The Jefferson Exchange show

The Jefferson Exchange

Summary: JPR's live call-in program devoted to current events and news makers from around the region and beyond.

Podcasts:

 Understanding The Game The World Loves | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2206

The world says "football," and we say "soccer." We say "football," and the world says "huh?" Our version of football--pointy-ended ball and helmets--is not played in much of the world. But soccer is the most popular sport in the world (under the name football). And billions of people around the world will be watching the World Cup coming this summer, the quadrennial world championship. Where DID soccer come from, and how did it get so popular everywhere but here? Answers to these questions and

 Southern Oregon Stories: Growing Up Applegate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 946

It helps understand our region and its history when people take the time to jot down a few notes. Annice Olena Black comes from a family of historians who recorded tales of people and places in the Applegate Valley around Ruch. Annice is the focus of this month's edition of Stories of Southern Oregon . She has many stories of her own to tell about her parents and their writing, including a book.

 Comparing Stubs: Equal Pay Day | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1099

Got 20 cents? Those two dimes represent the difference between what men and women make on EVERY dollar. True: women make, on average, 80 cents for every dollar men make. The disparity is a hot topic of discussion on this day (April 10), Equal Pay Day . Oregon has some news to contribute to the day: an equal pay law passed by the legislature that goes into effect at the beginning of next year.

 Long Bike Ride Leads To Ashland Festival Film | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1271

"Get Your Kicks on Route 66," an old song says. We're betting the song is familiar to Christopher Briscoe and his son Quincy. They took the famed highway of the song for a cross-country ride. Not a drive, a ride... a 2700-mile bicycle ride that took them nearly two months. It's the subject of their film "The Road Between Us." Who did they meet and what did they see and why do it in the first place? All topics for discussion as the Briscoes visit the studio before their film screens at the

 Ashland Actor Makes Movie About Meeting Actors | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 657

Maybe you saw a play so good that you just HAD to talk to the actors when it was over. Maybe you even uttered the phrase "you were so good," and then moved on. Ashland actor and filmmaker Mig Windows imagines such a meeting in her short film "You Were So Good," screening this week at the Ashland Independent Film Festival (April 12-16).

 Solving Environmental Issues From The Humanities | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 889

Technology may yet help us avoid the worst of climate change. But there are plenty of people who think it'll take more than science to solve the problems. Because humans come with multiple skill sets. The Center for Environmental Futures at the University of Oregon examines environmental issues from a humanities perspective. Professor Stephanie LeMenager is one of the co-directors for the center.

 AIFF Prepares To Light Up Screens In Two Towns | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1127

Check out the people blinking at the daylight in downtown Ashland starting next weekend. Chances are their eyes are light sensitive from sitting in the dark, watching movies. The Ashland Independent Film Festival returns for another extended weekend of film viewing and presentations by filmmakers. And this year AIFF expands to a handful of events in Medford.

 Standing On The Church-State Line | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2210

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The first sentence of the first amendment to the Constitution lays out the fundamental position on the state's dealings with religion--state in both senses. But like the rest of the Constitution, it is written vaguely enough for some interpretation. So there's a constant back-and-forth about how MUCH room is needed between church and state. The name of Rob Boston's group is clear:

 Spring Has Sprung! First Friday Arts For April | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1341

Spring is in full swing as we roll out the April edition of our First Friday Arts Segment. We offer a series of chats on arts events coming to towns around the region, but it's all audience-driven: the phone calls make the segment. Call 800-838-3760 to be one of the participants; tell the audience about an event in the performing or visual arts coming soon.

 Medford Preps For Superhero Arrivals | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 826

A billion dollars. That's what the most recent superhero movie, Black Panther, made at the box office, and that was as of a month ago. Superheroes are popular all over the world, still, 80 years after Superman first put on that red cape. Southern Oregon fans of superheroes and comics generally convene later this month (April 28-29) at Medford Comic Con , presented by Jackson County Library Services and Rogue Community College. The weekend offers plenty of chances for dress-up cosplay and other

 Exchange Exemplar: Paul Ehrlich On Extinctions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2314

Humans can be a bit tough on nature, to put it mildly. Paul Ehrlich generally does NOT put it mildly... he coined the term "population explosion" many years ago, and has continued to pound the point that people could lead to their own extinction, if they're not more careful. A book Ehrlich wrote with Gerardo Ceballos and his wife Anne Ehrlich brought him to the Exchange in 2015. The book is The Annihilation of Nature: Human Extinction of Birds and Mammals . It's a pretty book about an un-pretty

 How To Calm Boys Down Enough To Learn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 929

If you've ever tried to manage a roomful of boys, you know how much of a challenge it can be. Janet Allison heartily agrees. She realized from her first day teaching just how differently boys and girls move, live, and learn. So now she speaks and coaches about the best ways to educate boys, how best to work with their natural tendencies.

 Sugar Pines Enter The Ashland Watershed Mix | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1088

The best-laid plans in forest management can go awry. Even controlled burns can have unintended consequences, as happened not long ago in the Ashland Forest Resiliency project. Although a controlled burn stayed within its designated lines, a few big trees that were meant to survive did not. So project managers took up a new strategy: plant sugar pines. They used to be part of the landscape in the Ashland watershed, and fit the needs of the project--the overall intent of which is to keep

 Lower Back Pain Could Be Treated Better, Says Oregon Doc | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1363

"Ouch, my back" and its equivalent is heard frequently around the planet. By some counts, more than half a Billion people suffer from low back pain at any point in time. Treatment for low back pain can take a number of different approaches. And many of them are wrong , in the eyes of Dr. Roger Chou at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). He's part of a study team evaluating treatments like opioid painkillers.

 The Rogue Sounds Of April | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 737

We have yet to find a musical genre that Josh Gross does not like. His enthusiasm for music in all forms is infectious, and reflected in his music columns and articles in the Rogue Valley Messenger . So we borrow that enthusiasm once a month, for our own Rogue Sounds segment. Josh Gross returns to talk about the works and local appearances of a handful of bands.

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