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‘The Evergreen’: A year after undamming the Klamath, two dams still remain
Today, we’re bringing you up to date on the Klamath River. 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 together again?

‘The Evergreen’: At Work With a haunted house actor, a Zamboni driver and a housing outreach worker
In our "At Work With" series, we talk to Pacific Northwesterners from different professions and ask them your questions about what it’s like to do what they do.

Politics Now
‘OPB Politics Now’: Previewing Oregon’s 2025 legislative session
Republicans and Democrats head to Salem for the long legislative session with many big debates looming.
‘Your Two-Spirit Aunties’ podcast confronts genocide, Trump-era challenges with humor
Shilo George and Brianna Bragg help listeners tap into humor, joy and the idea of survivance through their podcast.
‘Hush’ Episode 4: Patti
The night Harriet Thompson was murdered in 1998, her neighbor Patricia Hubbard was sitting on her porch and heard some of the tragic events. But police officers rejected her help in the case.
‘Hush’ Episode 3: The SAINTS of Salem
A police oversight board was formed in Salem after police regularly targeted people of color in their efforts to crack down on drug users in the 1990s. But the head of the police union, who investigated the murder case involving Jesse Johnson, opposed the board.
‘Hush’ Episode 1: Jesse
In 1998, police in Salem, Oregon, discovered the body of Harriet Thompson inside her apartment. And within a week, they arrested Jesse Johnson for murder.

‘Hush’: Trailer
In the first season of this new investigative podcast, we delve into the case of Jesse Lee Johnson, a Black man who lived on death row in Oregon for 17 years and pled innocent the entire time.

‘Salmon Wars’ episode 1: The family
“Salmon Wars” tells the story of salmon in the Northwest in a way you haven’t heard before — through the voices of one Yakama Nation family who have been fighting for salmon for generations. In episode 1, host Tony Schick introduces us to Randy Settler and his family.

‘The Evergreen’: This place we call home
Introducing: The Evergreen! We’re a brand new podcast from OPB about the beautiful and complex place you call home. Each week, we’ll paint audio portraits of the Pacific Northwest, through the stories of the people who live here.