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In Memoriam-Yvonne Simmons

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In the second half of the “Life and Legacy of Yvonne Simmons,” we hear more about the remarkable life of this London street kid, who became a folk singer, international peace activist, and a founding member of Portland Peace and Justice Works. Featuring reflections from Mar... Read more

Grad Students on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Grad student teachers, researchers, teaching assistants, and more, 48,000 of them, are now on strike across the University of California system. It’s the largest strike in the History of American higher ed, and what happens at the University of California will set the stand... Read more

Freedom for Political Prisoner Mutulu Shakur

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Bob Lederer about the case of long term U.S.-held Political Prisoner Dr. Mutulu Shakur who is a 72 year old grandfather respected healer and was granted parole by the US Parole Commission. Mutulu is one of thousands of incarcerated older people in... Read more

Portland's City Charter Change - What Comes Next

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland voters just made history. With the passage of Measure 26-228, for the first time in over 100 years we are changing our form of government and election system. The City of Portland will be implementing ranked choice voting, preparing to move to a City Administrator ... Read more

Buscando America on 11/29/22

Airs at: Tue, 11/29/2022 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En esta emisión conoce a Amenic Boom Bap y a Mafia Soul con su nuevo sencillo Somos Humanidad. Desde Oaxaca escuchamos una probadita de lo que sucedió en la presentación del libro Hacedoras de estrellas, la nueva publicación de Lluvia Obsidiana. Además vamos a estar esuchan... Read more

Society of the Sports Spectacle, with Jules Boykoff

Airs at: Wed, 11/30/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    With the global mega-event, football (aka soccer)'s World Cup, in full swing, we take the opportunity to have as today's guest, Jules Boycoff, local author who has written widely on the business and politics of sport. A one-time member of the U.S. men's under-23 natio... Read more

City Workers Authorize a Strike

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Portland City workers from three bureaus - transportation, parks, and environmental services - have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike for higher wages and improved safety.  James O'Laughlen, former wastewater treatment worker, now union representative, tells Labor ... Read more

Beagle Freedom Project

Airs at: Fri, 11/25/2022 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
  On this episode of Voices for the Animals, Courtney Scott interviews long time animal activist Matt Rossell. Matt has a storied history working undercover to expose the harsh reality for lab animals, fur bearing and factory farm animals. His videos instigated investigati... Read more

John Trudell on Thanksgiving

Airs at: Thu, 11/24/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  First Voices Radio
  First Voices Radio digs deep into our 30-year-old archive and brings listeners another interpretation and observation surrounding the American holiday known as Thanksgiving. The late John Trudell's Thanksgiving Day Address is from 1980, however his observations have sto... Read more

The Midterms are over; now what?

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
We dodged a bullet in 2022 mid-year election, with the Democrats strengthening their control of the Senate and narrowly losing the House of Representatives. All pundits had predicted a Republican triumph, and their loss triggered a bloodletting in the Party and jubilation f... Read more