This Place

This week we hear from Valerie Howe in Spray.

This week we hear from Joanie Lindenmeyer in Brookings

This week we hear from Pepe Moscoso, owner of Blind Insect Gallery in Portland.

This week we hear from Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong, executive director of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon in Portland.

This week we hear from Nancy Chapin of the 82 Roses Community Enrichment Coalition on 82nd Avenue in Portland.

This week we hear from writer Robert Leo Heilman in Roseburg.

This week we hear from Christina DeVillier in Lostine.

This week we hear from Teresa Stover in Grants Pass. 

This week we hear from Chandler McFall in Siskiyou County, California.

This week we hear from Amy Frey in Tulelake, California.

This week we hear from Uvaldo Hernandez of White Salmon, Washington.

This week we hear from Russell Hill in Clark County, Washington.

This week we hear from Mohsin Jamal in Salem.

Today we hear from Karen McKillip in St. Paul.

This week we hear from Hilda Leon in Terrebonne.

This week we hear from Tanya Foughn in Vale.

This week we hear from Megan Fehrman in the Applegate Valley.

This week we hear from Tony Salvador in Cedar Mill.

This week we hear from Marlin in Albany.

This week we hear from Leslie Palotas in Lincoln County

This week we hear from artist Paul Bennett in Sisters, recorded at the 2024 Sisters Festival of Books.

This week we hear from Alsea Morton at the Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area Overlook, outside La Grande.

This week we hear from Damaris Hernandez of Corvallis.

This week we hear from Bob Kruger of Sisters, recorded at the 2025 Sisters Festival of Books.

This week we hear from Carolyn Gabrielson of Black Butte Ranch, recorded at the 2025 Sisters Festival of Books.

This week we hear from Caela McKeever of Bend, recorded at the 2025 Sisters Festival of Books.

This week we hear from painter Patricia Baehr-Ross in Mount Vernon.

This week we hear from Patrick Sweeney, a retired mortician in Heppner.

Today we hear from Berenice Chavez Meraz at Spillway Park in Umatilla.

Today we hear from John Marble at Lazy M Ranch in Crawfordsville.

This week we hear from Rob Lane, owner of Lane Farms in La Grande.

This week we hear from Sarah Ross at her ranch in Scio.

This week we hear from Gabby Bay at the Gilbert House Children's Museum in Salem.

This week we hear from Kim Voelz owner and winemaker at K Voelz Wines in La Grande.

This week we hear from Madeline Lau, owner of the Kokanee Inn in Joseph.

This week we hear from Oregon's Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, in Bend.

This week we hear from Joaquín Lara Midkiff in Salem.

This week we hear from Chris Guyer in Lostine.

This week we hear from Marcus LeGrand, a college administrator and school board member in Bend.

This week we hear from Nick and Angie Lunde in Joseph.

This week we hear from Katie Kulla at her family farm on Grand Island in Yamhill County.

This week we hear from Jamie Kish in Yachats.

This week we hear from David Harrelson at his tea garden in Dundee.

This week we hear from Enrique Sanchez Rodriguez, who leads the culinary team at Local Ocean in Newport.

This week we hear from Matt Allen, a beekeeper living in Kimberly, on the banks of the John Day River.

This week we hear from Aleksandr Chernousov, formerly of Moscow, now living in Beaverton.

This week we hear from Kerri Latshaw, a language arts teacher living in Dayville.

This week we hear from Laura Anderson, founder of Local Ocean in Newport.

This week we hear from Dan Haag in Nehalem.

This week we hear from artist David Seacord in Prairie City.