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Elizabeth Quinn is a new member of the Oregon Arts Commission. She speaks with Oregon Grapevine host Barbara Dellenback about artists' residencies, arts funding, what is beauty, and the art of place.

The Portland Trail Blazers want major upgrades to the Moda Center, and taxpayers could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars. On this episode of Oregon On The Record, host Michael Dunne talks with OPB Portland city politics reporter Alex Zielinski about the arena financing deal moving through Portland City Council and Multnomah County. They cover new Blazers owner Tom Dundon, the $600 million public funding push, what the city gets in return, and whether the Blazers could leave Portland if the deal falls through.

On this edition, we ride along with Patrol Officer Alan Kawasaki of Eugene Police to learn what its like to patrol Eugene city streets on a late Friday night.

On this edition, we talk with Tia Nordstrand, who runs Kindred Matters a state-wide nonprofit that helps siblings separated by the foster care system to maintain connection through programs and camps that unite these kids for weekends and summers. We also talk to KLCC reporters Julia Boboc and Hannah Bush about helping animals through wildfire and new upgrades at the Cascades Raptor Center.

This week our quiz is all about sets of three. Will Jesse from Eugene shake, rattle, and roll his way through this quiz? Listen along and find out, and keep in mind: two out of three ain't bad!

Micro colleges offer unique educational opportunities. Jacob Hundt of Thoreau College speaks with Oregon Grapevine host Barbara Dellenback about offerings including hands on creativity, critical thinking skills, and group discussions, Micro colleges offerings can include anything from farming techniques, religious studies, philosophy, and the connection between the natural world and cultural lineage.

On this edition we talk with Jen Baires, a reporter with OPB about continuing issues of trust, and allegations of lying by a deputy at Deschutes County Sheriff's office who is running to become head of the department. We also talk to KLCC's Love Cross about her continuing Oregon Ready series.

NYT reporter Noam Scheiber joins Oregon On The Record to explain why women's workforce gains often follow job degradation, from MLB umpiring to medicine.

A new Oregon State University study shows cats are far more trainable than most people think, and the benefits go both ways. On this episode of Oregon On The Record, host Michael Dunne talks with Monique Udell, an OSU professor who directs the Human-Animal Interaction Lab, about her research on cat-child training. The study paired 36 children with developmental disabilities with their family cats for a six-week training program covering basic commands, harness training and cat body language. The results: children took on more caretaking responsibility, cats showed increased sociability, and the child-cat bond grew stronger over the following year. Udell also discusses cats' potential as therapy animals, the “adventure cat” movement, and how training can boost stimulation and welfare for indoor-only cats.

Can predators actually protect drivers? On this episode of Oregon on the Record, host Michael Dunne talks with Justin Suraci, senior scientist and director of wildlife conservation science at Conservation Science Partners, about groundbreaking research from Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Using data from 503 camera traps and 59 GPS-collared pumas, Suraci and his team found that areas with high mountain lion activity see up to a 76% drop in deer-vehicle collisions, because pumas change where and when deer roam, pushing them away from roads and into safer habitat. The conversation digs into the "landscape of fear," the $14.7 million cost of wildlife collisions on the peninsula, and why understanding the hidden benefits of large carnivores, not just the risks, matters for human-wildlife coexistence.