Chris Walker is the Jackson County Clerk, and has worked in elections for more than 30 years. She takes a few minutes out of a busy season to talk about the general conduct of elections, and some changes in laws and procedures for this election.

Diana Hartley, the founder of True Heart Training. It is a program designed specifically for people who are more sensitive than the general population, and blessed (or cursed?) with a high degree of empathy.

Racial justice advocates and Ashland City Council members go on record condemning death threats that prompted the hiring of security detail for OSF Artistic Director

ackson County Master Gardener Association's "Winter Dreams, Summer Gardens" symposium, offering a variety of short courses on gardening and related matters, this weekend (October 28-29) and next.

Doctor to Doctor segment, hosted by Rogue Valley physician Dr. Robin Miller. This time Robin brings in Angie Meeker, a pharmacy doctor (PharmD) who runs Wellness Pharmacy in Medford, a compounding pharmacy.

Courageous Discomfort: How to Have Important, Brave, Life-Changing Conversations About Race and Racism.by Shanterra McBride and Rosalind Wiseman.

Theater and immersive technology--like VR--meet starting next week (November 4-5) in Quills Fest, a project of Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Two guests from OSF lay out the offerings: Scarlett Kim, Associate Artistic Director of Innovation and Strategy, and Mei Ann Teo, Associate Artistic Director of New Work.

Judy Collins played to a big audience at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville, Judy sat down with Vanessa to talk about life and music and living well, well beyond the so-called "prime of life.

Peter Orner, an acclaimed writer of fiction, explores the power of reading in a series of essays and intimate stories that meld his life and writing with that of other writers, collected in the book Still No Word From You.

Wendy Tanner is working with some friends to build a regular swing and Lindy Hop scene in the Rogue Valley, with the Ashland Lindy Swing Society.