Geoffrey Riley
Jefferson Exchange Host | ProducerGeoffrey Riley is a long-time broadcaster in the Rogue Valley, working in both radio and television. Geoff's first exposure to JPR came as a dedicated listener, then as a back-up host in 2000. He's hosted the Jefferson Exchange full-time since 2009.
Geoff values the time the Jefferson Exchange has each day to explore the issues that are important to citizens of our region with depth and detail.
Geoff is a New York native, and has done stints in broadcast news in Missouri, Alabama, and Wisconsin before his arrival in Oregon. He's a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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Alan DeBoer never really planned on becoming an Oregon state senator. But Sen. Alan Bates died suddenly in the summer of 2016, leaving a big hole and a… -
Maybe you were in an art gallery or museum and saw something that caught your eye. And ultimately, you couldn't quite figure out what you were looking at.… -
No one wants to reach a place in life where a guardian is appointed to make decisions on her or his behalf. Guardianship situations arise when the law… -
December 1st is the rough target date for the opening of Dungeness crab season in the Pacific. But it didn't open until mid-January this year, and may… -
A.W. Barnes lost his brother, Mike, to suicide 25 years ago. They had much in common, being gay brothers in a big conservative family in the Midwest. But… -
The history of science--for that matter the history of knowledge--begins with curiousity. It's what drives people to ask questions like "how do birds… -
We want to encourage kids to be creative, but yikes, that is a big paint stain on the floor! Although... that's not an issue if the paint is a certain… -
Income inequality, environmental destruction, and the constant churn of old and new jobs in the economy produce heated arguments. Many seek to assign… -
We're not done learning after high school, not by a long shot. And the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute--almost universally known as just OLLI--continues… -
The commercial image of the Christmas season is nearly impossible to live up to. All that smiling and singing and buying and wrapping and surprising can… -
Only after government pressure on the tobacco industry increased did we learn how big a fight Big Tobacco put up. The release of volumes of documents from… -
Every election, Oregon voters must wonder what all the fuss is about in most of the other states. Reports of having to show ID to vote, or waiting in long…
