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Rent speculation and the selling (off) of Portland

Airs at: Wed, 01/23/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Looking at Portland’s economy as a microcosm of speculative capitalism is a great way to examine the extractive mechanisms of the real estate market. The most recent boom/bust cycle has completely divorced land value from land taxes and rental rates, and the rich seem... Read more

Buscando America on 01/22/19

Airs at: Tue, 01/22/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Escucha sobre el eclipse lunar y la super  luna de sangre lobo que vivimos el fin de semana. La desafortunada tragedia de Tlahuelilpan en Hidalgo cobró la vida de 101 personas, escucha sobre la corrupción interna en PEMEX.  Desde el sureste mexicano nace La Caracola, una re... Read more

B(A)DNews #19, January 2019

Airs at: Mon, 01/14/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 01/18/2019 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
from A-Radio Network B(A)DNews #19 Welcome to the 19th edition of B(A)D news: angry voices from around the world a commonly produced monthly show of the anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio network, on this occasion composed by Črna Luknja, anarchist show on Radio Stude... Read more

Eric King Hunger Strike + Mapuche Solidarity with A-Radio Berlin

Airs at: Mon, 01/14/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 01/18/2019 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
Support Anarchist Prisoner Eric King This week Bursts spoke with the wife of vegan, antifascist and anarchist political prisoner, Eric King. Eric was was convicted of attempting the September 11, 2014 firebombing of the Kansas City office of a Missouri Democratic Congressm... Read more

Green New Deal: a Green Party vision

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Howie Hawkins, New York gubinatorial candidate for the Green party, about the renewed political agitation for a Green New Deal within and without the party. Read more

I Am Not Your Negro: James Baldwin

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2019 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwins original words and flood of rich archival material. I Am Not Your Negro is a journey... Read more

Voting in America - Man, We Are in Trouble

Airs at: Fri, 01/25/2019 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Being a Campaign Manager for my husband’s bid for Benton County Commissioner this past year put me in a unique position to hear people’s emotions, perceptions and misconceptions around the act of voting.  Voting is an activity that I view as not only a civil right, but a sa... Read more

Art to Show the Impact of Gun Violence: The Soul Box Project

Airs at: Wed, 01/30/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
On October 1, 2017 a gunman opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, killing 59 people and wounding 441. When TVs, phones and radios blew up with the news, how many of us turned away, thinking, "I can't face this again." After we heard the numbers, learned... Read more

What Would Jack Do?

Airs at: Wed, 01/16/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
As this edition of Free Culture Radio was being recorded, the US Senate Judiciary Committee was considering the nomination of William Barr to be the next US Attorney General. He’s a horrible nominee, for the sake of this country he should be rejected, and on this edition of... Read more

Plant based foods under attack

Airs at: Wed, 01/16/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
  Today’s show is about food labels on plant based dairy and meat products.  We’ll speak with experts about what plant-based foods should be called and why the animal meat and dairy industries are pushing back against plant-based products. We’ll also talk with national a... Read more