Economy

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Outgrow the System

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
If we are to save our planet from rapidly approaching climate catastrophe, business as usual is no longer an option. Outgrow the System is a new documentary about transitioning to a more sustainable economic system, by co-directors Cecilia Paulsson and Anders Nillson. Ex... Read more

Advocating for a safer Mass Shelter in PDX

Airs at: Thu, 10/17/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The guests are Charlotte McDonald and Ross Freeman Levin, St. Johns residents agitating for a safer temporary alternative shelter in their neighborhood. A public hearing on the proposed TAS is Nov. 14, 6:30 pm at the St Johns Community Center. Read more

Toppling the Fossil Fuel Giants

Airs at: Mon, 10/21/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On September 27, Kentucky State Representative Justin Pearson came to Portland to talk about his community’s triumph against the Byhalia Connection Pipeline in Southwest Memphis. He was joined by local environmental justice advocates who shared past victories in our regi... Read more

Another Bad Idea for the Columbia River Ecosystem

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Houston-based company, NEXT Renewables LLC Oregon is proposing to construct a major new refinery at Port Westward, near Clatskanie, on the Columbia. This project would immediately become one of Oregon’s top greenhouse gas polluters. The refinery would be one of the l... Read more

Hydrogen Hype

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Hurricane Helene dramatically illustrates how climate chaos is impacting us right now. Yet while there are real solutions that will enable us to stop emitting greenhouse gases, the fossil fuel industry continues to promote a menagerie of false solutions that do not actua... Read more

Boeing Machinists on Strike - Week Two

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2024 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
A Boeing worker, gives us an in depth analysis and the current mood on the eleventh day of 32,000 Boeing Machinists on strike. Read more

Why Portland's Economic Opportunity Analysis is so Important

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For decades powerful corporate industries have set the stage for much of the city’s development along the  lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers through a little known process known as the Economic Opportunity Analysis, or EOA. Currently the Bureau of Planning and Sustain... Read more

Vadim Mozyrsky Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Vadim Mozyrsky has been through it.  As a relatively recent addition to Portland, he's worked hard to involve himself in causes he cares about, while also building name recognition.  Now, as he competes for the District 1 seat on the Multnomah County Commission against M... Read more

Randall Wyatt, Taking Ownership PDX

Airs at: Thu, 09/19/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Our guest is Randall Wyatt, founder and director of Taking Ownership PDX. They help renovate and revive Black-owned homes that have requested their help, with an emphasis on enabling Black homeowners to age in place, generate wealth and simultaneously deter predatory inv... Read more

Economic Degrowth, with Rachel Cheeseman

Airs at: Wed, 09/18/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
    Guest: Rachel Cheeseman     ------ Host: Grace Growing Medicine Reed    ------   Rachel and Grace discuss what it means to embrace economic degrowth, and the dynamics of a spiritualized economy and capitalism.   ----       Read more