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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.

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 to Peter Alilunas a U of O film professor and why movie attendance is way down and why we should venture back to the theater. And we talk with KLCC's Rebecca Hansen-White about the deep cuts coming to Eugene schools.

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.

In this episode of Oregon Rainmakers, we head to the Eugene Family YMCA to hear how one of the area’s largest exercise facilities deals with its annual January rush.

After more than 55 continuous years, the market has helped generations of Oregon artisans and craftspeople.

We speak with Nigel Jaquiss of the Oregon Journalism Project on his story which reports that many experts believe the proposed Coos Bay shipping terminal is unnecessary, too expensive and overpromises its benefits.

On this episode, we talk with Miranda Cyr, education reporter with the Register Guard about the deep cuts being made to Springfield Schools and we also talk to KLCC's Love Cross about her new series about emergency preparedness.

On this edition, we talk with OPB's Kyra Buckley about how the new WNBA Portland Fire basketball team is coming along. They recently announced their schedule even thought they haven't signed any players as yet. Then we talk to KLCC reporters Julia Boboc and Nathan Wilk about their experience covering local protests.