Big Picture

A look back at 15 news stories that changed our world in 2015. 

We look back at some of our most memorable interviews with an eclectic mix of literary masters.

Several OPB personalities — including Dave Miller, Geoff Norcross and April Baer — will sit down and talk with authors about their recent literary works.

OPB talked with a wide-range of Oregonians — from a parent to the governor — to explore why the state's graduation rate is so low.

Thara Memory sits down for a wide-ranging — and at times feisty — conversation on race, education and jazz.

Go inside the Oregon State Penitentiary to find out about how college courses are affecting inmates.

Vampire Weekend, Sheryl Crow and Queen are just a couple of artists highlighted on OPB Music's playlist of current and former teachers who rock.

Take a remarkable trip into the depths of Oregon's remote Salmon River Gorge where kayakers plunge down towering waterfalls with no possibility of retreat.

The Clackamas River may not be as recognizable as the Deschutes, the Willamette, or the Columbia, but it's just as essential to Oregonians.

It's been a year since the country's second-biggest dam removal has freed a lost stretch of the White Salmon River in southwest Washington. Now biologists and kayakers are rediscovering this once-lost stretch of river.