Government/Politics

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The Hottest Places in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on July 10. 2023 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 wha... Read more

Multnomah County vs. Big Oil, with John Wasiutynski

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on July 17, 2023 Last June 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 ... Read more

Listen to Youth

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on June 16, 2023 In recent years it’s becoming more and more obvious that youth are the real leaders of the climate movement. And for good reason, because they are the ones that are going to live with the climate mess that previous generatio... Read more

The Gap: Thousands and Thousands of Micro-irrationalities

Airs at: Fri, 07/28/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea hit you with a news! roundup! First, the DOJ is suing Texas over an illegal "floating border" in the Rio Grande. It's basically a drowning device. Just when you think Abbott won't go lower, he starts digging. Then, on to the l... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 31, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Covid, Polio, and Medical Populism: Norm Diamond speaks with Patricia Kullberg about the ambiguous role of so-called medical populism as it has played out during the Covid epide... Read more

Covid is Not Over (Wear a Mask)

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Despite what you may have heard, the pandemic is not over and you should be wearing a respirator indoors and in outdoor areas near others. As the WHO Director-General noted,  the lifting of international emergency status did not mean the end of the pandemic: "The worst thin... Read more

The Science (and Business) Behind Covid Disinformation

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg as our Well-Read Red, reads excerpts from an article by epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina, who finds that Covid-19 disinformation is coordinated, effective, lucrative, and cost lives. The article was originally published on a Substack Newsletter called Your ... Read more

Covid, Polio, and Medical Populism

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond speaks with Patricia Kullberg about the ambiguous role of so-called medical populism as it has played out during the Covid epidemic and earlier during the mid-twentieth century polio epidemic in this country. Medical populism often rises up out of legitimate gr... Read more

Portland International Raceway's Lethal Pollution

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Because of its toxicity, the sale of leaded gasoline in passenger cars was banned by the EPA in 1996. But its use was still allowed for “off-road” vehicles, such as farm machinery, marine engines and race cars. There are more than a dozen major race tracks around the United... Read more

Voices For The Animals: Goldie's Act & The Tragedy of Puppy Mills

Airs at: Fri, 07/28/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
On this episode of Voices For the Animals, host Michele Coppola speaks with Robert Hensley, Legal Advocacy Senior Counsel for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) about Goldie's Act, a bipartisan bill that, if passed, will require USDA inspe... Read more