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The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 28 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with urban design professor Nicco Larco about how technology, from ecommerce to autonomous vehicles, has and might yet affect cities. Desiree Hellegers interviews Portland singer-songwriter Naomi Little Bear Morena about... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Sun, 08/27/2017 at 5:15pm - Sun, 09/03/2017 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Tragedy in Charlottesville, VA.  Should confederate monuments be taken down, does it change anything?  Lamar Odom wants a reality TV show.  Should women give back engagement rings when the engagement is called off?  Join us as we discuss these topics and more. Read more

Threshold Shift

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Hear the Earth You're Missing Threshold Shift is a collection of field recordings created and contributed by sound professionals, scientists, and student-citizens from across the globe. Why do we record? By many accounts, there is less than 2% of the Earth that is free ... Read more

Interview with Artist Alex Chiu

Airs at: Fri, 08/25/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
Portland artist Alex Chiu joins us to talk about his recent work and what inspires his latest style.  Read more

A View from Phoenix on Tuesday's Protest against Trump, the Police Response, and Joe Arpaio

Airs at: Thu, 08/24/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO reporter Sam Bouman speaks with Dan Hemry of Phoenix Copwatch, who was at the Tuesday, August 22, 2017 protest in Phoenix against the President's rally. They discuss the scene at the protest, the police response, and Copwatch's dealings with former Maricopa County Sher... Read more

Combined Culture Radio- Episode 5

Airs at: Wed, 08/23/2017 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Combined Culture Radio
Local Portland Artist Blossom, Foday, and Covi disuss the emerging music scene in PDX.  Read more

Direct Cinema - Part One

Airs at: Thu, 08/24/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  In the early 1960's a revolution in documentary filmmaking took root, inspired by both cultural uprisings and new audio-visual technologies.  The movement known as Direct Cinema rejected authorial voiceovers and other narrative devices, opting instead for immediacy, ambi... Read more

R.I.P. Dick Gregory

Airs at: Wed, 08/23/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  From Pacifica Radio Archives, recordings of Dick Gregory, honoring the life of the comedian and civil rights activist who broke barriers in the 1960s and became one of the first African-Americans to perform at white clubs.  Gregory used satire and cool humor as a force ... Read more

Staying Connected: Incarcerated Moms & Their Children

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews Jessica Katz, the director of the Family Preservation Project (FPP) at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, and Nova Sweet, a former participant of the program.  FPP is a program of the YWCA of Greater Portland that uses a holistic, fami... Read more

Hello Vancouver! with Loretta Capeheart

Airs at: Thu, 08/24/2017 at 12:30pm - Fri, 08/24/2018 at 12:30pm
Produced for:  Hello Vancouver
In this episode, host Temple Lentz speaks with Loretta Capeheart, VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. Less than one week after the violence and trauma at Charlottesville, Temple spoke with Loretta to learn more about what Clark C... Read more