Chelsea and Douglas Wilson and Katie Wynia from Portland State University, who lead the dig team at Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River, across from Portland.

Obama was the first Black American president, Merkel the first former East German to lead the unified Germany. Claudia Clark tells the story in Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel.

The Rogue Valley Chorale is celebrating two major events: the 50th anniversary of the group, and the appointment of a new Music Director, Jerron Jorgensen. He visits to talk about his role with the chorale, along with the group's Executive Director, Brad Nelson.

Lynn Kunstman of Jackson County Master Gardeners joins us for a gardening Q&A, weekly during the growing season.

Harvard Graduate Patrick Schmidt tells the story in his book Harvard's Quixotic Pursuit of a New Science: The Rise and Fall of the Department of Social Relations

Ashleigh Theberge, Juan Carlos Sanchez and Dakota Kennedy from University of Washington collect blood samples to study smoke exposure.

Dr. Jim Shames, now retired as Jackson County Medical Director and Dr. Pat Luedtke, the Lane County health officer on the issues of the moment with our various disease outbreaks and health challenges.

The numbers of climate-displaced people grow into the billions, says science journalist Gaia Vince. She fills out the picture in the book Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World.

PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk talks about recent animal studies, and how they might inspire us to be kinder to animals, even if we do eat them and wear them.

Tanya Lewis, senior health and medicine editor at Scientific American, explores parallels between the slow health response to COVID with the early days of monkeypox.