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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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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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19:53

Portland-based photographer explores what it means to...

The Evergreen ·

2025/02/10

Photographer Esther Godoy identifies as butch or masculine-of-center. She grew up in Australia and came to Portland more than a decade ago. She says she saw a distinct difference in how her masculine way of presenting herself was received in Portland compared to her hometown in a suburb of Melbourne. She credits the queer community she found in Portland with helping her embrace her butch identity and serving as the inspiration for her multimedia project called “Butch Is

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24:05

At Work With a haunted house actor, a Zamboni driver...

The Evergreen ·

2025/02/03

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 go to work with a haunted house actor, a Zamboni driver and an outreach worker who helps homeless families access stable housing.For our “At Work With” series, let us know who you want to hear from next! You can also send us questions you have for our

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38:28

'Stop Requested' in an Oregon city near you

The Evergreen ·

2025/01/27

If you listen to OPB on the radio, you’ve heard hosts and announcers say a long list of letters and places at the end of every hour. We’re required to do this by the Federal Communications Commission - but it also gave OPB Weekend Edition host Lillian Karabaic, who’s read this roll call of Oregon cities where OPB can be heard hundreds of times, a creative idea. She and OPB video producer Prakruti Bhatt decided to go on a madcap road trip to visit every single

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27:57

Adventure cats go hiking, snowshoeing and even...

The Evergreen ·

2025/01/20

It’s pretty common to see people including their dogs in outdoor recreation activities, but a cat? That’s a different story. Oregon Field Guide producer Noah Thomas recently met some cats who go with their people on all kinds of adventures in the great outdoors. He joins us to share their stories, and we hear from some Evergreen listeners with adventurous cats.You can see the Oregon Field Guide video of adventure cats here and explore more of Oregon and Washington

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29:38

The case of the zombie newspaper in Southern Oregon

The Evergreen ·

2025/01/13

Almost every day, new articles are being posted to the website of the Southern Oregon newspaper Ashland Daily Tidings, founded in 1876. At least… that’s what it looks like. But here’s the thing: the newspaper closed down two years ago.So what’s the deal with dailytidings.com? Why do all the articles posted there seem vaguely… familiar? And who are the reporters the website claims is writing them? OPB managing news editor Ryan Haas has been

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35:08

The Pacific Northwest's most active volcano is...

The Evergreen ·

2025/01/06

You’ve probably heard of famous Northwest volcanoes like Mt. St. Helens or Mt. Hood. But did you know the region’s most active volcano is at the bottom of the ocean, three hundred miles off the Oregon coast?Scientists have been studying the Axial Seamount for decades. They predict it’ll erupt again in 2025. OPB’s science and environment reporter Jes Burns joins us to share her at-sea adventures with scientists studying the volcano. For more cool PNW

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25:01

Salmon Wars

The Evergreen ·

2024/12/30

If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you’ve probably heard a lot about salmon — how important they are to this region, and how much trouble they’re in now. But the history lessons many of us have learned are not the whole story. Tony Schick is an investigative reporter for OPB and ProPublica. He’s done a lot of work to uncover and understand a far more sinister version of events. Along the way, he connected with Indigenous local Randy Settler and his

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37:21

This place we (still) call home

The Evergreen ·

2024/12/23

We’ve come a long way since launching The Evergreen in February 2024, when we set out to make a weekly podcast for OPB about the beautiful and complex place we call home: the Pacific Northwest. As the year comes to a close, we’re listening back to our very first episode! It’s a reflection on the idea of home itself. What makes where you live your home? What is it that makes us feel at home here? Is it a place, a person, a memory, a sound, even a smell? And

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37:56

Jazz is alive in Portland, Oregon

The Evergreen ·

2024/12/16

OPB’s partner station, KMHD Jazz Radio, has been celebrating its 40th birthday this year. So we’re using the milestone of this anniversary to look back at Portland’s birth and evolution as a jazz town. When you think of jazz, perhaps its birthplace, New Orleans, or New York City first come to mind. But Portland’s been attracting jazz stars and fostering local jazz talent for practically a century, and is home today to a vibrant local scene that’s

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21:47

Should terminally ill patients receive in-home...

The Evergreen ·

2024/12/09

Oregon law allows psilocybin therapy in licensed service centers. But what if you’re too sick to go to one? Could a licensed psilocybin facilitator come to your home and provide therapeutic services for you there? Oregon law says no. But a group of facilitators are now fighting to change that. Science journalist Jane C. Hu has been following an effort by four licensed facilitators to expand access to psilocybin therapy in Oregon and she brings us more details about this

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21:14

OK Theatre celebrates music in rural Oregon

The Evergreen ·

2024/12/02

The town of Enterprise, nestled in the northeastern corner of Oregon, has a population of about 2000 people and it’s pretty isolated. (You have to go 60 miles to get to the nearest traffic light.) Ten years ago, Darrell and Christi Brann bought the 100-year-old OK Theatre in Enterprise and began reimagining it as a live music venue. Now, they’re able to attract world-class talent as well as local up-and-comers to this historic theater. OPB’s Oregon Art Beat

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17:38

Sasquatch museum exhibit focuses on Indigenous...

The Evergreen ·

2024/11/25

Central Oregon’s High Desert Museum’s exhibit called “Sensing Sasquatch” is interactive and multidimensional. It includes larger-than-life installations, a soundscape that evokes both the natural world and supernatural elements, and artwork that visitors are encouraged to touch and smell. The exhibit showcases Native American interpretations of the being known as Sasquatch, Bigfoot or “the big guy.” We hear from three of the artists: Charlene

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32:55

Oregon’s old forests keep getting cut down, despite...

The Evergreen ·

2024/11/18

Oregon’s old forests keep getting cut down, despite Biden’s promise to protect themEpisode description: On Earth Day in 2022, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to protect mature and old growth forests on federal lands. But over two years later, these forests were still being cut under the Biden administration's watch. Nearly the same amount as they were under Trump — who will take office again next year and could undo some of his predecessor's

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34:51

Behind the camera lens with OPB’s Photo Editor

The Evergreen ·

2024/11/11

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. And that’s never been more true than in our fractured-attention-span, doom-scrolling age. People can process an image in as little as 13 milliseconds — and that often means deciding whether to read the story below that image - or not - exactly that quickly. So the choices journalists make about what image to put with a story really matter. But they can also be super complicated. OPB’s Photo Editor Kristyna

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23:45

Oregon women fought for decades to access their right...

The Evergreen ·

2024/11/04

This election season, we’re looking back at the fight for women’s suffrage. When Oregon became a state, only white men could vote. Women worked for more than four decades to get men to vote for their rights. Racism hampered the movement, as many white women didn’t want to work with women of color in their activism. Black women formed their own groups and pushed hard for ballot access. Only then did the movement have enough momentum to succeed. Oregon women won

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26:36

Drug recriminalization in Oregon is an ongoing...

The Evergreen ·

2024/10/28

It’s been a little over a month since Oregon officially ended its experiment with drug decriminalization. Now, there’s a new set of experiments going on around the state. When people are caught with small amounts of illegal drugs, the consequences depend on a variety of factors, including what county they happen to be in. Some counties have gone back to charging people who are caught with small amounts of illegal drugs, while others are trying to connect people with

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24:16

All about Oregon’s animation magic

The Evergreen ·

2024/10/21

This week, we’re talking all about Oregon’s award-winning animation scene. Just think of Coraline, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio and Will Vinton Studio’s California Raisins ad from 1986.OPB’s Oregon Art Beat producer Eric Slade helped make a documentary about that state’s animation industry, and he’s here to break down how creators have established the state as a reigning animation powerhouse that’s influencing the art

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35:27

Presidential sleepover leaves lasting memories

The Evergreen ·

2024/10/14

When President Jimmy Carter traveled, he sometimes stayed in people’s homes. This started as a way to save money when he was running for Georgia governor, but he continued these home visits even after being elected to America’s highest office. He stayed with at least eight different families around the country, one of which was in Oregon. Producer Nora Colie was six years old when President Carter came to stay with her neighbors, the Olson family. She recently

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27:43

At Work With a burlesque performer, private...

The Evergreen ·

2024/10/07

For our latest “At Work With” episode, where we talk to Pacific Northwesterners with cool jobs and ask them your questions about what it’s like to do what they do, we bring you along as we go to work with a burlesque performer, private investigator and Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). For our “At Work With” series, let us know who you want to hear from next! You can also send us questions you have for our next “At Work With”

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