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The Administration's Push for Deregulation

Airs at: Thu, 09/28/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On Monday, the President will deliver a speech on deregulation. Whether it will be a serious policy proposal or another collection of applause points is anyone’s guess, but the president’s favorable view of deregulation is no secret. His administration has focused on disma... Read more

"You in Midair" with Danna Schaeffer

Airs at: Tue, 10/03/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Host James Dixon talks with Writer, teacher, therapist, lobbyist and actor Danna Schaeffer will present her one-woman show, You in Midair, from October 5th through 15th, at New Expressive Works. You in Midair is directed by Julie Akers. Previously titled My Little Jezebel, ... Read more

Sojourner Truth Radio

Airs at: Fri, 09/29/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  In the United States, we are now getting little to no information from main stream media "or even U.S.-based alternative media "on the devastating impact of Hurricanes Maria and Irma on Saint Croix, Saint John, and St Thomas, all three part of the US Virgin Islands; or o... Read more

Thresholds of Hearing: The world beyond our senses

Airs at: Fri, 09/29/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
Today we are actually going to explore our own thresholds of hearing, more specifically, we have an opportunity to experience what we usually CAN'T hear. The average human can perceive sounds between 20 Hz and 20 kHz, everything below that range is, for us, infrasound—this ... Read more

Charlie vs Goliath

Airs at: Thu, 09/28/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  For this special membership-drive edition of The Film Show, we're joined by Charlie Hardy — onetime priest and senatorial candidate — and filmmaker Reed Lindsay.  Charlie's quixotic fight against big money in politics is immortalized in Reed's documentary Charlie vs Goli... Read more

Bonus Episode: Sounds of Endangered Species and Human Activity

Airs at: Tue, 09/26/2017 at 9:00pm - 9:15pm
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
So indeed listners, I promised you some bonus material. To get you ready for Epsidode 3 this Friday I'm sharing a little spectrograph compliments of bioacoustican, Ashakur Rahaman, at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. For full disclosure, I participated in the Cornell Lab or ... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Steven and Jennifer Cook of One Portland

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Since a new president took office in January, coincidentally enough, incidents of racism, sexual harassment, and xenophobia seem to be on the uptick in Portland. One local businessman, Steven Cook, co-owner of the bar Church on NE Sandy Boulevard, aims to reverse that alar... Read more

Rallying Against Rumors of War

Airs at: Wed, 09/27/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  ACTIVISTS TELL FERC TO PROTECT PEOPLE, NOT POLLUTERS...HEADLINES ON HEALTHCARE, BLACK LIVES MATTER AND MORE... This week in DC, our healthcare remains on the line as well as our right to clean water, clean air and our right to not live under the threat of war. We hear v... Read more

Red Lodge Women’s Transition Center

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The new Red Lodge Transition Center for Women will soon open its doors to Native and non-Native women upon return from treatment centers, jails and prison returning to Clackamas County. Host Karen James visited the Center and spoke with Trish Jordon, Executive Director, Red... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 25, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this membership drive edition and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick and Jennifer Tovar conclude their two-part discussion of the success of community clean energy production in California. 2. The Left and The Law: Jeff Sessions comes to Portland to talk against S... Read more