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Cow Poop Won't Solve the Climate Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on April 7, 2025 Concentrated Animal Feed Operations have been around for a few decades. Basically concentration camps for cattle, pigs and chickens, these factory farms not only torture animals but also are major polluters and a principal... Read more

No Straight Road

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg reviews Rebecca Solnit's  latest collection of essays, No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain.  You can find the book at the Multnomah County Library.  You can find more of Solnit's most recent writing at her site, Meditations in... Read more

Truth Demands

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Matt Witt reviews Truth Demands: A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice, by lawyer, climate activist, and writer Abby Reyes.  Twenty years after Abby Reyes's partner, Terence Unity Freitas, was assassinated in Colombia while working with the ind... Read more

Dan Handelman Remembered

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  On June 28, Portland activists will gather at the Clinton Street Theater to honor the life and work of the founding member of Portland Peace and Justice Works/Portland Copwatch, an indefatigable organizer on a host of interconnected issues – war/militarism, police acc... Read more

Interview with Little Critter Crew - Small Animal Rescue

Airs at: Fri, 06/27/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for That Vegan Show
Join me for a lively discussion about how Little Critter Crew got started and their animal rescue, transport services, and detailed animal care guides. Little Critter Crew, a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit, is a foster-based animal rescue organization in Eugene, OR. They ha... Read more

News In Depth | Women's Shelter Proposed for NW Portland

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News

Pride Month

Produced for The Underground
The Youth Collective talks Pride for our June episode. Queer History, Music, Culture and Activism are all topics of discussion, for a fun and informative episode. Read more

The Palestine Exception: Free Speech & Academic Freedom in the Beaverton Schools

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for Labor Radio
Beaverton School Board member, Tammy Carpenter and Beaverton school teachers and union activists, Claire Reneau and Ellen, discuss the recent controversy over "Teaching Palestine", a workshop sponsored by the Beaverton Education Association, and the investigation launche... Read more

The Great White Bear

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
The first evidence of Climate Chaos was felt mainly at the poles, as polar sea ice began to melt. Polar bears served as the first charismatic symbol of climate change but since media attention shifted from melting sea ice to wildfires, floods, heatwaves, and other impact... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 23, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode explores American warmaking, remembers Dan Handelman, and reviews recent nonfiction. Old Mole episodes are prerecorded the week before airing.  Frann Michel hosts, and we hear these segments: Big Tech and Big War: On June 13th, the US Army swore in four si... Read more