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On this edition we talk with Oregon Senator Ron Wyden after his recent calls for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. to resign or be fired.

On this edition we talk with Julia Shumway, editor-in-chief of the Oregon Capitol Chronicle to get the latest on national guard troops deploying to Portland at the behest of President Trump and we talk with Alex Zielinski of OPB about accusations that ICE is violating the civil rights of protesters, also in Portland.

On this edition we talk with Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai, US District Court Judge for the District of Oregon. Kasubhai is the first Asian American lifetime judge and first Muslim lifetime judge in the District of Oregon. Kasubhai is the third Muslim lifetime judge in our nation’s history.

On this edition, we talk with Lauri Holts, an ecologist with the City of Eugene about the amazing, and fragile ecosystem that is the Delta Ponds watershed in the city.

On this edition we talk to Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley about the government shutdown and the proposal of federalized troops in Oregon, and then we change gears and talk with KLCC arts and culture reporter, Kendra Schertell about fun activities for fall.

Oregon Rainmakers' conversation with Orchid Health Founder and CEO Orion Falvey, about his company’s efforts to bring healthcare clinics to rural parts of Oregon, and the industry’s current challenges.

On this edition we talk to two different leaders about the impacts of the federal government shutdown. First, we talk to Scott Cooper the head of NeighborImpact, the large food bank and services provider in Central Oregon. Then we check in with US Senator Jeff Merkley from the nation's capitol. Both talk about how the shutdown and slowdown of SNAP benefits are hurting people on the local level, and the national level.

On this edition, we talk with Sophia Patel, Founder of Fun.Found (Functional Foundations Pediatric Services) a Eugene nonprofit helping children with mobility and other physical challenges. We also speak with Bo Johnson, a Seattle-based comic making appearances this weekend at Olsen Run in Eugene.

On this edition, we talk with Senator Ron Wyden about the federal government shutdown and the need to restore SNAP benefits, as well as our own reporter, Julia Boboc about the senator's recent press conference with Representative Val Hoyle.

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.