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Trouble-making in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In the aftermath of the November election, Unions are facing a host of challenges. On April 8th 2017 Labor Notes was in town for the Portland Troublemakers School to help union members and Organizers understand and learn to fight back against such challenges as Right to Wor... Read more

Oregon Documentaries

Airs at: Thu, 04/27/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  A flurry of documentaries about Pacific Northwest newsmakers are making the rounds of film festivals and television shows, locally and around the country. The Reluctant Radical profiles climate activist Ken Ward, one of the Valve Turners in the campaign to shut down the... Read more

Terrorism: Theirs and Ours

Airs at: Tue, 04/25/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Terrorism is the scourge of the era. It is a fearsome symbol conjuring images of nasty-looking, bearded men brandishing AK-47s. The media focus only on the terrorism of official enemies like Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. The notion that the U.S. and its allies enga... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 24, 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tod Sloan will be our host for this edition of the Old Mole, and we will hear-- an interview on teaching in poverty schools, the tragedy of it and some wonderful possibilities a reading on the long history of medical experimentation on people of color in the U.S. ... Read more

Young Oregonians on the Health Crisis of Gun Violence

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Celeste and Cecil welcome Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)  2017 high school student winners of the 9th annual Greenfield Peace Writing Scholarship: Jessyka Evans of Tualatin High School, Keagan Rice of The Dalles High School, and Kennah Watts of Oregon Cit... Read more

Spies of Mississippi 

Airs at: Fri, 04/21/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Spies of Mississippi is a journey into the world of informants, infiltrators, and agent provocateurs in the heart of Dixie. The film tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation and maintain “the Mississippi way of li... Read more

Ex-CIA Officer John Kiriakou: The Reluctant Spy

Airs at: Fri, 04/21/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Join Chris Andrae for a conversation with the former CIA operative who was sent to prison for leaking classified information about torture. John Kiriakou was the first Central Intelligence Agency official to publicly confirm that agency interrogators waterboarded a high-... Read more

Former Army Airborne Ranger Reflects on Central America and Effects of the Military

Airs at: Fri, 04/21/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Former Army Airborne Ranger Dave Edgar served in Central America during the 1980's. His time in the military affected him greatly. Edgar regularly speaks to members of the community about the complications of military life.  In the first part of the show, veterans Mark ... Read more

Fire And Tears: Racism and Resistance Past and Present

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement along with Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy.  But he was in many ways unsung.  Middle Georgia State University Professor Andrew Manis talks about the legacy of Fred Shuttlesworth.   In 199... Read more

Milenio / Books to Prisoners

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Milenio is an organization that facilitates the involvement of Latinos at all levels of public decision-making and politics. Milenio strives to improve education outcomes, advocate for immigration reform, incarceration, women's rights, LGBT rights, political innovation and ... Read more