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Perpetual Imprisonment at Guantánamo: Andy Worthington

Airs at: Wed, 03/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Andy Worthington is an investigative journalist, author, campaigner, commentator and public speaker. He joins Linda Olson-Ostrerlund on Political Perspectives to discuss all things Guantanamo and the Supreme Court's recent ruling that immigrants facing deportation can b... Read more

When They Call You A Terrorist: Patrisse Khan-Cullors

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and the author of the new book, WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, a meaningful, empowering account of strength and resilience. In this conversation, hosted by long-time organizer Cat Brooks... Read more

This Is What Democracy Sounds Like

Airs at: Sun, 03/25/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week we bring you voices from the March For Our Lives that took place in Washington, DC on March 24, including Sarah Chadwick from Parkland, FL, Edna Chavez from Los Angeles, CA, Alex Wind from Parkland, FL, Christopher Underwood from Brooklyn, NY, Jaclyn Corin, Parkla... Read more

This Land is Our Land

Produced for: Threshold Shift

Get ready, my friends, as Threshold Shift will be coming back on air in the wee hours between Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 with a VERY special episode featuring recordings by Dr. Bernie Krause recorded in Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and the Arctic N... Read more

This Land Is Our Land

Airs at: Sat, 03/31/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift. I am your host Nicole Martin. We have weathered the winter and now we are back on the air for every fifth Saturday of the year bringing you more long-form soundscape immersion. On this our first episode of 2018, we have a very spe... Read more

The Real Causes and Solutions to Depression

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and took anti-depressants as a teenager because he was told that depression is the result of a chemical imbalance in the brain. He went on a quest to see if this is really the case. In his book, Lost Connections:... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 26, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Old Mole and presents these pieces: Bill Resnick interviews Phyllis Bennis about U.S. entanglements with Saudi Arabia, Israel, Russia, and the proxy wars in the Middle East. Author of eleven books, including the recent Understan... Read more

Interview with Debbie Ethell, The KOTA Foundation for Elephants

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Voices for the Animals

Debbie Ethell is a conservation research scientist as well as the Executive Director of The KOTA Foundation for Elephants which she founded in 2015. She is a featured speaker at the International Free the Elephants Conference & Film Festival in Portland this April . KOT... Read more

Portland Metro People's Convention

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Johanna Brenner of the Portland Metro People's Coalition discusses their upcoming convention. Modeled after the Richmond Progressive Alliance, the Jackson Collaborative and the Barcelona Commune, the PMPC is organizing a People's Convention to ratify a Resident's Bill of R... Read more

The Thin Green Line in 2018

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program originally aired on January 15, 2018. Donald Trump is targeting the Pacific Northwest for accelerated fossil fuel development. He brought the Jordan Cove LNG terminal in Coos Bay back from the dead, designating it as the highest priority site for LNG develop... Read more