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The Institute for Health and the Built Environment at the University of Oregon is on the cutting edge of making sure healthy microbes are in our buildings. Co-Director Mark Fretz speaks with Oregon Grapevine host, Barbara Dellenback, about the connection between buildings and nature. What is beyond framing and windows? He emphasizes the importance of fresh air and light to our health.

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.

This week every question has two clues, and the second answer is the first answer in Pig Latin. For example: an awkward brute, and an expenditure, would be a lout, and an outlay. Will Kurtis from Eugene successfully avigatenay our inguisticlay abyrinthlay?

On this edition we talk with Carolyn Stein, Executive Director of Food For Lane County. The organization provided more than eight million pounds of food last year, but the need remains high.

On this edition, we talk with Oregon Representative Val Hoyle about the recent violence related to federal officers and we talk to the City of Eugene's Ian Campbell about a Department of Justice investigation about a Eugene swim program.

A Tom Swifty is a particular type of pun, where a statement is followed by an adverb that is a pun of that statement, attributed to the fictitious Tom. For example: "We're all out of apples and peaches," Tom said fruitlessly. Michael from Eugene told us he likes puns... let's put that to the test.

On this edition, we talk with Alex Baumhardt of the Oregon Capitol Chronicle about Governor Tina Kotek's about-face on the transportation package, and we talk to KLCC's Zac Ziegler about the state's low snow pack.

On this edition, we talk with Chandler James of the University of Oregon and Christopher Stout of Oregon State about the huge rise in independent voters and if that could give rise to a viable third party in America.

On this edition, we talk with Oregon Speaker of the House, Julie Fahey about the upcoming legislative short session where state politicians are looking to protect Oregon from federal overreach. And we talk with KLCC's Nathan Wilk about a proposed Eugene Ordinance to stop roadside panhandling.

On this edition, we talk with Laura Jedeed, a reporter who fake-applied for a job with ICE only to discover the organization's shockingly lax hiring policies. Then we talk with Senator Ron Wyden on the year with Trump.