On this edition we talk with Senator Ron Wyden about his work to restore the Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter to Newport and we talk with a member of the Lakeview town council, Jess Calvin, about a PG calendar they created to raise money for the town.

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 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 exchange students. Iruna Chopuk is from Ukraine who stayed with a host family in Eugene, and Renata Russell, a Eugenian who studied in France. We also speak with Paul Primak, an adult volunteer with American Field Services (AFS) which helps manage the program.

On this edition, we talk with Rob Davis of ProPublica about his coverage of ICE in Portland and how Fox News is distorting the reality on the ground. And we finish up our segment with Kendra Schertell about holiday events happening in the region.

We talk to State Senator Christine Drazan, a republican who is once again going to challenge Tina Kotek for the job of Oregon Governor in the next election. We also talk with our own Arts and Culture reporter, Kendra Schertell to preview events and happenings in Oregon this holiday season.

We talk to KLCC's Rebecca Hansen-White about her coverage of a local crime ring targeting Asian American's and how the controversial Flock cameras have become a big part of the story. Then we talk to David Selinger, the CEO of Deep Sentinel, a security firm, and he talks about the right blend of new tech and old ways to prevent theft.

On this edition we talk with Rhiannon Bezore of the Oregon King Tides Project about the beauty and the danger of huge tides hitting our Oregon coast right now. They are also increasing in voracity due to climate change. Then we talk with KLCC's Nathan Wilk about the controversy over the Coffin Butte Landfill near Corvallis.

On this special Veterans Day edition, we talk to two vets who work hard to help their colleagues transition to civilian life. First we talk with Al Ezelle, Coordinator at theMaxwell Student Veteran Center on the campus of Lane Community College who helps veterans with educational opportunities. Then we talk with Dustin Paul of North Umpqua Outfitters who takes veterans on the river to find both thrills and peace.

On this edition we talk with Miranda Cyr, the education reporter at the Register Guard about her reporting on the large budget deficit for Eugene's 4J School District and the upcoming staffing cuts. We also talk to KLCC's new weekend edition host, Brianna Bowman.

On this edition, we talk with Sophia Patel, Founder of Fun.Found (Functional Foundations Pediatric Services) a Eugene nonprofit helping children with mobility and other physical challenges. We also speak with Bo Johnson, a Seattle-based comic making appearances this weekend at Olsen Run in Eugene.

On this edition we talk to two different leaders about the impacts of the federal government shutdown. First, we talk to Scott Cooper the head of NeighborImpact, the large food bank and services provider in Central Oregon. Then we check in with US Senator Jeff Merkley from the nation's capitol. Both talk about how the shutdown and slowdown of SNAP benefits are hurting people on the local level, and the national level.

On this edition, we talk with Senator Ron Wyden about the federal government shutdown and the need to restore SNAP benefits, as well as our own reporter, Julia Boboc about the senator's recent press conference with Representative Val Hoyle.

On this edition we talk with Northwest Public Broadcasting's Anna King about her new documentary: Wrecked: Sinking Ships and Colliding Cultures. The film showcases the cooperation and bloodshed between European settlers and the Indigenous People's of the coast.

On this edition we talk with Lisa Mensah, the President and CEO of the Oregon Community Foundation which is helping to make up funding shortfalls from the federal government to nonprofits.

On this edition we talk with Dr. Ken Pendleton of the U of O about what the arrest of the Portland Trailblazers coach may mean for gambling in America. And we say goodbye to retiring Travel Lane County's Andy Vobora.

On this edition we talk with David McSwain of ProPublica about their reporting which shows ICE is becoming more brutal and less accountable and we also talk with Oregon Capitol Chronicle reporter, Alex Baumhardt about what' she sees out of ICE in Portland

On this edition, we talk to Oliver Milman of The Guardian about his article which shows that 2025 was the costliest year ever in the US for climate-related disasters, and we talk to an OSU professor, Erica Fleishman, about the impacts we see locally in Oregon.

On this edition, we talk with Jenny Bennett, Market President for Summit Bank of Eugene; Ron Green, President & Chief Executive Officer Oregon Pacific Bank of Florence and Eugene, and Scott Bruun, president and CEO of the Oregon Bankers Association about the impact of community banking on the local economy.

On this edition, we talk to KLCC's Nathan Wilk and Rebecca Hansen-White who have both broken and covered important stories in the community related to White Bird clinic and PacificSource.