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Where once cows roamed on pastures and fields grew a variety of crops, now the principal crop is data centers. These massive industrial eyesores are becoming a fixture across Oregon’s rural and suburban landscapes. On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with Fred Huette, ... Read more

One of the first executive orders issued by Trump in January was a Whitehouse paper titled "Unleashing American Energy." It promises to restore American prosperity by removing legal barriers, including laws in many states, to the extraction of natural resources. In their... Read more

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Assault on the Environment: One of the first executive orders issued by Trump in January was a Whitehouse paper titled "Unleashing American Energy." It promises to restore Am... Read more

Luisa Martinez pursues a wide-ranging discussion with immigration lawyer Daniel Kanstroom about the ideology, history and political economy of immigration in the United States. In part one, they take up the political economy of labor migration, the historical antecedents... Read more

We have only one day out of 365 to celebrate the planet that we are slowly killing. But that’s not all. Earth Day has become a handy opportunity for corporations to greenwash and for businesses to profit from “Earth Day” product sales. Environmental writer, Tim Smedley, ... Read more

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Queery is official one year old! I promised myself at the year anniversary, I will be brave enough to do an all analog set! Join me to hear about some of the great artists that have been explored over the last year in the ever-expanding Queery Library, all based in the r... Read more

  Late last October when Phil Lesh died, he'd led various solo projects and collaborated with mixtures of members of his first band elsewhere, for nearly as long as The Grateful Dead had performed live.  Today we will enter that latter era of Phil's musical career. As ... Read more

This week’s Swing’n’Country on Saturday April 19th includes music from Jean Sheppard, Charley Pride, Brennen Leigh, Jesse Winchester, Mary McCaslin, Jerry Reed, Chuck Brodsky and of course Crystal Gayle - scattered throughout the program.  If you want more, you could hea... Read more