Community Building

Wealth Inequity and Universal Basic Income

Airs at: Tue, 01/16/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United states, the wealth gap between rich and poor was already very wide. The top 10% of families -- those who had at least $942,000 -- held 76% of total wealth. The average amount of wealth in this group was $... Read more

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Path To Nonviolence

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Two women with very close ties to Martin Luther King Jr. reflect on how King developed into one of the great moral and political philosophers of the 20th century and how his philosophies might still guide the world through troubled times today. Dr. Dorothy Cotton was the... Read more

Introduction to Local Folks Podcast

Produced for: Local Folks

Driving an elderly person to the doctor, sitting with a terminally ill patient so their care giver can take a much-needed break, gleaning and distributing surplus food and firewood to needy households, reading to elementary school children: These are all ways local people w... Read more

Court Confirms Constitutionality of Portland Fossil Fuel Zoning Rules

Airs at: Fri, 01/05/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

On January 4th, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed, in large part, a Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) decision that undermined Portland’s landmark fossil fuel terminal zoning amendments, passed unanimously by the city council in December 2016. The court ruled that Portla... Read more

Opening the Trump Time Capsule

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Toward the end of 2016 Sightline Institute's Programs Director Eric de Place created a Trump Time Capsule project. He sent out an email to his friends and colleagues asking them to write down their predictions for the future, trying to envision the unusual events and disrup... Read more

FIDO'S TAP HOUSE

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Voices for the Animals

Co-host Dab Steadman talks with entrepeneur Scott Porter about the grand opening of his unique business which will be "the world's first Doggie Tap House". His new taproom in Tigard, OR, will be dedicated to finding homes for shelter dogs. In addition, a portion of th... Read more

A Radio Geekly: Episode 17 - Consumerism in Geek Culture

Airs at: Fri, 01/05/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: A Radio Geekly

Happy New Year fellow geeks! On this first episode of 2018, the ARG collective discusses geek consumerism and the need to buy things to "keep up our geek credentials". Why is it necessary? Why do companies take advantage of this need? Join in the conversation by calling 503... Read more

News In-Depth: Stolen Angels PDX Billboard Project

Airs at: Tue, 01/02/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

A group of Portlanders is hoping to draw attention to racial injustice and police violence in the Portland area with a bold public project. KBOO reporter Sam Bouman spoke last Friday with several members of Portland Equity in Action (PEA), joined by Alicia Johnson, the m... Read more

The Akee Tree by Stephen Hanks

Airs at: Thu, 01/04/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

In this previously aired episode of Black Book Talk the hosts interview Stephen Hanks, author of The Akee Tree. What would compel an African-American man to spend ten years of his life tracing his family tree from the Pacific Northwest back to slavery times in Mississi... Read more

Fallen Heroes of 2017

Airs at: Tue, 01/02/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Thousands of local social justice organizers, activists and other leaders passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didnt make the headlines. On this edition of Making Contact, as we do every December, well hear about some of the... Read more