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Black Labor in the Making of America

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks to Joe Trotter about his important new book, Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America.  Joe William Trotter, Jr., is Professor of History and Social Justice and Founder and Director of the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the... Read more

Tribute to Black History Month and Interview with Stacy Cough - Founder of 4 Peaks Music Festival

Airs at: Sat, 02/08/2020 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
February is Black History Month and Jerry Garcia was influced greatly by musicians that were African American. The first hour will highlight soome the great artists that he and his bands would cover, from Junior Walker, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Cliff, Keeny Gra... Read more

Mental Health and Prisons, with Braunwynn Franklin

Airs at: Wed, 02/05/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Braunwynn Franklin has been a peer specialist and advocate for more than 10 years. She has a heart for social justice change in the prison/justice system and supporting people to gain a better quality of life mentally, spiritually and physically. She has a Bachelors D... Read more

Braunwynn Franklin, Her Journey to Recovery

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Braunwynn Franklin, a Peer Support Specialist with a history of mental illness.  She served 10 years in a Michigan prison where she was mandated to treatment.  When she realized the prison could not provide her with the treatment she felt she ne... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 3, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes:   Black Labor in the Making of America: Laurie Mercier talks to Joe Trotter about his important new book, Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America.  Joe William Trotter, Jr., is Professor o... Read more

January 28, 2020: Ten Year Anniversary of Aaron Campbell; and Group in Wyoming Calls for Justice and Police Oversight

Airs at: Tue, 01/28/2020 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
      On this week's show, we hear from the Stop the Violence event held on Saturday, January 25 at Maranatha Church in NE Portland, marking the ten-year anniversary of the police killing of Aaron Campbell. Campbell's death was the latest in a series of police killings t... Read more

Black History Festival NW + Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theatre

Airs at: Tue, 02/04/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae spotlights the 14th annual Black History Festival NW 2020. It’s a celebration of culture and heritage created by Shalanda Sims running throughout February. She’s also the creator of Who I am  Celebrating me –a Black history play that’s part of the festival. We’ll al... Read more

D.A.s for the People

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick speaks with Madeline Carroll and Maria Cahill, of Oregon District Attorneys for the People, who are part of a national movement to elect progressive DAs who instead of targeting black, brown, houseless and immigrant communities, will instead hold police and pro... Read more

"Brown Sugar Babe" by Charlotte Sherman

Airs at: Thu, 02/06/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
     Author Charlotte Sherman writes, "I love being brown and wanted to write a poem to highlight the splendor of this underestimated color for young boys and girls, so they too will love the skin they are in. When I first heard a beautiful, radiant, brown-skinned child say... Read more

Ep 99. LIVE! WITH HIGH GOOD PEOPLE ft. Tiare Darnell

Airs at: Wed, 01/29/2020 at 12:15am - Sat, 02/29/2020 at 12:15am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
*High* everybody! In December, we had the honor of sitting down with Portland's finest cannabis connoisseur, our friend Tiara Darnell! We did our first ever live show to talk about Tiara's *dope* podcast called @highgoodpeople , the struggles of podcasting and doing it all ... Read more