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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.

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 the day after Thanksgiving we're enjoying leftovers, or questions that didn't quite make the cut from other quizzes this year! Blake from Portland has a mighty appetite for knowledge; will he help us clear these questions out?

On The edition, we talk with Dr. Corynn M. Gilbert, Director of Development for Bushnell University about its acquisition of property at the former PeaceHealth Hospital in Eugene for nursing education. We also talk with Bandana Shrestha, Oregon Director of AARP about a new survey which shows the difficulty faced by people who care for family and loved ones at home.

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.

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.

Her from State Sen. Christine Drazan, a Republican who is once again going to challenge Tina Kotek for the job of Oregon Governor in the next election. We also talk with our own Arts and Culture reporter, Kendra Schertell to preview events and happenings in Oregon this holiday season.

As the craft beer industry matures, we hear from one of the state’s top breweries. Ninkasi Co-Founder Jamie Floyd takes us on a tour of the brewery to talk about what goes into making beer and the state of his industry.

Street Books brings reading material and necessities to people on the margins of Portland. Co-Director Monica Beemer speaks with Oregon Grapevine host, Barbara Dellenback, about her work helping make systemic change, and creating equity through books.