Oregon On The Record
Monday-Thursday following the 2:00pm broadcast
On Oregon On The Record we bring you interviews and conversations about issues that matter most to western and central Oregon. From important topics in politics, the economy, education, the environment and more, Oregon on the record will move beyond the headlines and delve deeper into stories that matter to our community.
Latest Episodes
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On this edition we talk with Lisa Mensah, the President and CEO of the Oregon Community Foundation which is helping to make up funding shortfalls from the federal government to nonprofits. -
On this edition we talk with Dr. Ken Pendleton of the U of O about what the arrest of the Portland Trailblazers coach may mean for gambling in America. And we say goodbye to retiring Travel Lane County's Andy Vobora. -
On this edition we talk with David McSwain of ProPublica about their reporting which shows ICE is becoming more brutal and less accountable and we also talk with Oregon Capitol Chronicle reporter, Alex Baumhardt about what' she sees out of ICE in Portland -
On this edition, we talk to Oliver Milman of The Guardian about his article which shows that 2025 was the costliest year ever in the US for climate-related disasters, and we talk to an OSU professor, Erica Fleishman, about the impacts we see locally in Oregon. -
On this edition, we talk with Jenny Bennett, Market President for Summit Bank of Eugene; Ron Green, President & Chief Executive Officer Oregon Pacific Bank of Florence and Eugene, and Scott Bruun, president and CEO of the Oregon Bankers Association about the impact of community banking on the local economy. -
On this edition, we talk to KLCC's Nathan Wilk and Rebecca Hansen-White who have both broken and covered important stories in the community related to White Bird clinic and PacificSource. -
On this edition, we talk with Professor Nick Allen who led a national study with Google which suggests smartphone use does not negatively impact well-being. And then we check in with Esther Tishman of Liberty Walks on her cross country journey to promote civility. -
On this edition, we talk with Jill Bond the new editor of the Register Guard. She graduated from the University Of Oregon and returns to lead the newsroom during a fraught time in journalism. -
On this edition we talk with LaRonn Katchia, a documentary film maker about how Bigfoot fits in with indigenous people's culture and we speak with Khushboo Rathore, with the Oregon Journalism Project about surprising stats on dangerous jobs in the state. -
On this edition we talk with Professor Chris Goldfinger of Oregon State whose new study suggest both the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the San Andreas Fault may be linked and could activate each other for a huge seismic event.
