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Stop Cop City

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews community organizers talking about the Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta Police Foundation is trying to build the largest police training facility in the U.S. in Weelaunee Forest, a watershed surrounded by primarily Black residen... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 15, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Atomic Days: The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south central Washington no longer produces plutonium for nuclear bombs. But its lethal legacy remains.  In his new book, Atomic ... Read more

Atomic Days

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south central Washington no longer produces plutonium for nuclear bombs. But its lethal legacy remains.  In his new book, Atomic Days:  The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America, author Joshua Frank digs into the history of this ... Read more

Fair Testing

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks to Harry Feder, who taught high school in NYC for 22 years, after leaving a career as a litigator in New York City. He’s now retired from teaching but working as hard as ever as Executive Director of the organization Fair Test, that works “to end the misu... Read more

Goldendale Energy Storage Project

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Boston-based Rye Development wants to build the largest pumped-storage hydroelectric development in the Pacific Northwest and in the process destroy irreplaceable Tribal Cultural and Religious Resources. Pumped storage is touted as the most efficient way to store solar and ... Read more

Monthly guest Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Wed, 05/10/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    We welcome back Jacqueline Keeler to her old second Wednesday spot as monthly guest/co-host.  Keeler is a Portland-based Native American writer and activist, enrolled in the Navajo Nation and of Yankton Dakota descent, who co-founded Eradicating Offensive Native Masco... Read more

The Gap: Eviction Representation for All Extravaganza!

Airs at: Fri, 05/05/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea interview the volunteer campaign coordinators from Eviction Representation for All (ERA)-- Multnomah County Measure 26-238, Colleen Carroll and John Bethencourt. We'll talk about the campaign so far, what eviction court is rea... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 8, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes a re-broadcast segment from Against the Grain: Pipeline Populism: Many have concluded that the climate emergency will only be addressed by mass collective action. But given the small size of the U.S. left,... Read more

Selling out the Philippines

Airs at: Wed, 05/03/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  As President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is welcomed to the United States by the Biden administration, grassroots Philippine activists are speaking out about the reality behind the public relations facade. On today's show, host Paul Roland welcomes local organizers from the Or... Read more

Pushing for Environmentally Friendly Buildings

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Transportation is the highest source of greenhouse gas emissions but emissions caused by residential and commercial buildings, including from electricity and natural gas use, are close behind. In 2021, while transportation was responsible for 35% of Oregon's carbon emission... Read more