Environment/Climate

Water World

Proposals by the EPA to clean up the Willamette river Superfund site are being presented for public scrutiny. Scheduled for this live show is Barbara Quinn and Jackie Calder from the Portland Harbor Citizen Advisory Group and The EPA's very own Cami Grandinetti. We will ... Read more

Stephen Johnson Interview

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Between Us

Stephen Johnson is a home care specialist and a democrat who is running for Oregon Governor. He talked with Don Merrill about his support for guns in Oregon schools, why the state can't afford to pass up jobs that have been previously called a bad fit for the state's "ch... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 1, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Norm Diamond hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick and David Finkle, talking about a recent Syrian Peace Summit. Clayton Morgareidge offers a reading about "snow days under socialism" Larry Bowlden reviews Terra Konklins, "The House Girl". Norm offers s... Read more

History of Portland's Loyal Legion

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Old Mole and labor historian, Norm Diamond, offers some critical history surrounding the namesake of a hip new bar in Portland, Loyal Legon. Rather than a union in any good faith sense of that word, the Loyal Legon of Loggers and Lumbermen were a creation of the US milit... Read more

Snow Days Under Socialism

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge reads from a Jacobin magazine article, "Snow Days Under Socialism". All this begs the question: what would winter look like in a different world? What might change in a socialist society? In a society where ordinary people democratically controlled... Read more

2034: Welcome to the Holy Lands

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Ubu Hour

Welcome to the year 2034, fifty years after 1984. Refugees flee religious extremists in white robes. People try to cope in the face of out of control climate change and world upheaval.. The Ubu Hour presents the futuristic radio theater drama: 2034: WELCOME TO THE HOLY L... Read more

Live From Burns, OR: Report-back on the siege of Malheur, with Arun Gupta

Airs at: Wed, 01/27/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Special inside look at what's happening in Burns, Oregon. Roland and Gupta just spent a week in Burns, interviewing people in the community, visiting the occupation at the Malheur Wildlife refuge, hanging out in local bars, and generally getting a feel for how the "Bund... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 25, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this show and this is what it covers: 1. Desiree Hellegers talks with Cowlitz Tribal members about the threat to their ancentral lands from a mining company. 2. Laurie Mercier and Joe Clement discuss the purpose, strategy and actions of the Portland ... Read more

Water, Pesticides, and Flint, Michigan

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Dangerous water -- dangerous to our health -- has been in the news lately because of what happened in Flint, Michigan. Major polutants of water include pesticides from industrial agriculture. Jeremy Olsen is Assistant Director at the Northwest Center for Alternatives to ... Read more

Protecting Cowlitz Tribal Lands from Mining

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Desiree Hellegers speaks with Cowlitz tribal leadership about the battle to stop the Canadian mining company Ascot Resources, Ltd., from developing a copper, gold, and molybdenum mine in the Green River Valley, northeast of Mount St. Helens. The proposed mine would be on... Read more