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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


    • Oct 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • daily NEW EPISODES
    • 18m AVG DURATION
    • 1,110 EPISODES


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    Thousands expected to pour into Talent, Oct 4, for the annual Harvest Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 14:45


    Joining the Exchange is Ana Byers, an event coordinator with the 2025 Talent Harvest Festival.

    California child care providers win key provisions in contract negotiations

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 11:50


    Pamela Rocha joins the Exchange to discuss the details.

    Oh, for pets sake: the state of animal welfare in the Rogue Valley

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 14:46


    Laurie Cuddy and Megan Ayars join the Exchange.

    Oregon Community Foundation is one of the nation's largest with a priority lens on Oregonians

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 14:57


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

    Oregon lawmakers save nearly 500 ODOT jobs during special session

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 14:31


    OPB reporter, Dirk Vanderhart, joins the Exchange to shed light from his reporting on the special session of the Oregon legislature.

    Oregon lawmakers save nearly 500 ODOT jobs during special session

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 14:31


    OPB reporter, Dirk Vanderhart, joins the Exchange to shed light from his reporting on the special session of the Oregon legislature.

    Oregon AG responds to Trump sending troops to Portland

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 15:08


    Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joins the Exchange.

    'America Road Trip Project' arrives in Ashland

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 29:05


    C.J. Hopkins joins the Exchange with his photographer Hugo Fernandez and event producer Margaret Anna Alice.

    JX Meets Local Leaders: Mayor of Mt. Shasta, CA

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 15:00


    John Redmond, mayor of Mt. Shasta, CA joins the Exchange.

    Oregon musician leads clarinet festival; Idaho's first movie; dance group connects Latine kids with their culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 15:26


    What does White American colonialism look like through the eyes of the colonized?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 30:51


    Joseph Lee joins the Exchange to discuss his new book.

    There are only 15 museum zoos in the United States—one is in Bend

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 14:57


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

    Wash, rinse, repeat: Are we witnessing a 21st century version of the McCarthy era?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 30:43


    Clay Risen joins the Exchange to discuss his latest book.

    Shaping Ash—Coming to terms with the Almeda Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 30:14


    Podcast creator Ro Ruikis joins the Exchange to discuss their recently completed five-year project, Shaping Ash, about what happened to their family and neighbors when the Almeda Fire ripped through their community.

    15th Annual SOPride Festival 2025 —Celebrating love, community and pride

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 15:00


    Gina Duquenne and Jolie Balocca join the Exchange.

    Center for Biological Diversity sues to protect Oregon's red tree voles

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 14:16


    Ryan Shannon, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, joins the Exchange.

    Education Dept defunds programs for deafblind students due to DEI concerns

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 14:58


    Joining the Exchange to discuss the latest development in this news is Jennifer Smith Richards, a reporter at ProPublica.

    Beware: Biting mosquito detected in Ashland

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 15:02


    Joining the Exchange is Andrew Partin, a vector ecologist with the Jackson County Vector Control District.

    Why would anyone want to lead an institution of higher education today?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 29:57


    Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum joins the Jefferson Exchange.

    Why would anyone want to lead an institution of higher education today?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 29:57


    Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum joins the Jefferson Exchange.

    Community Foundation of the North State serves three California counties

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 15:02


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

    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.

    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."

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    How did housing in Bend become so expensive?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 30:17


    Jonathan Bach joins the Exchange.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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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