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:

 Journalist Embeds With White Supremacists | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2487

White supremacist groups seemed far from the American mainstream when Vegas Tenold embedded himself in the groups six years ago. The country changed a bit since then, with far-right and alt-right groups feeling emboldened, coming into the sunlight. The tactics have changed, but the views have not: the groups still believe the white race is under attack. Vegas Tenold wrote a book, Everything You Love Will Burn: Inside the Rebirth of White Nationalism in America .

 California Considers Permanent Drought Restrictions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1314

California suffered through years of drought, and implemented restrictions on water use. Then the rains came--a year ago--and the restrictions came off. Now the state appears headed for another drought, and there is talk of making water restrictions permanent. The state Water Resources Control Board hasn't gotten there yet, but plans are on the table. That has the attention of water users and people who work on their behalf. Christopher Neary is a water rights attorney in Northern California;

 The Ground Floor: Ashland's FlowJo | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1044

Fans of track and field perk up at the mention of "FloJo." The late Florence Griffith-Joyner's records in the 100 and 200 meter races still stand. But FlowJo , based in Ashland, is a different entity entirely. We get to hear how different, in this month's edition of The Ground Floor, our business segment. FlowJo is in the flow cytometry business, helping biology researchers work with single cells with the use of lasers and computers. Mike Stadnisky is the CEO of the company, now a subsidiary of

 Back To Bible Basics: New Testament In New Translation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2468

We talk to the authors of many books on The Exchange. But never have we talked to the authors of The New Testament. And yes, of course, that streak continues. But David Bentley Hart has just published a new translation of the newer half of the Bible. The New Testament: A Translation goes back to the original language, and publishes it quite literally, with the mistakes and contradictions left intact.

 Animals Change (Even Colors) With Climate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1341

The snowpack numbers tell us that streams may flow a little more slowly in the coming dry season. But there are other things to consider when there's less snow (besides fewer days of skiing), like the effects on animals. An animal that has evolved to blend in with snow will stick out like a snowy thumb on a bare landscape. Scientists at the University of Montana looked into this, to see how rapidly evolution might progress in the face of climate change. Hares in brown and white are the study

 Why Housing Got So Expensive In Oregon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1025

In Western Oregon, it's the story in place after place: too many people for too few houses. Low vacancy rates drive up both housing costs and homelessness. Josh Lehner in the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis knows the numbers well.

 Exchange Exemplar: Boosting Your Creativity, Anytime | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2460

Maybe you're the kind of person who needs coffee and/or orange juice before the creative juices start flowing. You can change, you know. Danny Gregory, who comes across like walking caffeine, shares his energy and enthusiasm about creativity in a book called Art Before Breakfast: A Zillion Ways to be More Creative No Matter How Busy You Are . He joined us in 2015, and we happily revisit our interview, filled with ideas for squeezing some time out of our schedules to express our creative sides.

 Medford Eye Doctor Brings Cataract Care To Himalayas | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1035

When you live up where the air is thin and the sun is closer, cataracts can be much more common. So the people who live in Nepal are prone to blindness from cataracts, a condition that can be corrected by relatively inexpensive surgery--still too expensive for most of the people in that poor country. So the Himalayan Cataract Project was born to bring the surgery to the people, and Dr. Matt Oliva from Medford's Medical Eye Center is part of the team.

 Stories Of Southern Oregon: Peter Sage On The Farm | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1339

We knew Peter Sage was an institution, but that only scratched the surface. The longtime friend and contributor to JPR can trace family on his farm along the Rogue River back to the 1880s. And several ancestors were highly influential in the valley; his aunt Mae Richardson got a school named after her, for one example. Stories of Southern Oregon , produced by Maureen Battistella, this month focuses on Peter Sage, his century farm near the Table Rocks, and the family that inhabited that farm over

 California Explores More Groundwater Recharge | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1310

Winter just hasn't measured up in precipitation so far, raising drought concerns in both states. California, which grows so much of the country's food, continues to look for new strategies to hedge against drought. Among them: groundwater recharge, putting surface water into underground aquifers when there's a storm or other surface-water surplus.

 Mental Health Needs Rise Faster Than Workforce | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1032

The Affordable Care Act--Obamacare--put mental health care on par with physical health, as far as health insurance goes. But insurance does not automatically mean a lot of providers are available. And a recent report shows a shortage of mental health (behavioral health, in their lexicon) workers in California. Janet Coffman at the University of California-San Francisco led the reporting team; she joins us.

 The Report On Black Riots That Called Out White Racism | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2454

For a "post-racial" society, we sure talk about race a lot. And not for the first time. 50 years ago, a commission appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to investigate the 1967 race riots issued a report that shocked just about everyone and produced little to no action. Historian Steven Gillon pulls off that scab in his book Separate and Unequal: The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism .

 SOU Professor Boosts Education In Africa | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1020

Education is not easy in the war-torn Central African Republic (CAR). BBC News calls it "the country where teachers have disappeared." Southern Oregon University professor Bryce Smedley recently returned from a trip to CAR to assess educational needs and help train teachers. And the work doesn't end now that he's home... Smedley gets his education students at SOU involved with the teachers-in-training back in Africa.

 Behind Oregon's New Drug Price Transparency Bill | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1068

The Oregon Legislature is not quite as party-divided as Congress, but there's still not a great deal of cooperation between parties. So it's notable that legislators of both parties sponsored HB 4005 , an effort to keep drug prices from rising too quickly. The bill requires drug companies to report the costs of research, so at least pricing decisions will be transparent. Republican Senator Dennis Linthicum from Klamath County sponsored the bill in the Senate with Democrat Lee Beyer.

 Feel What's Real: Inside Empathy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2467

Even the use of the very word "empathy" can produce some interesting gut-level reactions. Some people feel the need to delve deeper; others just snicker. Empathy--the ability to sense what other people feel emotionally--is a handy skill, and helpful in many situations. But it is often misunderstood as well. Cris Beam puts a journalists on fact and myth, theory and practice in the book I Feel You: The Surprising Power of Extreme Empathy .

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