The Evergreen

By Oregon Public Broadcasting

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OPB’s weekly podcast creates an audio portrait of the Pacific Northwest. We tell the stories of the people, places, communities and cultures that make up this region. It’s a podcast about the place YOU live, the places you love, and the geography you feel connected to.


Episode Date
REBROADCAST Unearthing the buried history of Eastern Oregon’s Chinese cowboys
Oct 19, 2026
Get ready to vote!
Oct 12, 2026
Indigenous youth climbers connect with Washington’s Mount Tahoma
Oct 05, 2026
A love letter to an Oregon mercado
Sep 28, 2026
REBROADCAST Beyond the Beats: a short history of Portland hip-hop
Sep 21, 2026
How Portland’s WNBA team won our hearts
Sep 14, 2026
Data centers are everywhere
Sep 07, 2026
Oregon’s tattoo culture is older than Oregon itself
Aug 31, 2026
‘At Work With’ a TriMet planner, a health inspector and a doula
Aug 24, 2026
“I'm literally just trying to feed my kids” - hunger in rural Oregon
Aug 17, 2026
Remembering the explorer named York
Aug 10, 2026
RETRANSMISIÓN: “No quiero averiguar si me van a meter a un centro de detención”
Aug 03, 2026
REBROADCAST: “I don't want to find out if they're going to put me in a detention center”
Aug 03, 2026
From public records requests to unearthing the past, OPB's legal team and archivist support our storytelling
Jul 27, 2026
Familia
Jul 20, 2026
The growing ‘Christian localism’ movement in Battle Ground, Washington
Jul 13, 2026
On the Portland streets, one woman found beauty in the unexpected
Jul 06, 2026
How much water from the Deschutes goes to turn the desert green?
Jun 29, 2026
Everyone watches women’s sports, and Portland is at the heart of it
Jun 22, 2026
How the Brother Jonathan became the Titanic of the West Coast
Jun 15, 2026
REBROADCAST: Marking Pride with intergenerational conversations among queer people
Jun 08, 2026
Chinese American doctor Ing Hay provided essential healthcare to Eastern Oregonians
Jun 01, 2026
A rural Oregon town is going broke. Can it be saved?
May 25, 2026
REBROADCAST: Remembering the Mount St Helens eruption and people who died on the mountain
May 18, 2026
Before astronauts went to the moon, they went to Oregon’s Moon Country
May 11, 2026
Portlanders are feeling nostalgic about the Lloyd Center mall as closure approaches
May 04, 2026
The Oregon roots of rock-n-roll
Apr 27, 2026
‘At Work With’ a food pantry worker, a park ranger and a fitness coach
Apr 20, 2026
Renée Watson grew up in Portland, then became a bestselling children's author
Apr 13, 2026
In Eastern Oregon, women powered the male-dominated lumber industry
Apr 06, 2026
Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian immigrant who changed Portland: Part 2
Mar 30, 2026
Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian immigrant who changed Portland: Part 1
Mar 23, 2026
How to take care of Oregon’s beloved Bagby Hot Springs
Mar 16, 2026
We go behind the scenes of Oregon’s short legislative session
Mar 09, 2026
Ghost town offers a window into Oregon’s multiracial logging history
Mar 02, 2026
Northwest communities are living under a government crackdown on immigrants
Feb 23, 2026
What we learned from Oregon’s most recent moment in the national spotlight
Feb 16, 2026
Como los México Americanos de Oregon llegaron a fundar el primer colegio Chicano
Feb 09, 2026
How Mexican Americans in Oregon created the first Chicano college
Feb 09, 2026
OHSU primate research center under scrutiny from scientists and activists opposed to animal research
Feb 02, 2026
Sage grouse face a new threat
Jan 26, 2026
Unearthing the buried history of Eastern Oregon’s Chinese cowboys
Jan 19, 2026
10 years after the armed occupation of Malheur Wildlife Refuge
Jan 12, 2026
The quest for the quietest spot in Oregon
Jan 05, 2026
‘At Work With’ an Oaks Park ride operator, a traffic flagger and a rancher
Dec 29, 2025
Rick Bartow, a small-town Oregon kid who became an iconic American artist
Dec 22, 2025
Environmental hazard, someone's floating home, or both?
Dec 15, 2025
“No quiero averiguar si me van a meter a un centro de detención”
Dec 08, 2025
“I don't want to find out if they're going to put me in a detention center”
Dec 08, 2025
Radio Vs. Nature
Dec 01, 2025
Indigenous youth make history on a changed Klamath River
Nov 24, 2025
Celebrating artist and Portlander Mark Rothko
Nov 17, 2025
What to do about Portland’s highways
Nov 10, 2025
Uncovering the personal histories of Native American boarding schools
Nov 03, 2025
Radical Oregonian Marie Equi’s Legacy Lives On
Oct 27, 2025
Something’s Fishy about AI in Classrooms
Oct 20, 2025
Hush Season 2: "The Last to See Her Alive"
Oct 13, 2025
Fiesta y Resistencia: a short history of Oregon’s Fiesta Mexicana
Oct 06, 2025
The Not-So-Great Oregon Train Robbery
Sep 29, 2025
‘The Evergreen’ bonus episode: Jesse Johnson was wrongfully convicted. Now, he’s suing
Sep 24, 2025
Beyond the Beats: a short history of Portland hip-hop
Sep 22, 2025
OHSU primate research center under scrutiny from scientists and activists opposed to animal research
Sep 15, 2025
Rural environmentalist goes to battle for Oregon farmers and ranchers
Sep 08, 2025
How do you recover from something like a wildfire?
Sep 01, 2025
Oregon roadside zoo shut down due to animal welfare concerns and other illegal activity
Aug 25, 2025
In Portland, Romance is more than a summer fling
Aug 18, 2025
‘At Work With’ a bike bus captain, a tattoo artist and a coastal lifeguard
Aug 11, 2025
Portland's Tribal Relations was once groundbreaking. What happened?
Aug 04, 2025
Meet the Chinese American Oregonians who made women’s aviation history
Jul 28, 2025
How these two groups help Asian American seniors combat loneliness
Jul 21, 2025
Oregon Hops Changed IPAs … almost by accident
Jul 14, 2025
OPB investigates decades-old allegations of abuse by St. Helens teacher
Jul 07, 2025
Oregon Country Fair: from hippies to belonging
Jun 30, 2025
Oregon Country Fair: from hippies to belonging
Jun 30, 2025
How DNA can unlock - or unravel - an Oregon cold case
Jun 23, 2025
Class of 2025: Meet the parents
Jun 16, 2025
The Class of 2025: Not everyone graduates
Jun 09, 2025
The Class of 2025: Two cousins, different zip codes
Jun 02, 2025
Portland’s ‘frog taxi’ helps amphibians cross the road
May 26, 2025
Portland makes cool audio gear
May 19, 2025
Behind the Scenes at the Oregon State Capitol
May 12, 2025
How Cheese Has Shaped Oregon
May 05, 2025
At Work With a cheesemaker, a garbage collector and an airport wildlife biologist
Apr 28, 2025
Vietnamese-Americans celebrate 50 years of living in the Pacific Northwest
Apr 21, 2025
The Mexican braceros who saved Northwest agriculture during World War II
Apr 14, 2025
A year after undamming the Klamath, two dams still remain
Apr 07, 2025
For some Pacific Northwest artists, food and creativity are inseparable
Mar 31, 2025
OPB journalists help us make sense of federal government changes
Mar 24, 2025
In Oregon’s Hood River Valley, this Japanese American family has grown apples for more than a century
Mar 17, 2025
Scientists want to use magnetic nanoparticles to ‘cook’ cancer cells
Mar 10, 2025
The quest for the quietest spot in Oregon
Mar 03, 2025
Oregon ice sculpting champs build multiton masterpieces with chainsaws and cranes
Feb 24, 2025
Como los México Americanos de Oregon llegaron a fundar el primer colegio Chicano
Feb 17, 2025
How Mexican Americans in Oregon created the first Chicano college
Feb 17, 2025
Portland-based photographer explores what it means to be butch
Feb 10, 2025
At Work With a haunted house actor, a Zamboni driver and a housing outreach worker
Feb 03, 2025
'Stop Requested' in an Oregon city near you
Jan 27, 2025
Adventure cats go hiking, snowshoeing and even paddleboarding!
Jan 20, 2025
The case of the zombie newspaper in Southern Oregon
Jan 13, 2025
The Pacific Northwest's most active volcano is underwater
Jan 06, 2025
Salmon Wars
Dec 30, 2024
This place we (still) call home
Dec 23, 2024
Jazz is alive in Portland, Oregon
Dec 16, 2024
Should terminally ill patients receive in-home psilocybin? Some facilitators say yes.
Dec 09, 2024
OK Theatre celebrates music in rural Oregon
Dec 02, 2024
Sasquatch museum exhibit focuses on Indigenous perspectives
Nov 25, 2024
Oregon’s old forests keep getting cut down, despite Biden’s promise to protect them
Nov 18, 2024
Behind the camera lens with OPB’s Photo Editor
Nov 11, 2024
Oregon women fought for decades to access their right to vote
Nov 04, 2024
Drug recriminalization in Oregon is an ongoing experiment
Oct 28, 2024
All about Oregon’s animation magic
Oct 21, 2024
Presidential sleepover leaves lasting memories
Oct 14, 2024
At Work With a burlesque performer, private investigator and Court Appointed Special Advocate
Oct 07, 2024
What the horsewomen of the Hen Party found in Eastern Oregon’s great outdoors
Sep 30, 2024
What to do with the bounty of Oregon’s harvest
Sep 23, 2024
Disaster 101: What do you need in your emergency kit?
Sep 16, 2024
Radical Oregonian Marie Equi’s Legacy Lives On
Sep 09, 2024
How the Pacific Northwest is shaping coffee culture
Sep 02, 2024
Hush: The State of Oregon v. Jesse Lee Johnson
Aug 26, 2024
Music across boundaries, music as home: Diaspora Songs at Pickathon
Aug 19, 2024
Music and spiders woven together with web science. Behold: the SpiderHarp
Aug 12, 2024
Pig-N-Ford tradition endures in Tillamook County
Aug 05, 2024
Can honey make computers faster and cleaner?
Jul 29, 2024
How abandoned veteran remains in Oregon funeral homes were finally given a proper burial
Jul 22, 2024
Marking Pride with intergenerational conversations among queer people
Jul 15, 2024
Is there a cult in Ashland?
Jul 08, 2024
At Work With a taffy maker, a rural mail carrier and a poet
Jul 01, 2024
Water rights in much of Oregon are still based on policies dating back to the 1900s
Jun 24, 2024
Oregon had a goal to graduate all high school students by 2025. Why is that so hard?
Jun 17, 2024
A window into the Class of 2025, and what keeps students from graduating
Jun 10, 2024
Remembering Rip City icon Bill Walton
Jun 03, 2024
At Portland’s largest outdoor homeless shelter, residents await their next step towards housing
May 27, 2024
How homelessness in Grants Pass made it to the Supreme Court
May 20, 2024
Remembering the Mount St Helens eruption and people who died on the mountain
May 13, 2024
Eastern Oregon’s polluted drinking water
May 06, 2024
Oregon Ballet Theatre artistic director brings unique experience to the job
Apr 29, 2024
Oregon Hops Changed IPAs … almost by accident
Apr 22, 2024
Childcare crisis pushes some Oregonians to the edge
Apr 15, 2024
Wherever the salmon can get to
Apr 08, 2024
At Work With a bridge tender, a movie store clerk and a Powell’s bookseller
Apr 01, 2024
Youth homelessness presents unique challenges
Mar 25, 2024
What Klamath dam removal means to tribes
Mar 18, 2024
The Largest Dam Removal Project in the U.S.
Mar 11, 2024
Oregon’s poor farms, and how history compares to today
Mar 04, 2024
Black artists of Oregon
Feb 26, 2024
Drug Decriminalization Up Close
Feb 19, 2024
Drag in the PNW
Feb 12, 2024
This place we call home
Feb 05, 2024
The Evergreen Trailer
Jan 26, 2024