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The Evergreen

Oregon Public Broadcasting

OPB’s weekly podcast creates an audio portrait of the Pacific Northwest. We tell the stories of the people, places, communities and cultures that make up this region. It’s a podcast about the place YOU live, the places you love, and the geography you feel connected to.

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23:35

Oregon Country Fair: from hippies to belonging

The Evergreen ·

2025/06/30

At the Oregon Country Fair, there are fairies and gnomes walking around in colorful costumes. A 40-person marching band also bursts out of nowhere and plays down a path. “Feels like you stepped into a wonderland or something magical,” one fairgoer told OPB in 2024. The fair grew out of a 1960s vision of a better world: a paradise for hippies. But the history of the fair is complex. It takes place on a native ancestral gathering site. “I think there's a part of

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45:20

How DNA can unlock - or unravel - an Oregon cold case

The Evergreen ·

2025/06/23

In 1988, Deborah Atrops was reported missing to police by her husband Robert. When she was found dead, police quickly honed in on her husband as the prime suspect, but without enough evidence to charge him, the case went cold. Until more than three decades later, when Washington County prosecutors declared they’d finally solved the case, and charged Robert Atrops with Deborah Atrops’ murder — thanks, in part, to DNA.Since its introduction, DNA has been

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30:11

Class of 2025: Meet the parents

The Evergreen ·

2025/06/16

When Rodger Kennedy was 17 years old, he dropped out of high school. He worked to survive on his own.Over a decade later, right before Rodger turned 30, he decided to get his GED. He wanted to prove a point to his son Sam. “I did it to show them that it's never too late to follow through and finish that goal,” Rodger said. In this week’s episode, we finish our three-part series on OPB’s “Class of 2025.” It’s a project we created back in

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38:02

The Class of 2025: Not everyone graduates

The Evergreen ·

2025/06/09

“High school didn't really go the way I expected it,” said Leyna, who didn’t graduate with her high school class in early June.Leyna’s dad died right before her freshman year. Since then, she’s struggled to complete her work, and she switched to online school her senior year. She was dealing with some health issues and helping her mom take care of her little sister. School wasn’t her main priority. In this week’s episode, we continue

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32:46

The Class of 2025: Two cousins, different zip codes

The Evergreen ·

2025/06/02

In 2012, former Oregon governor John Kitzhaber declared an ambitious goal in his State of the State Address.“Next year’s class of kindergarten students is a benchmark,” he said. “They are the class of 2025. And 2025 is the year we’ve set to have 100 percent high school graduation in the state of Oregon.” OPB decided to document the stories of a kindergarten class on their journey all the way through high school; to capture what it’s

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26:25

Portland’s ‘frog taxi’ helps amphibians cross the road

The Evergreen ·

2025/05/26

There’s a population of Northern red-legged frogs that make their home in Portland’s Forest Park. In late winter and early spring, they come down to the nearby Harborton wetland to breed. There’s only one problem: the frogs have to cross Highway 30 to get from Forest Park to the wetland and back. About ten years ago, a local resident saw the road covered with the bodies of frogs who had tried to cross during the night and gotten squished. They alerted some

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21:15

Portland makes cool audio gear

The Evergreen ·

2025/05/19

When you hear the words ‘craft’ or ‘artisan’ mentioned together with Portland, you might tend to think of beer or coffee. But it could also easily be artisan amplifiers and handcrafted cables. From custom-made guitars to individually soldered effects pedals, the city has a vibrant boutique audio manufacturing industry closely intertwined with the local music scene.Portland writer Marc Young tells us about how Oregon became known as a place where people

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27:19

Behind the Scenes at the Oregon State Capitol

The Evergreen ·

2025/05/12

Right now, there’s a lot happening in the State Capitol that will affect all Oregonians in some way. And because it’s an odd-numbered year, which means the Oregon Legislature has a session that stretches from January to June, we’re nearing the busiest time of the legislative session. This is when lawmakers have to pass a two-year budget and, of course, some other bills that are critical to keep the state running. Podcast producer, and self-described

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26:38

How Cheese Has Shaped Oregon

The Evergreen ·

2025/05/05

World-class cheese is all around us in Oregon.From our largest cheese producers like Tillamook and Rogue, who won the world’s best cheese in 2019, to some of our smallest producers like Helvetia Creamery and Don Froylan, who won the best string cheese in the country for two years in a row. And while Oregon doesn’t produce the quantity of cheese like Wisconsin, Idaho, or other leading states do today – Oregon punches above its weight class in terms of

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22:39

At Work With a cheesemaker, a garbage collector and...

The Evergreen ·

2025/04/28

For our latest “At Work With” episode, where we talk to Pacific Northwesterners with interesting jobs and ask them your questions about what it’s like to do what they do, we bring you along as we visit a queseria where Mexican cheese is made, hit the streets at dawn with a garbage collector and meet a biologist whose job it is to protect birds at the airport.For our “At Work With” series, let us know who you want to hear from next! You can also

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21:39

Vietnamese-Americans celebrate 50 years of living in...

The Evergreen ·

2025/04/21

This month marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. It’s also the anniversary of many Vietnamese families arriving to start a new life in the Pacific Northwest. Thousands of people fled the country and became refugees in 1975, and many of those people ended up on the west coast of the United States. According to the census data, there are now more than 37,000 Vietnamese Oregonians. We’ll hear from a few of them.Van Le and Allen Luong

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36:08

The Mexican braceros who saved Northwest agriculture...

The Evergreen ·

2025/04/14

The United States’ entry into World War II presented a challenge to American farmers. On the one hand, demand for agricultural products skyrocketed. On the other hand, a dire labor shortage emerged, as tens of thousands of American farm workers joined the military and others headed from rural areas to bigger cities in search of wartime industry jobs.So, the governments of the United States and Mexico made an agreement: the creation of a program to bring Mexican workers

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30:05

A year after undamming the Klamath, two dams still...

The Evergreen ·

2025/04/07

On “The Evergreen,” we’ve talked about the history behind the largest dam removal project in the United States: the long fight over water in the Klamath basin between Tribes and farmers, the process of getting the dams out, and what dam removal means to the Tribes along the river.Today, we’re bringing you up to date. What’s on folks’ minds now that all the dams are out a year later — and what still needs to be done to piece this basin

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20:41

For some Pacific Northwest artists, food and...

The Evergreen ·

2025/03/31

Food is obviously part of our lives every day. We literally need it to survive. But it can also be an art form and serve as creative inspiration. From fifteenth century still life paintings to pop art, food and art have gone hand in hand for a long time. In this episode, we’ll introduce you to three Pacific Northwest artists whose creativity is inseparable from food.Julie Beeler is an artist and designer based in Trout Lake, Washington. She makes inks, dyes and

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36:16

OPB journalists help us make sense of federal...

The Evergreen ·

2025/03/24

It’s hard to keep up with the dizzying pace of changes being made by the Trump Administration. This episode, we take a tour of OPB’s newsroom and hear from reporters covering politics, climate, health, business and more about what those changes mean for people in the Northwest, and what it’s like to be covering them as a journalist right now.You can find even more coverage of federal policies and how they are playing out in the Pacific Northwest here. For

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35:35

In Oregon’s Hood River Valley, this Japanese American...

The Evergreen ·

2025/03/17

In the fruit orchards of the Hood River Valley, spring means rolling fields blanketed with blossoms and a view of Mount Hood that looks so close you could reach out and touch it. And at the Kiyokawa Family Orchards in Parkdale, the apples are beginning to grow. The family-owned farm was once called the best apple orchard in America, and is known for its wide selection of 125 apple varieties. The family also has an incredible local history dating back three generations, to when a

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36:52

Scientists want to use magnetic nanoparticles to...

The Evergreen ·

2025/03/10

Scientists at Oregon State University and Oregon Health and Science University have teamed up to find new ways to treat endometriosis, ovarian cancer and other health conditions using nanoparticles and magnetic fields. Joining us to tell us more about this fascinating research are OPB science reporter Jes Burns, who is also the host and producer behind the “All Science. No Fiction.” video series, and OPB cinematographer and editor Brooke Herbert. This episode was

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20:06

The quest for the quietest spot in Oregon

The Evergreen ·

2025/03/03

Quiet can be an elusive thing, especially in an urban environment. Going out into nature is a good way to escape the sounds of the city, but trails are often full of people talking, dogs barking and you can still hear road noise from a lot of parks and hiking spots. Some people even feel the need to bring a Bluetooth speaker along with them when they’re out in nature. So how can you find a place that is truly quiet? And what would that be like? Ed Jahn is the executive

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29:45

Oregon ice sculpting champs build multiton...

The Evergreen ·

2025/02/24

You might encounter an ice sculpture of a swan at a fancy banquet, or an ice luge on a night out. But have you ever seen an 18-foot-tall punk baby with a mohawk made of ice? That’s one of the massive ice sculptures dreamt up by world-class ice carver Chris Foltz. Every winter, master sculptors from across the globe converge for the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, where the temps are sub-zero, the ice blocks are sawed out of frozen ponds and the sculptures can

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24:23

How Mexican Americans in Oregon created the first...

The Evergreen ·

2025/02/17

This is the English version of this podcast episode. Haga clic aquí para escuchar en español. The 1960s was the start of the Chicano movement: El Movimiento. Activists like César Chávez and Dolores Huerta were on the front lines calling for civil rights and social justice for Mexican Americans after facing decades of discrimination. And right here in Oregon, Chicanos founded an institution that would change education for Latinos across the Pacific

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