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We talk with KLCC's Rebecca Hansen-White about her interview with Dr. Miriam Mickelson, superintendent of Eugene's 4J schools about a looming budget crisis. And then we take a look back on some of our favorite conversations on Oregon On The Record in 2025.

On this edition of Oregon On The Record, Laura Lee, the new managing director of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts, discussed her vision and strategies for the venue. With a background in managing theaters in Seattle and producing sports events, Lee emphasized the importance of community engagement and breaking down barriers to make the Hult Center a hub of Eugene's arts ecosystem.

Viz City's Sandy Brown Jensen explores Eugene's vibrant Native American arts community during Heritage Month, featuring the wishing tree exhibit at the Don Dexter Gallery, the ancestral works of Ka'ila Farrell-Smith at the Hult Center, and the powerful spirit animals of Rick Bartow.

She is the principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Britain. She was the first woman ever to be named principal conductor of a major British orchestra. Since 1993, Alsop has also been music director of the Colorado Symphony, where her programming won several national awards. She has had guest appearances with many orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony and the symphony orchestras of Toronto, Atlanta, Houston, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. She was a protigi of Leonard Bernstein. Her newest recording with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, etc.

Recorded on: 7/25 2014Air Date: 7/28 2014For many years, the Whiteaker neighborhood was perceived as Eugene’s poorest, most dangerous, and funkiest. But…

Oregon passed Measure 110 back in 2020 to decriminalize possession of some drugs. Today however, some groups are pushing back and saying that Measure 110 went too far and point to it as a reason why overdoses are on the rise. Yet a study by epidemiologists of the measure that's not the case.Today on Oregon On The Record, We’ll talk with an author of that study, Corey Davis, an assistant clinical professor at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine and Eugene Police Officer Brad Hanneman who have divergent views on Measure 110. We’ll also talk with Ben Botkin, a reporter with the Oregon Capital Chronicle about potential changes to the measure that the legislature is considering.

Today on Oregon On The Record you’ll hear from two leaders in our community who work exceptionally hard to teach about the history of black people in our state – to both understand and remember all of the pain and suffering, yet also to celebrate the joy and triumphThey run the Black Cultural Initiative in Eugene and their goal is to cultivate a healthy and connected Black community by creating welcoming spaces that attract Black people, while also centering and celebrating black culture. You’ll hear how and why what they do is so important to all of us.

Meet Gary Spalter, musical director at the Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center.

On this edition we talk with JoJo Breslin of "Scramazon" and Ruth Wren of Stop Amazon who want to keep the corporate giant's proposed fulfillment center out of Eugene. And we talk with Wesley Binder of OSU about a new study which shows how wolf recovery in Yellowstone is changing the behavior of other apex predators like cougars.

Meeting Date: December 19th, 2014Air Date: December 22nd, 2014Gifts to the City returns for another year. The City Club of Eugene's annual program…