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Losing Facebook

Airs at: Tue, 10/05/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
What if Facebook went away? On Monday, for a little while, it did. Did it matter? Opinions vary. Abe and Traci take your calls. Read more

Wider Window Poetry with Armin Tolentino

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
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Decriminalizing People Who Use Drugs

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
New research shows that official statistics under-report the number of deaths caused by police violence in the US, plus safe consumption sites and the decriminalization of people who use drugs are under discussion in Massachusetts. Read more

Labor Radio

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join hosts Tina Turner-Morfitt, Dr. Audrey Terrell and Deborah Hall for the Oregon  Coalition of Black Trade Unionists segment of Labor Radio. Our guest is John Washington, a noted business man for the past 25 years who has focused on economic development in communities of ... Read more

Encore program

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2021 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Due to some family stuff, Fortunato didn't have time to put together a new show for today. And so, we present a repeat program for this week from March 29th. Besides music, DK Holm will interview Reed College professor Marat Grenberg about film director Stanley Kubrick. And... Read more

Speaking Truth to Power

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
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Science has been under attack in a big way for the past few years. But while most of us are focusing on right wing attacks on mainstream science such as climate chaos and Covid vaccines, there is a longer history of scientists who are persecuted for challenging mainstream p... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 4, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
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  To thank the generous supporters of community radio in Portland, the Old Mole Variety Hour is sponsoring gift prints of one of Bette Lee’s photos to 10 lucky listeners who contribute during KBOO’s 2021 fall membership drive. To view Bette’s photos and learn details about... Read more

Cryptocurrencies and Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
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Jan Haaken talks with Emaline Friedman about cryptocurrencies, how they function in the world of banking and finance, and critiques within the left on these digital technologies. Friedman is a psychologist and social theorist working at the intersection of subjectivity and ... Read more

Energy Crossroads

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
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In the conclusion of a two part interview Bill Resnick and Al Weinrub discuss the future of the energy grid. In part one they compared the two contesting plans for stopping climate cataclysm. They argued that the corporate plan, with its huge, remote nuclear plants and sun ... Read more

Another World is Possible

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
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Luisa Martinez joins Norm Diamond for a dramatic reading from Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2020 novel The Ministry For the Future, after which Norm discusses the novel’s approach to climate change and social change more broadly. It’s rare in fiction for an author to attempt a pla... Read more