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The Spring Creek Project is an innovative collaboration bringing philosophy, science, and the arts to the Oregon State University Campus. Oregon Grapevine host, Barbara Dellenback, speaks with Project Director, Carly Lettero, about residency programs, public actions, and interdisciplinary thinking the newest episode.

A conversation with City of Springfield Police Chief Andrew Shearer. Shearer was appointed to the position in March of this year and brings more than 29 years of law enforcement experience to Springfield PD. We discuss his career, his goals in leading the department and the way policing is changing with the times.

Val Hoyle, the newly elected representative for Oregon’s Congressional District 4, appeared on Oregon Rainmakers to share her plans and goals as a new member of Congress. Hoyle, who defeated Alek Scarlatos in the midterm election by a 50.7 to 43.1 percent margin, discussed the reasons she believes she won the election and also some of her priorities she will bring to Washington.

For Raj Vable, founder of Springfield-based Young Mountain Tea, his early interests were music... not tea. “I knew I would never be a big star, but music brought me into sound engineering which led to electrical engineering at the University of Michigan,” he said. While he thrived in that course of study, he also knew he wanted to do something with more connection to the environment and people.

A conversation with Frank Lawson the General Manager for the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB). EWEB is Oregon's largest customer-owned utility and provides water and electricity to the Eugene community, as well as parts of east Springfield and the McKenzie River valley area. We talk about his career, the role of EWEB in our community and what the future holds for the community's energy and water needs.

Oregon Grapevine host, Barbara Dellenback, speaks with Berta Youtie about collecting native seeds, ecosystem restoration, and the changing climate.

Oregon Grapevine host, Barbara Dellenback, speaks with Evelyn Searle Hess about her life outside of the mainstream. Evelyn and her husband chose to leave the infrastructure of city life behind, and move to the country. She has written books about that experience, and about collaboration in political movements.

Oregon On The Record spoke with those on the front lines of the restaurant business in our community and heard directly about the incredible pressure, stress, and love that they daily routine entails.

Oregon On The Record spoke with the executive director of Our Children’s Trust Julian Olsen, the nonprofit behind the lawsuit to learn about where the case stands today, and also what the future may hold.

Oregon on the Record spoke with school superintendents, nonprofits and political leaders to understand the challenges, problems and innovations within our public education system.