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Direct Cinema - Part One

Airs at: Thu, 08/24/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  In the early 1960's a revolution in documentary filmmaking took root, inspired by both cultural uprisings and new audio-visual technologies.  The movement known as Direct Cinema rejected authorial voiceovers and other narrative devices, opting instead for immediacy, ambi... Read more

Vancouver Oil Terminal Protest

Airs at: Thu, 08/10/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO reporter Tom Flynn spoke with Cher Tso, who was speaking on behalf of an organization known as Shut Down Fossil Fuels. The group staged a demonstration in downtown Vancouver, Washington, on Monday to influence Governor Jay Inslee to reject the proposed Tesoro Savage oi... Read more

OPAL Advocacy for Transit Riders

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Desiree Hellegers talks with María Hernández Segoviano of OPAL about public transit, including the state's recent transportation package providing for low-income fares on Tri-Met, funding mechanisms, fare enforcement, and more.   image via the noun project   Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 17, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts this episode, which includes these segments: Bill Resnick talks with economist Mary King about irregular work schedules. Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Joe & Raisa share a profile of punk musician Poly Styrene Desiree He... Read more

Andrew Evans on Taking the bus to Antarctica

Airs at: Wed, 06/28/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
  A devout young boy in rural Ohio, Andrew Evans had his life mapped for him: baptism, mission, Brigham Young University, temple marriage, and children of his own. But as an awkward gay kid, bullied and bored, he escaped into the glossy pages of National Geographic and the... Read more

EFSEC Closes Comment Period for Tesoro Savage Oil Terminal

Airs at: Thu, 06/08/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Yesterday evening, Washington State’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, or EFSEC, closed its final hearing on the proposal to construct a 360,000 barrel-per-day crude oil trans-shipment terminal at the Port of Vancouver, Washington. Now the final decision is in the ... Read more

2 Killed in Hate Attack on MAX Train

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Our complete coverage from Monday, May 29, of the attack which occured at the Hollywood Transit Center on Friday. There were five victims of the attack, which began when a man got on the train and almost immediately began verbally assaulting two teenage girls, one of whom i... Read more

Vox Pop: Hollywood Transit Center

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Three days after a vicious hate crime on a MAX train--in which two girls were targeted for the color of their skin and perceived religion, and three men who intervened were stabbed, killing two--Portlanders continue to stop by the Hollywood Transit Center to process what ha... Read more

How to Support the Victims of Friday's MAX Attack

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A number of crowd sourcing sites have sprung up to offer assistance for the victims and survivors of Friday’s horrific attack on a Portland MAX train. Those wishing to provide support for the teenage girls who were the targets of the verbal abuse can go to https://www.youc... Read more

Prison Justice and Transit Justice

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
The United States with five percent of the world’s population  incarcerates 25% of the world’s prisoners.   Mass incarceration in the United States is well-known.   Today’s guest points out something not as well known.   Overcrowded and underfunded prisons now outsource edu... Read more