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A few months ago, the Portland community woke up to learn that there was a secret plan to turn our city into a hub for exporting tar sands crude oil. A Texas company, Zenith Energy, bought a moribund asphalt terminal at the Port of Portland and was surreptitiously expanding... Read more

  In this repeat edition of "First Voices Radio we introduce listeners to Ernestine Hayes, Alaska State Writer Laureate. Ernestine, Kaagwaantaan clan of the Eagle side of the Lingit (Tlingit) Nation, is the author of "Blonde Indian" and many other works, including, "The Ta... Read more

The Sampler Crew - Just Jess, Fortunato and DK Holm are still poolside for more summer fun. Joining us by phone is Professor Kitty, from the english department of Cortland University, to give one last talk about the new Tareantino movie, Once Upon A Time in ... Hollywood So... Read more

Karen James interviews Joel Greenberg, attorney with Disability Rights Oregon (DRO), author of a new report:  “Independent Investigation of the Death of Michael Barton: Mental Illness & Medical Neglect in an Oregon Prison.”  Michael Barton was a 54-year old prisoner in the ... Read more

ADN presents new compositions and improvisations by Roscoe Mitchell (sax and flute), Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), and George Lewis (trombone, electronics).  Though all these gentlemen have been in the jazz scene for forty years or more, they are alive and still blowing the r... Read more

  “Congress shall make no law…abridging freedom of speech.” There it is. Plain and simple. The First Amendment to the Constitution. But since 9/11 that amendment has been under sustained attack. Whistleblowers John Kiriakou, Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden,... Read more

  Dmae features the searingly funny and courageous production of Between Two Knees  detailing more than 100 years of Indigenous American history. The show is currently running through October at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  She features actor Justin Gauthier who performs ... Read more

On Tuesday August 20, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Kristan Kennedy and Roya Amirsoleymani [pronounced a-MEER-soli-MARNY] of the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art about the Time-Based Art festival of 2019.  As two of the three curators of the annual pe... Read more

Join myself and Jenn Burleton as we talk about the disparity between ideological propaganda and actual experience. We will be using our experiences as Transwomen to unpack how it is that propaganda served up by those whose intentions are to control the narative as opposed t... Read more