Southern Oregon University sends a speaker to the U.S. Senate, Josephine County Libraries consider the future, and CEOs make more than they are worth. Not a bad starting list of topics for a week of the Jefferson Exchange.
And we'll continue to add to the list.
Here's the rundown for the week so far: Monday, December 15, 2014/8:00 Roving From The Rogue To...
Farming in harmony with nature can take some special tools. Take the FarmDogg, for example. The what? It's a light duty electric all-terrain vehicle designed to get farm workers around farms. And it is the creation of Rogue Rovers, with offices in Ashland, Oregon and Brazil. Founder and CEO Melissa Brandao stops by to talk about her company and creation.
www.roguerovers.com
Monday, December 15, 2014/8:30 SOU Lauded For Sex Assault Response
The terms "sexual assault" and "campus" keep showing up in news headlines. College leaders, police and Congress are taking notice. A recent Senate hearing featured testimony from Southern Oregon University about the school's program for dealing with sexual assault. It is a partnership with City of Ashland police and the "You Have Options" program, which puts victims in control of the investigations into their assaults. The SOU officers in charge of the program visit.
http://www.sou.edu/sexual-misconduct/index.html
Monday, December 15, 2014/9:00 Boot Camp For Meaningful Life
Somehow, we've reached a point in history when people are busier than ever, yet still bored. Sounds like we could use a little meaning in our lives, a little purpose. Psychotherapist and creativity coach Eric Maisel has a few ideas on that front. He offers an eight-week course called "Life Purpose Boot Camp" to help people get more meaning out of life. The boot camp program is now available in a book of the same name, and the author joins us.
http://ericmaisel.com/
Tuesday, December 16, 2014/8:00 Building Success Through Busting "eMyths"
The idea of corporations having "personhood" raises plenty of hackles. But flip the equation around: corporations are made up of people, real people with values. The Ashland company eMyth urges small business creators to instill their values in their companies, as one of the keys to success. We hear about the eMyth process and who has benefitted from it.
http://emyth.com/
Tuesday, December 16, 2014/8:30 Back To Square One For Josephine Libraries
What next for libraries in Josephine County? They've already been shut out of the county budget and run as a non-profit for several years. And a recent vote to create a library district--as Jackson County did--failed with voters. That leaves new efforts to raise money, or budget cuts, or both. We get the story on what happens now.
http://www.josephinelibrary.org/about-us
Tuesday, December 16, 2014/9:00 Enlightening Minds In North Korea
Suki Kim is one of the few people who lives in the West and possesses good knowledge of North Korea. She's traveled there as a journalist for more than a decade, and spent time there teaching English to college students. Every day they sang a song about North Korea's leaders that is also the title of her new memoir: "Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite." We'll get a rare glimpse into the thinking of some of the pillars of North Korea when Suki Kim joins us for an interview.
http://www.randomhouse.com/book/207216/without-you-there-is-no-us-by-suki-kim
Wednesday, December 17, 2014/8:00 Moving Forward On The Elliott Forest
Oregon's Elliott State Forest will not be sold to timber companies, but it could very well get some new owner. The Oregon Land Board decided against a plan to sell the Elliott, but now a new proposal to seek another public buyer, or a public-private partnership, is in the works. Cascadia Wildlands and other groups strongly opposed the earlier sale idea. Josh Laughlin from the environmental group joins us with the rationale.
http://www.cascwild.org/
Wednesday, December 17, 2014/8:30 VENTSday
VENTSday is our weekly "opinion swarm"… we throw a pair of topics on the table, and let listeners vent--politely--on those topics. They can range from the global to the hyper-local, and all responsible opinions are welcome. We bring the topics, you bring the opinions. It's VENTSday on The Jefferson Exchange, and you participate by calling 1-800-838-3760 or emailing JX@jeffnet.org.
Thursday, December 18, 2014/8:00 Staying At Home: Project Independence
Oregon started Project Independence nearly 40 years ago, to help senior citizens stay in their homes, relatively independent. The aging of society will undoubtedly put new pressures on the program, but it just got an infusion of cash from the state legislature. State Senator Alan Bates is one of the champions of the program. He visits to talk about the workings of the project, now and in the near future.
http://www.oregon.gov/dhs/spwpd/pages/ltc/inhome.aspx#opi
Thursday, December 18, 2014/9:00 Finding CEOs Are NOT Indispensable
Remember the company that the state of Oregon is suing over the Cover Oregon failure? That's Oracle, and its president made $78 Million last year. And he's not the top-paid CEO in America. Corporations and their boards justify high CEO salaries because of how much a good CEO is worth to a company's bottom line. Lawyer and professor Michael Dorff took a look at those bottom lines. And in his book "Indispensable and Other Myths," Dorff points out that the claimed connections are overblown. Professor Dorff joins us for an interview about his research.
http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520281011
Friday, December 19, 2014/9:00 Stories Of Another Civil War
American readers have long devoured stories and books about our Civil War. Maybe it seems safe, because it was so long ago. But our planet is no stranger to civil conflicts, including the long battle between Tamil and Sinhalese factions in Sri Lanka; it only ended five years ago. Joanna Luloff spent several years in Sri Lanka as a Peace Corps volunteer; her fictionalized accounts of events and people there is contained in her book "The Beach at Galle Road." Joanna Luloff visits our studio to talk about her work.
http://www.workman.com/products/9781565129214/
