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Ladies and Gentlemen, for your entertainment and enlightenment enjoyment, sit right down, still your alpha waves and prepare to be enveloped by the quietest music in the world! In the center ring, two (count them two) triple pianissimo pieces by Morton Feldman, “For Samu... Read more

Beautiful songs mostly a cappella recorded in 1975 as field recordings. Read more

Host Karen James is joined by Alice Lundell and Mark Wilson from OJRC to discuss Solitary Confinement. State-Sanctioned Torture, A Symposium on Ending Solitary Confinement in Oregon, a one-day event, will be held Saturday, May 2nd at PSU Hoffman Hall in Portland. The eve... Read more

Erica Thomas and Vasiliki Touhouliotis, co-chairs of the Portland State University Faculty Association (PSUFA), which represents instructors and researchers working less than half time, explain their demands for fair compensation, job security and academic freedom.  PSU ... Read more

     Join Andy O’Hara on March 30th for “The Monday Sampler,” a two-hour journey of high-energy music that defies categorization. Expect a sonic landscape where the art-pop of David Bowie and the sharp wit of Elvis Costello sit comfortably alongside the soulful grit of T... Read more

Ross Island, extending south in the Willamette River from the Ross Island Bridge to Sellwood, could be the jewel of Portland’s park system. Instead it has been abused and now abandoned by Ross Island Sand and Gravel, which mined gravel on the island for 90 years. As a re... Read more

The release of the millions of files through the congressional Epstein Files Transparency Act provides a disturbing window onto the global network of elite individuals—politicians, business leaders, academics, and celebrities—whose wealth and privilege protected them fro... Read more

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The United States of Israel: Laurie Mercier speaks with Connor Echols, a reporter for Responsible Statecraft (published by the Quincy Institute), about some of the deep relat... Read more

In the late sixties, no song quite captured the rage of America’s youth over the Viet Nam War like the darkly humored “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag,“ by Country Joe and the Fish. Protest songs like this were key to galvanizing resistance against the war. Country Joe... Read more

Laurie Mercier speaks with Connor Echols, a reporter for Responsible Statecraft (published by the Quincy Institute), about some of the deep relationships between the US and Israel and how these connections affect US policies. For more on Echols’ work, see: https://resp... Read more