The Jefferson Exchange
NEWS & INFORMATION: MON-FRI • LIVE 9AM | REBROADCAST 8PM
The Jefferson Exchange is JPR's live interactive program devoted to current events and newsmakers from around the region and beyond.
Click here to suggest a segment.
To participate in the program, email JX@jeffnet.org.
Latest Episodes
-
Abigail Lewis, founder and executive director of Golden Rule ReEntry, and Brandi Ferreira, a career pathways case manager, describe the process of integrating formerly incarcerated people back into the local community.
-
Oregon Tech professor of economics Hallie Neupert describes the campus innovation clinic, "Ready, Set, Innovate" that she leads alongside student-mentor Brooke Riche.
-
The JPR news team discuss results of the 2026 midterm elections across southern Oregon and northern California.
-
Mental Health Matters host Andra Hollenbeck discusses Oregon's updated "Crisis to Care" guide with Chelsea Holcomb, the Oregon Heath Authority's director of child, family, and lifespan services.
-
Underground History host Chelsea Rose uncovers the hidden story of a pioneer in Black land ownership in Oregon with Zachary Stocks, director of Oregon Black Pioneers.
-
Marbled murrelets carry fish to chicks in Pacific Northwest forests. OSU researchers study how fewer deliveries can extend their exposure to predators.
-
Historian Laura Ahearn traces connections among Southern Oregon outlaw cases, including ties to local families and support that was not always voluntary.
-
An anonymous donor's $390,000 gift will help pay for transportation, operations and outdoor improvements at a larger Grants Pass teen center.
-
Learn what a Mount Shasta mushroom guide brings into the woods and how Southern Oregon ski racers build strength and balance before winter arrives.
-
Mayor Maureen Weathers discusses how Dexter Lake, local traditions and development fit into her vision for the Oregon community southeast of Eugene-Springfield.
-
Explore Oregon’s 2nd District race, financial aid barriers for LGBTQ+ students, ranchers’ voting decisions and arrests at a University of Oregon event.
-
Ashland author Max Doty makes his traditional publishing debut with “The House That Eats the Dead,” a horror novel about a home with a sinister appetite.