Civil Liberties

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this show on which we hear from activists working for immigrant rights and for the Spring return of Occupy Portland. We also hear a review of the 1984 John Sayles movie Brother From Another Planet and a discussion of the book Kafka Comes to America: Fig... Read more

The Left & The Law: Kafka Comes to America

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken talks with attorney Mike Snedeker about Steven T. Wax's new book Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror - A Public Defender's Inside Account. Wax is the head of the Oregon Federal Public Defenders’ office and has represented prisoners ... Read more

Prison Pipeline 3/26/12 w/ Larry Johnson and Louis Wedge of the Highland Access and Recovery Program Hosted by Peter Pincetl

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Larry Johnson and Louise Wedge of HARRP Join host Peter Pincetl as he discusses the Highland Access, Recovery and Reentry Program (HARRP) with Larry Johnson and Louise Wedge. HARRP's goals are to help formerly incarcerated people become successful, reunite with their loved... Read more

Walidah Imarisha on the history of Blacks in Oregon and race relations in the United States

Airs at: Fri, 04/06/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Walidah Imarisha on the history of Blacks in Oregon and race relations in the United States. Samantha Taylor and Del Criscenzo ask Walidah about the peculiar history of African Americans in Oregon and Portland and openly talk about the "isms" that continue to impact our soc... Read more

Prison Pipeline 3/19/12 w/ Cindy Thompson Hosted by Grace E Reed

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Grace E Reed interviews Cindy Thompson founder/director of Destiny Network. Cindy is an author and advocate of restorative justice and prison reform working with inmates and their children. She is instrumental in creating new policies for employment and wages while inca... Read more

Kristian Williams on Treyvon Martin, Capitalism and the Culture of Fear

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Kristian Williams, Portland-resident and renknown scholar of policing and police history, about the murder of Treyvon Martin. Kristian re-caps the case and those like it, but also comments on the nature of the "stand your ground" laws that have been ... Read more

Queer Health and Fierceness

Airs at: Wed, 03/28/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Out Loud

On today's show we will discuss Queer Health and Fierceness (a topic all us Queers and Allies must know). From the Center for American Progress we have Kellan Baker. With his amazing work as a health policy analyst and LGBTQ Health researcher, the CAP has been instrument... Read more

Prison Pipeline 3/12/12 "Struggles of Transgender People in Prison" Hosted by Megan Vosk

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

On this evening's Prison Pipeline, host Megan Vosk explores issues surrounding trans-people in prison. She interviews a NY attorney, Adam Pulver, about a recent case involving a trans-woman at Rikers Island who sued her guards for harrassment and abuse. The episode also fea... Read more

Is Big Brother watching? Oh, yes he is. Abe and Joe look at the NSA's massive new spy center.

Airs at: Tue, 03/27/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris There's a lot of information flying around these days, more so than ever before, in fact. Keeping tabs on all of it would seem to be an impossible task. Not to worry, though -- Big Brother is up to the job. Abe and Joe take a look at... Read more