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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We talk with Scott Cooper, the Executive Director of NeighborImpact, the largest food bank and nonprofit in Central Oregon. He talks about what they are seeing in Central Oregon and how shocks to federal subsidies are hurting their efforts. -
On this edition we talk with Allie Yee, Interim Executive Director for Partners For A Hunger Free Oregon. She talks about their work to advocate for better food equity and for more food assistance in the state. -
On this edition we talk with Carolyn Stein, Executive Director of Food For Lane County. The organization provided more than eight million pounds of food last year, but the need remains high. -
On this edition we talk with Lauren Kessler, a local author who produced a special series on hunger for Lookout Eugene-Springfield. Kessler is a multi-book author and also a long-time volunteer for Food For Lane County's dining room. -
On this edition we talk with Ellen Dymit, an OSU researcher on a new study which explains how cats in the rainforest avoid each and competition for food. Plus, we talk with Esther Tishman of Liberty Walks who has completed her walk across America to promote civility. -
We talk with Sheryl Balthrop of the Eugene Mission and Tim Black about the Egan Warming Centers. Two institutions providing shelter and so much more. -
For Giving Tuesday we talk with Public Radio stations and entities impacted by the congressional defunding of public media. We talk with Luke Burbank of Live Wire radio, Jack Harris and Mari Bergeron of KMUN in Astoria and Sue Matters of KWSO on the Warm Springs Reservation. -
We talk with Oregon Contemporary Executive and Artistic Director Blake Shell and Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Executive Director Alison Dennis about their collaboration after Oregon Contemporary lost promised funding from the National Endowment For The Arts. Its a story of how local organizations need each other now more than ever in the shadow of shaky federal funding. -
On this edition we talk with Senator Ron Wyden about his work to restore the Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter to Newport and we talk with a member of the Lakeview town council, Jess Calvin, about a PG calendar they created to raise money for the town. -
On this edition, we talk with OPB's Elizabeth Miller and Lookout Eugene-Springfield's Lilly St. Angelo about the troublingly high absentee rate in Oregon overall and in Lane County. Some positive signs are emerging, but our state lags behind many others when it comes to students going to class.
