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What's Next with NEXT?

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Several years ago NEXT Energy (now NXT) proposed to build a renewable diesel refinery and rail yard at Port Westward, a spectacular point of land protruding into the Columbia River Estuary near the town of Clatskanie. The proposal was enthusiastically supported by the Port ... Read more

Art & Justice for Incarcerated People

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Caroline Davis about her most recent music, tour and community events talking about mass incarceration. Davis will be in Portland, Oregon to perform at the Portland Jazz Festival on Saturday, March 2nd at The Jack London.  Following the performan... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 26, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Palestinian Film Fest: As Israel's genocidal war on Gaza continues, so too does global resistance to the war and to Israeli occupation of Palestine. Jan Haaken talks with Shams ... Read more

Palestinian Film Fest

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
As Israel's genocidal war on Gaza continues, so too does global resistance to the war and to Israeli occupation of Palestine. Jan Haaken talks with Shams Mahmoud, President of Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER) at Portland State University, about the upcom... Read more

Black Workers Organize at Tesla

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Black Tesla workers recently sued their employer for an extremely well documented pattern of racial discrimination. Whereas lawsuits seldom even reimburse successful plaintiffs for their injuries, this suit could be the prelude to the United Auto Workers union and Bay Area ... Read more

Protecting Mature and Old Growth Forests

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, which oversee most of the nation’s Mature Old Growth forests, continue to defy overwhelming public support for protection, scientific calls for a moratorium on logging, and the presidents’ initial direction to develop conser... Read more

Fumes in Focus: Visualizing Air Pollution from Gas Stoves

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on January 15, 2024 Lawmakers and advocates have called upon Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to launch an investigation into NW Natural for misleading consumers about the health impacts from gas. In their letter to Rosenblum they det... Read more

"That Vegan Show" interview with Vegan Scouts

Airs at: Fri, 02/23/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  That Vegan Show
Join "That Vegan Show" as we learn about the new organization, Vegan Scouts! Guests, Amanda and Thomas, share the origins and vision of Vegan Scouts and how it is meeting the need for community and foundational education about animals for children. Vegan Scouts provides an ... Read more

Lawsuit: Washington County Fails People with Disabilities

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Dave Boyer, managing attorney with Disability Rights Oregon, who filed a lawsuit against Washington County, Oregon’s 2nd largest county. The federal lawsuit was filed after a year-long investigation alleging that when someone in the County exper... Read more

Mac Smiff, Cory Elia and Michael Stephenson on Policing Justice at PICA

Airs at: Thu, 02/15/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Our guests are Cory Elia, Mac Smiff, they are journalists who agitate for social change. Michael Stephenson is a fine artist. They’re all part of the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art series on Policing Justice. Read more