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Art Talk Bus Stop

Airs at: Wed, 06/28/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Talk Bus Stop
In place of Art Talk Bus Stop this program is a special 3 part documentary short (1 hr total). The show features interviews and original music from three musicians of Montavilla Jazz, Denzel Mendoza, Mary Sue Tobin, and Machado Mijiga. Each musician created pieces inspired ... Read more

Totality of Circumstances | June 27, 2023

Airs at: Tue, 06/27/2023 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  This month's show focuses on the recent interactions between the Police Accountability Commission (PAC) and Portland City Council, as the PAC gets closer to its August 31 deadline to present the council with its complete plan for a new police oversight system. This show... Read more

Songcircle’s Summer of Soul (to Soul)!

Airs at: Fri, 06/23/2023 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Produced for The Songcircle
Today on The Songcircle, it’s my last show of June (DJ Dan S. guest-hosts next week) so we’re closing out Black Music Month — and the week of Juneteenth — with a program drawn from three great concert documentaries and their soundtracks: the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 26, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: “Anti-woke” legislation and the response: In at least 15 states, GOP officials have passed educational gag orders prohibiting classroom conversations about race, racism, and LGBTQ is... Read more

“Anti-woke” legislation and the response

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
In at least 15 states, GOP officials have passed educational gag orders prohibiting classroom conversations about race, racism, and LGBTQ issues in public schools. Florida’s “Stop W.O.K.E Act,” a portion of which was challenged in federal court last fall, has been at the va... Read more

Stay Woke

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
“Woke” is a Black slang term referring to the capacity to understand the nuances of racism, a word that originated in the Black community during the early 20th Century. The term has been co-opted and twisted and stripped of its complexity and flung back like at the Black co... Read more

Juneteenth

Airs at: Sat, 06/17/2023 at 12:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Juneteenth Special
   Join us as we embark on a momentous journey celebrating the spirit of Juneteenth. We're bringing you an electrifying live broadcast, direct from the heart of the jubilant Juneteenth celebration hosted by WCCC.    Be prepared to immerse yourself in a tapestry of captivatin... Read more

Barbra Weber Reports on UN's International Plastics Treaty Negotiations in Paris

Airs at: Thu, 06/15/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Lisa is live in the studio with Barbra Weber, a founder of Hazelnut Grove, Trash for Peace, and the Groundscore Association. Barbra just got back from Paris, France where she was part of the UN's International Plastics Treaty Negotiations. Before that, on March 1, she was i... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 19, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Juneteenth image by breefulmelange, public domain, courtesy of Pixaby: https://pixabay.com/users/breefulmelange-16833170/ Patricia Kullberg hosts this Juneteenth episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Juneteenth, George Floyd and Black Resistanc... Read more

Juneteenth, George Floyd and Black Resistance

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Sky Wilson interviews Kent Ford, co-founder of the Portland Black Panthers, longtime community activist, public intellectual, and People’s historian, who helped organize the Memorial Fred Hampton People’s Health Clinic and organized and volunteered for years at the Panther’... Read more