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Multnomah County vs. Big Oil, with John Wasiutynski

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Last month Multnomah County filed suit against several of the largest fossil fuel and coal-producing corporations to hold them accountable for damages from the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome, one of the deadliest and most destructive human-made weather disasters in Americ... Read more

Scotland Takes a Stand

Airs at: Wed, 07/12/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Scotland Takes A Stand. The Government of Scotland has issued a paper entitled “A Caring, Compassionate and Human Rights Informed Drug Policy for Scotland” that calls for a veritable revolution in drug policy including heroin treatment, safe c... Read more

Lidia Yuknavitch, author of Thrust (rebroadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 07/13/2023 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
It’s summer here on Jonesy, as it might be for you, and that means Jonesy himself is on the run, I mean traveling again, I don’t know where. What I do know is this show comes to a complete stand-still when he’s gone. So we’ll be doing what we usually do – re-airing one of o... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 10, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Image via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_hand.svg Nimiipuu Mole Julian Ankney hosts this show featuring audio excerpts from an April conference on “Native Sovereignty, Decolonization, Divestment, Reparations, and Environmental Justice,” s... Read more

Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, Fossil Fuels, Man Camps, and a Case for Divestment, Reinvestment, and Reparations:

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The sexual exploitation, torture and disappearance of Native Americans has deep historical roots, beginning in 1492. In some parts of the country, Native women experience rates of murder ten times higher than the national average. Rates of violence spike with the introducti... Read more

The Hottest Places in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On June 28, 2021, Portland State Geography Professor Vivek Shandas drove around Portland on this hottest day ever recorded in the city, measuring the temperatures of the pavement in various neighborhoods around town. And what he found was a dramatic discrepancy between the ... Read more

SCOTUS and Indian Country

Airs at: Wed, 07/05/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Portland-based Navajo/Dakota writer and activist Jacqueline Keeler joins host Paul Roland for the first Wednesday instead of the second this month.   https://atmos.earth/colorado-river-navajo-supreme-court/?fbclid=IwAR0tHs44gx3E0BGeQL6oMkp9p4_pZ1zFwwwm5Sdm5MFnawrxgHcy... Read more

PDX Progressive Talk Radio - June 2023

Airs at: Wed, 06/28/2023 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
The Changing City of Roses In this episode, Moses Ross talks with two leaders in the Portland area. He takes a moment to disucss Portland's new form of governance with PDX Indepenent Commission Member, Kari Chisholm. Moses then switches gears in a dramatic move to talk abo... Read more

Eugene vs. NW Natural Encore

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
    This program aired originally on April 3, 2023 On February 7, the Eugene City Council voted to phase out fossil fuels like gas in new homes and buildings, the first city in Oregon to take this step that will cut climate pollution, improve air quality, and lower utilit... Read more

A summer solstice

Airs at: Fri, 06/23/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Squirrels Know
  Join Ender Black on another night of stupendous thoughts and expressions! From the concepts of animal awareness and galactic consciousness, all the way to the process of colonization prior to the appearance of dinosaurs! The hows and whos of a planet that was made into ... Read more