

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    Adverse health impacts of wildfire smoke on adults and children

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 15:02


    Gabriela Goldfarb, the Environmental Health Section Manager for the Oregon Health Authority, joins the Exchange.

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    'The Old Maid and the Thief' performs in Grants Pass

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 14:41


    Kristin Ryerson, one of the directors of One Eleven Theatre joins the Exchange.

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