Paid Leave Oregon already has a director in the person of Karen Humelbaugh and a deputy director in Juan Serratos, who join us to answer the questions about the new system.

Kairos has long looked after the needs of young people with behavioral problems in several parts of western Oregon. Sarah Hollingworth brings an overview of the Kairos approach and the issues being seen currently.

Karen Bakker, a technology entrepreneur, pulls the curtain on sound in the book "The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants."

At 8: Psychologist Katherine Kinzler says judging people by accents and other features of speech can become a significant social justice issue. How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do—And What It Says About You.At 9: Helena Dea Bala on her book Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers.

At 8 - Bertie Simmons's book Whispers of Hope: The Story of My Life | At 9 - Political historian Julian Zelizer's book Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party.

Jackson County Library Executive Director Ginny Auer visits to talk about the mission and the needs still to be met.

Food safety needs to extend beyond the big meal, because you'll probably have those leftovers hanging around for several more days, at a minimum. We chat with a USDA rep about making only happy food memories on this or any holiday.

Julia Turshen, who is so big on dressing up previously-served meals that she wrote a cookbook about them, called Now & Again: Go-To Recipes, Inspired Menus + Endless Ideas for Reinventing Leftovers.

Nik Wiman is an Associate Professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences at OSU about the population of brown marmorated stink bugs exploded this year, possible due to the long, wet spring. Now the insects pose risks to some of the crops that bring in the bucks for Oregon farms and orchards.

RA encourages people to get involved in land-use planning. You never know what the people down the street might want to build.