The Jefferson Exchange
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The Jefferson Exchange is JPR's live interactive program devoted to current events and newsmakers from around the region and beyond.
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Latest Episodes
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A new book by retired journalist Steve Law explores how the Ku Klux Klan turned prejudice and recruitment into political influence across 1920s Oregon.
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Three stories from Oregon explore a cat crisis in Eugene, preventing wildfires with fire in Mosier, learning on a Wisdom farm in Salem, and a judge protects martens from off-road vehicles.
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The literary magazine that published early work by Ken Kesey and George Saunders is back, with students helping find and publish a new generation of writers.
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Local vintners say Southern Oregon’s varied growing conditions and connections to food, recreation and the arts help distinguish the Rogue Valley.
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JPR reporters break down the latest news stories they've been working on this week.
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State leaders are considering new rules for data centers as AI drives demand for larger facilities and raises questions about energy, water and tax breaks.
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OPB's Jenn Chavez joins with Chelsea Rose, host of JPR's Underground History and director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology, to dig into the little-known stories of eastern Oregon's Chinese cowboys.
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A Cascade Girl program at the White City VA introduces veterans to tending beehives, with opportunities to continue beekeeping after treatment.
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A Cal Poly Humboldt study found barn owls can reduce rodent populations in Napa Valley vineyards while changing how the remaining pests behave.
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Experts will examine found and inherited objects as the Archaeology Roadshow brings hands-on history, exhibits and activities to Central Point.
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An Ashland librarian and bookstore owner share the books drawing Southern Oregon readers this summer, from cozy novels to mysteries and social satire.
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Myrtle Point Mayor Samantha Clayburn says jobs, affordable living and a tight housing market are key challenges as the Southern Oregon city looks to retain families.