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A Fair Farm Bill for All

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The United States’ food system has become a corporate-dominated marketplace, strangled by an elite few, that holds farmers and consumers hostage to greed. Currently Congress is negotiating the 19th Farm Bill which is an opportunity to pass a fair Farm Bill for all, after de... Read more

Threshold

Airs at: Sun, 11/26/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
John Nelson is a visionary author and writer of the new novel, Threshold: A Crisis Ignites a Universal Awakening. He is an award-winning author, novelist, editor, and screenwriter with forty-five years of writing experience, his work spans non-fiction and fiction. John's bo... Read more

Lakayana Drury on Word is Bond

Airs at: Thu, 11/30/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
From their website: "Word is Bond empowers young Black men as they transition from boys into adulthood and find themselves navigating a world that provides very few answers to unlocking their highest selves." Find out more about Word is Bond online here.   Read more

Supporting Our Society: A Group of Friends Making a Difference

Airs at: Thu, 11/16/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
They are also celebrating 10 years of providing needed coats and supplies to unhoused Portlanders. On Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, from 11-2pm, they have a warm coat drop-off event at Broadway Grill and Brewery. Connect with them online here. Read more

The Pacific Coast Temperate Rainforest and the Climate, with Paul Koberstein

Airs at: Wed, 11/15/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Today's guest, Paul Koberstein, co-founded Cascadia Times in 1995 and has been editor since its inception. A journalist for 40 years, Koberstein was a staff writer for The Oregonian and Willamette Week. He and Kathy Durbin were two of the first mainstream journalists to ... Read more

Race Talks BIPOC Holiday Market

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2023 at 7:00am - 7:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
BIPOC Women-owned Businesses -- and dialogue -- are featured at the Race Talks Holiday Market, scheduled for the McMenamins Kennedy School gym, Tuesday, Nov. 14 from 6 - 9:30 pm. Find out more online here. Read more

André Middleton on Friends of Noise

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Find out more about their programs, projects and events online here. Read more

Dan Meek on Honest Elections Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 11/02/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
If organizers can collect enough signatures to put it on the ballot, Initiative Petition 9 will create actual limits to campaign contributions and more.  Find out how you can get involved and what's at stake. Read more

Will Oregon Become a Hub for So-called Renewable Fuel?

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
At a critical bend in the Columbia River Estuary, a company called NEXT Renewable Fuels, Inc., is seeking to build a new, massive renewable diesel refinery. The proposed refinery at Port Westward would be one of the largest producers of renewable diesel on the West Coast. M... Read more

#SafeSupplyNow

Airs at: Wed, 11/08/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: #SafeSupplyNow. On November 3, hundreds of people in Vancouver, BC and Toronto, Ontario marched and rallied in support of the Drug User Liberation Front, harm reduction, and safe supply. We hear one of the speakers at the Vancouver rally, DJ L... Read more