Jenn Chávez
@jennchavez.bsky.social
Host & producer of The Evergreen at @opb.org // Newscaster Emeritus // Proud member of @opbkmhdcreators.bsky.social // Reppin’ community radio // HMU: jchavez at opb dot org // 🇲🇽
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‘The Evergreen’: Radio vs. Nature
By now you’re probably used to hearing the long list of letters and cities that make up our station IDs. But how does all that actually work?
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Today on @opb.org 's The Evergreen:
OPB's radio studios are in Portland, but broadcasts can be heard around the state. BUT HOW? How *does* OPB reach your ears in Bend, Burns & Baker City?
It's thanks to OPB broadcast engineers, who boldly weather the elements to maintain transmitters across Oregon.
OPB's radio studios are in Portland, but broadcasts can be heard around the state. BUT HOW? How *does* OPB reach your ears in Bend, Burns & Baker City?
It's thanks to OPB broadcast engineers, who boldly weather the elements to maintain transmitters across Oregon.
Reposted by Jenn Chávez
How does OPB radio reach your ears in Bend, Burns and Baker City? Well, it’s thanks to OPB’s team of broadcast engineers, who maintain radio transmitters across the state. And it is not easy to do.
‘The Evergreen’: Radio vs. Nature
By now you’re probably used to hearing the long list of letters and cities that make up our station IDs. But how does all that actually work?
www.opb.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
How does OPB radio reach your ears in Bend, Burns and Baker City? Well, it’s thanks to OPB’s team of broadcast engineers, who maintain radio transmitters across the state. And it is not easy to do.
Today on @opb.org 's The Evergreen:
OPB's radio studios are in Portland, but broadcasts can be heard around the state. BUT HOW? How *does* OPB reach your ears in Bend, Burns & Baker City?
It's thanks to OPB broadcast engineers, who boldly weather the elements to maintain transmitters across Oregon.
OPB's radio studios are in Portland, but broadcasts can be heard around the state. BUT HOW? How *does* OPB reach your ears in Bend, Burns & Baker City?
It's thanks to OPB broadcast engineers, who boldly weather the elements to maintain transmitters across Oregon.
‘The Evergreen’: Radio vs. Nature
By now you’re probably used to hearing the long list of letters and cities that make up our station IDs. But how does all that actually work?
www.opb.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Today on @opb.org 's The Evergreen:
OPB's radio studios are in Portland, but broadcasts can be heard around the state. BUT HOW? How *does* OPB reach your ears in Bend, Burns & Baker City?
It's thanks to OPB broadcast engineers, who boldly weather the elements to maintain transmitters across Oregon.
OPB's radio studios are in Portland, but broadcasts can be heard around the state. BUT HOW? How *does* OPB reach your ears in Bend, Burns & Baker City?
It's thanks to OPB broadcast engineers, who boldly weather the elements to maintain transmitters across Oregon.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
“Yahya Haqiqi said that at least 8,000 Afghan refugees live in Oregon and that many had interviews scheduled for asylum or permanent residency. Now, that’s all on hold.
‘A lot of folks’ work authorization is tied to their immigration status,‘ he said. ‘This also impacts people’s livelihoods’”
‘A lot of folks’ work authorization is tied to their immigration status,‘ he said. ‘This also impacts people’s livelihoods’”
The United States has put a pause on all asylum decisions and stopped issuing visas to people from Afghanistan in the wake of an attack against two National Guard members last week.
Afghans in Oregon concerned as National Guard attack sparks immigration crackdown
Advocates say the alleged National Guard shooter does not represent all Afghans.
www.opb.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“Yahya Haqiqi said that at least 8,000 Afghan refugees live in Oregon and that many had interviews scheduled for asylum or permanent residency. Now, that’s all on hold.
‘A lot of folks’ work authorization is tied to their immigration status,‘ he said. ‘This also impacts people’s livelihoods’”
‘A lot of folks’ work authorization is tied to their immigration status,‘ he said. ‘This also impacts people’s livelihoods’”
Reposted by Jenn Chávez
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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A Mexican national, Martin had lived in Beaverton for more than 30 years, where he ran a business and raised three children. Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him on Nov. 18. Just a few days after the arrest, he called his family to confirm he had been deported to Mexico.
‘Left in the dark’: Dozens protest deportation of Beaverton man
Paulino Martin San Pedro's family spoke about his deportation and increased ICE enforcement around Washington County.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A Mexican national, Martin had lived in Beaverton for more than 30 years, where he ran a business and raised three children. Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him on Nov. 18. Just a few days after the arrest, he called his family to confirm he had been deported to Mexico.
“I think sometimes prose is a place where we go when we've kind of figured out the story, we kind of know what happened. And poetry is always saying, oh, we're never going to know what really is happening. We don't know. We can only experience it.”
How poetry helps Ada Limon navigate life, even when it’s tough : Code Switch
As we enter "cozy season," we're revisiting our conversation with Ada Limon, who just wrapped up her tenure as the U.S. Poet Laureate. She talks to us about loss and grief and evolving identity -- lik...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“I think sometimes prose is a place where we go when we've kind of figured out the story, we kind of know what happened. And poetry is always saying, oh, we're never going to know what really is happening. We don't know. We can only experience it.”
Got some time this weekend? Listen to this week’s The Evergreen & feel feelings!
Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen:
In 2023-4, the Klamath River was home to the largest-ever US dam removal project. This summer, a group of Indigenous youth made the first source-to-sea descent of the river, by kayak, since four dams came out.
OPB's Jessie Sears was there to see them make history:
In 2023-4, the Klamath River was home to the largest-ever US dam removal project. This summer, a group of Indigenous youth made the first source-to-sea descent of the river, by kayak, since four dams came out.
OPB's Jessie Sears was there to see them make history:
‘The Evergreen’: Indigenous youth make history on a changed Klamath River
This summer, young Indigenous kayakers made history on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since the removal of four dams. But this isn’t just a kayak adventure story. We hear about t...
www.opb.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Got some time this weekend? Listen to this week’s The Evergreen & feel feelings!
I’d been waiting til I finished the book (which I did yesterday) to listen to this interview (which I did today):
Congratulations to Omar El Akkad for winning the 2025 National Book Award in Nonfiction! ICYMI: Omar's appearance on the show was one of the great all-time conversations so far.
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
Omar El Akkad : One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Tin House
In late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Omar El Akkad retweeted a video taken by a Gazan man. This video showed a lifeless moonscape with endless empty streets...
tinhouse.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’d been waiting til I finished the book (which I did yesterday) to listen to this interview (which I did today):
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be nice to your grocery workers today
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
be nice to your grocery workers today
I am not up on all the specifics but it appears from context that rich journalists are acting a mess again. Who could have predicted?
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I am not up on all the specifics but it appears from context that rich journalists are acting a mess again. Who could have predicted?
For fans of the Adult Swim nature bumps (and also, if you're like me, the Andy Goldsworthy doc Rivers and Tides) - now there will be an OPB version for you to enjoy
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For fans of the Adult Swim nature bumps (and also, if you're like me, the Andy Goldsworthy doc Rivers and Tides) - now there will be an OPB version for you to enjoy
Please make some time today to listen to the last episode of Season 2 of Hush, which - like any truly good podcast - made me sob in my car driving down Powell Blvd.
Gratitude & love to @leahsottile.bsky.social & @ryanjhaas.bsky.social for telling this story & creating such a meaningful thing. 💐
Gratitude & love to @leahsottile.bsky.social & @ryanjhaas.bsky.social for telling this story & creating such a meaningful thing. 💐
‘Hush’ Episode 8: The allure of an answer
The "Hush" team sits down with the Zuber family for a final interview to lay out the facts of this case and seek some accountability from the people who have let this family down.
www.opb.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Please make some time today to listen to the last episode of Season 2 of Hush, which - like any truly good podcast - made me sob in my car driving down Powell Blvd.
Gratitude & love to @leahsottile.bsky.social & @ryanjhaas.bsky.social for telling this story & creating such a meaningful thing. 💐
Gratitude & love to @leahsottile.bsky.social & @ryanjhaas.bsky.social for telling this story & creating such a meaningful thing. 💐
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The last episode of Hush is out today, and I hope you'll give it a listen.
@leahsottile.bsky.social and I used every skill we had to examine the death of Sarah Zuber, and the broader culture of true crime. Very proud of it. (gif reference for the real ones)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
@leahsottile.bsky.social and I used every skill we had to examine the death of Sarah Zuber, and the broader culture of true crime. Very proud of it. (gif reference for the real ones)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
a man in a suit and tie is talking into two microphones .
Alt: Former president George Bush is on a US aircraft carrier pointing to the crowd as the camera pans to a Mission Accomplished banner.
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The last episode of Hush is out today, and I hope you'll give it a listen.
@leahsottile.bsky.social and I used every skill we had to examine the death of Sarah Zuber, and the broader culture of true crime. Very proud of it. (gif reference for the real ones)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
@leahsottile.bsky.social and I used every skill we had to examine the death of Sarah Zuber, and the broader culture of true crime. Very proud of it. (gif reference for the real ones)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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The final episode of Hush is out today, episode 8: "The Allure of an Answer."
Every podcast I finish, I think it's the hardest thing I've done as a journalist. This time that might be the most true. Someday soon, I'll tell you why.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Every podcast I finish, I think it's the hardest thing I've done as a journalist. This time that might be the most true. Someday soon, I'll tell you why.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Episode 8: The Allure of an Answer
Podcast Episode · Hush · S2 E8 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The final episode of Hush is out today, episode 8: "The Allure of an Answer."
Every podcast I finish, I think it's the hardest thing I've done as a journalist. This time that might be the most true. Someday soon, I'll tell you why.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Every podcast I finish, I think it's the hardest thing I've done as a journalist. This time that might be the most true. Someday soon, I'll tell you why.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Reposted by Jenn Chávez
This summer, young Indigenous kayakers made history on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since the removal of four dams. But this isn’t just a kayak adventure story.
‘The Evergreen’: Indigenous youth make history on a changed Klamath River
This week, we hear how the removal of four dams has changed the Klamath River, and what the journey meant to the Indigenous youth carrying on their ancestors’ work.
www.opb.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This summer, young Indigenous kayakers made history on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since the removal of four dams. But this isn’t just a kayak adventure story.
Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen:
In 2023-4, the Klamath River was home to the largest-ever US dam removal project. This summer, a group of Indigenous youth made the first source-to-sea descent of the river, by kayak, since four dams came out.
OPB's Jessie Sears was there to see them make history:
In 2023-4, the Klamath River was home to the largest-ever US dam removal project. This summer, a group of Indigenous youth made the first source-to-sea descent of the river, by kayak, since four dams came out.
OPB's Jessie Sears was there to see them make history:
‘The Evergreen’: Indigenous youth make history on a changed Klamath River
This summer, young Indigenous kayakers made history on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since the removal of four dams. But this isn’t just a kayak adventure story. We hear about t...
www.opb.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen:
In 2023-4, the Klamath River was home to the largest-ever US dam removal project. This summer, a group of Indigenous youth made the first source-to-sea descent of the river, by kayak, since four dams came out.
OPB's Jessie Sears was there to see them make history:
In 2023-4, the Klamath River was home to the largest-ever US dam removal project. This summer, a group of Indigenous youth made the first source-to-sea descent of the river, by kayak, since four dams came out.
OPB's Jessie Sears was there to see them make history:
Reposted by Jenn Chávez
ICE arrested a 17-year-old Oregonian during school lunch today, according to the superintendent.
ICE arrests McMinnville High School student during Friday lunch period
Family told local news the 17-year-old is a US citizen.
www.opb.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
ICE arrested a 17-year-old Oregonian during school lunch today, according to the superintendent.
Love making podcasts about stuff I’m curious about & love being in a union with my friends 😊
Jenn is another one of our incredibly talented unit members. She is the host of The Evergreen podcast and brings us this latest episode.
Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen:
You probably know a Rothko when you see it: abstract, colorful, rectangular. You might *not* know that Mark Rothko grew up in Portland & went to Lincoln HS — and now, he’s the namesake of a new wing of @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social.
From Malya Fass + Eric Slade:
You probably know a Rothko when you see it: abstract, colorful, rectangular. You might *not* know that Mark Rothko grew up in Portland & went to Lincoln HS — and now, he’s the namesake of a new wing of @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social.
From Malya Fass + Eric Slade:
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Love making podcasts about stuff I’m curious about & love being in a union with my friends 😊
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When we first interviewed Jennifer Massey, she said anytime something is redacted in a public record, someone is hiding something.
In the second to last episode of Hush, we ask why, then, is her name redacted in a public record about police in Columbia County? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
In the second to last episode of Hush, we ask why, then, is her name redacted in a public record about police in Columbia County? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Episode 7: Cornered
Podcast Episode · Hush · S2 E7 · 51m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
When we first interviewed Jennifer Massey, she said anytime something is redacted in a public record, someone is hiding something.
In the second to last episode of Hush, we ask why, then, is her name redacted in a public record about police in Columbia County? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
In the second to last episode of Hush, we ask why, then, is her name redacted in a public record about police in Columbia County? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Boy! Things do not seem very good! Perhaps you & I could log off for a little while & that would be fine! We could regulate our anxiety & focus on things within our control! Yes that doesn’t sound too bad! Ok!
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Boy! Things do not seem very good! Perhaps you & I could log off for a little while & that would be fine! We could regulate our anxiety & focus on things within our control! Yes that doesn’t sound too bad! Ok!
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A live look at @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and I trying to figure out this season of Hush.
Twin Peaks: Sheriff Truman and Agent Cooper sitting at of a table of donuts.
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A live look at @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and I trying to figure out this season of Hush.
Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen:
You probably know a Rothko when you see it: abstract, colorful, rectangular. You might *not* know that Mark Rothko grew up in Portland & went to Lincoln HS — and now, he’s the namesake of a new wing of @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social.
From Malya Fass + Eric Slade:
You probably know a Rothko when you see it: abstract, colorful, rectangular. You might *not* know that Mark Rothko grew up in Portland & went to Lincoln HS — and now, he’s the namesake of a new wing of @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social.
From Malya Fass + Eric Slade:
‘The Evergreen’: Celebrating artist and Portlander Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko is known for his colorful abstract paintings of stacked rectangles with billowy borders and layered textures. His art has been auctioned for up to $186 million. His first ever solo exhibit...
www.opb.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen:
You probably know a Rothko when you see it: abstract, colorful, rectangular. You might *not* know that Mark Rothko grew up in Portland & went to Lincoln HS — and now, he’s the namesake of a new wing of @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social.
From Malya Fass + Eric Slade:
You probably know a Rothko when you see it: abstract, colorful, rectangular. You might *not* know that Mark Rothko grew up in Portland & went to Lincoln HS — and now, he’s the namesake of a new wing of @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social.
From Malya Fass + Eric Slade:
My contribution of the day is that this was excellent & highly recommended
I apparently don’t have enough things to stress out about in 2025 so have begun watching the HBO miniseries about Chernobyl
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My contribution of the day is that this was excellent & highly recommended