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Academic Freedom Under Attack

Airs at: Mon, 12/08/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In August of this year, Jennifer Ruth came on to the Old Mole to explain how Title VI of the Civil Rights Act had become the primary legal instrument for repressing student protests and free speech on college campuses in the name of combating antisemitism.  In this up... Read more

Taxing and Investing

Airs at: Mon, 12/08/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The Central City Task Force--packed with corporate interests and aligned with the Portland Metro Chamber (PMC, aka the Portland Business Association, PBA)--has continued arguing that taxes on the wealthy and corporations are bad, and continued attacking voter-approved... Read more

Interview with Steven Marcus Releford

Airs at: Fri, 11/28/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  That Vegan Show
Interview with Steven Marcus Releford, Plant-Based Comedian Tune in to meet Steven Marcus Releford and discover his journey into plant-based comedy. Steven is a 15-year veteran of stand-up and a 13-year vegan, Steven takes audiences on a cruelty-free, high-energy rollerco... Read more

The Noxious Spread of Data Centers, Part One

Airs at: Mon, 12/01/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This Program aired originally on October 27, 2025 A high tech type of noxious weed is spreading across Oregon. For several years data centers have been popping up across the state, destroying farmland and habitat. Enticed by abundant water and energy and tax breaks f... Read more

The sound of Squad Goals

Airs at: Fri, 11/28/2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Kiyan hosts this month's episode of Squad Goals featuring selected songs that we like to listen to! Read more

Buscando America on 11/25/25

Airs at: Tue, 11/25/2025 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este episodio hablamos con Jessica Montoya directora de oregonforall para darnos una actualización sobre el aumento de detenciones en el estado de Oregon. Desde la Ciudad de Mexico escucha una conversación con la artista multidisciplinaria y poeta hurakana.selmace.  Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 1, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 12/01/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  While we’re told by politicians that the ideas of Karl Marx are foreign and have no place in this country, history proves otherwise. In Karl Marx in America (2025), Andrew Hartman shows that Marx and Marxism have had a significant influence on the United States, from ... Read more

Starbucks Workers on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 11/24/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Starbucks baristas are on an open-ended nationwide strike for living wages, safe staffing, and respect.  Aspen Maxwell and Maggie Bolden, Portland-area Starbucks Workers United rank-and-file organizers, detail the conditions, their commitment and the years-long battles f... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 24, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 11/24/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Desiree Hellegers hosts this decolonial Thanksgiving week show, featuring an all Indigenous line up of musicians and the following segments:  “We need to dismantle settler colonialism in the United States. What Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Ba... Read more

Radio Tales for the Road

Airs at: Mon, 11/24/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As we tumble toward autocracy, we still don’t know exactly what’s in store, yet it has become clear what we should fear, and that we need to muster a movement that will stand up to everything hurtling toward us. But on today’s Locus Focus, I want to go back in time and t... Read more