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The T-Rex Files

Airs at: Fri, 10/21/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  T-Rex is having an identity crisis. Rocking the world of paleontology is the claim that Rex was not one species, but actually three. It's not the first time that this particular dino has forced us to revise our understanding of the past. The discovery of the first T-Rex ... Read more

Lost Children of Turtle Island: The Forgotten History of Indian Boarding Schools

Airs at: Thu, 10/20/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for EcoJustice Radio
  The truth about the US Indian boarding school policy has largely been written out of the history books. Started in the 1800s across the US and Canada, Indian Boarding schools were government-funded and often church-run. The goal? Forced assimilation of Native children in... Read more

Appalachians Against Pipelines

Airs at: Thu, 10/20/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for For The Wild
  The Mountain Valley Pipeline, which runs through West Virginia to Virginia is on the verge of completion following intense legislative and legal battles. This episode reminds us of the danger in this, and amidst such battles, Appalachians Against Pipelines shows us what ... Read more

Protecting Oregon's Beavers, with Stan Petrowski

Airs at: Wed, 10/19/2022 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for Coast Range Radio
  Coast Range Radio interviews Stan Petrowski on beaver ecology and protection in Oregon. We discuss the interesting history of beavers in Oregon, their ecological importance, and the current efforts to protect beavers for the benefit of streams, forests, salmon and climat... Read more

A Revolutionary Friendship between Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for Let's Talk about Race
  LTAR Special  A Revolutionary Friendship between Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X A Life magazine photographer quickly captured the now-iconic photo of Kochiyama cradling Malcolm's head as people struggled to save his life, and as she urged him, "Please, Malcolm, please, Ma... Read more

Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for First Voices Radio
  Linford D. Fisher is an Associate Professor of History at Brown University. He is the author of "The Indian Great Awakening: Religion and the Shaping of Native Cultures in Early America" (2012) and the co-author of "Decoding Roger Williams: The Lost Essay of Rhode Island... Read more

Free Expression vs Censorship & Cancel Culture

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Project Censored
  On this week's program, we hear a panel discussion held on Constitution Day (Sept. 17) at Diablo Valley College, where Host Mickey Huff teaches. The three panelists addressed the state of the media, the threats posed by book-banning campaigns and cancel culture, as well ... Read more

Reclaiming Land, Culture, & Narrative Through Black, Indigenous, & Queer Stewardship

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for EcoJustice Radio
  On this show, we explore the world of Shelterwood Collective [www.shelterwoodcollective.org], a Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ-led community forest and retreat center that seeks to heal people and ecosystems through active stewardship and community engagement.  Recently t... Read more

A Cartoon Arts Museum in the Pacific Northwest

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  San Francisco has one, New York has one, Brussels has one, and now Portland may be home to a cartoon arts museum, if a group of academics, activists and industry artists get their way. Dr Mike Rosen, Sean Wynn, Michael Ring, and Katie Pryde are four of the board members... Read more