Education

The Gap: Keeping up with the Biden Administration and Non-Celebrity Role Models

Airs at: Fri, 02/26/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: The Gap

On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea start by discussing three recent federal actions related to the Biden Administration. We talk about the Equality Act passing the House, the $15 minimum wage increase being dropped from the COVID stimulus relief bill and a new ... Read more

Big Strikes and the Sabotage of Labor, Part 3

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement concludes their conversation with Marianne Garneau, an organizer and educator with the Industrial Workers of the World, and publisher of the online worker journal Organizing.Work about the politics of the Big Strike and the retreat from direct action and organiz... Read more

Malcolm Mitchell | Super Bowl Champ to Champion of Literacy

Airs at: Sat, 02/20/2021 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Open Air

Malcolm Mitchell is the rookie who helped the New England Patriots win Super Bowl LI. He’s also the founder of an initiative called Read with Malcolm, which introduces book ownership to students, and works to improve literacy in schools. Malcolm‘s Share the Magic Founda... Read more

What would a socialist Portland (or wherever you live) look like?

Airs at: Wed, 02/17/2021 at 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 15, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris Hosts this Episode of The Old Mole which includes: COVID 19, its Variants and the Future: Bill Resnick talks with evolutionary biologist Mike Friedman who teaches and writes and has studied the COVID pandemic since it appeared. They discuss the recently d... Read more

The Black Panther Party

Airs at: Thu, 02/11/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Writer David F Walker is known for his work on such comics titles as Shaft, Luke Cage, and Power Man & Iron Fist. In Portland, he covered the film scene for Willamette Week as well as his self-published blaxploitation zine BadAzzMoFo, and curated the Longbaugh Film Fest... Read more

Portland Teachers push back against MAP Tests

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Join us as we talk with 4 Portland teachers about their recent efforts to stop subjecting students to the MAP Test. Taking this test interferes with more meaningful class learning, highlights the lack of equity for students stuck at home, and provides results that are larg... Read more

Student leaders choose Ida B. Wells-Barnett as new high school namesake

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

The 2020 Black Lives Matter protests sparked calls to rename schools and remove statues of past slave owners. Last week, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was officially chosen as the new namesake for Southwest Portland’s Wilson High School, after a years-long push by students and al... Read more

Myrlie Evers-Williams | Civil Rights Icon

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2021 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Open Air

In 2010, I had the honor and privilege to bring Myrlie Evers-Williams into the studio for an interview. She is the widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Medgar Evers was murdered in front of his family in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1963. I had originally met My... Read more

Stew For Thought - Season 2 - Episode 1

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2021 at 8:00am

Produced for: Stew for Thought