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Left of Center-Podcast

Airs at: Wed, 04/26/2017 at 3:00pm - Fri, 04/27/2018 at 3:00pm
This weeks' episode of Left of Center serves as a reminder of the current confirmed members of Donald Trump's Cabinet along with the threat they collectively represent to so many everyday issues we deal with; LGBTQ Rights, Education, The Environment and so much more.     ... Read more

Wendy Sample: National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk

Airs at: Thu, 04/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  As the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization, NAMI provides support, education and advocacy for millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI is a lifeline for people and families who need a place to turn and try and make sense of these afflicti... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 24, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tod Sloan hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear-- 1.  Alex Diamond talks with Bill Resnick about his experience teaching in a poor schools in Memphis. 2.  Desiree Hellegers reads from a history of how the bodies of people of color were used to study and teach anat... Read more

Medicine, Anatomy, and Ideology

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers reads an excerpt from Craig Steven Wilders' Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery and the Troubled History of American Universities that illuminates the long history of medical experimentation on people of color in the U.S., and that challenges claims about scienti... 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

The Queer Music Segment: Orkis & Chanti Darling

Airs at: Tue, 04/25/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
James Dixon features queer music artists                  Joseph Lanker of Orkis and Chanticleer Trü of Chanti Darling! Orkis recently performed at Holocene earlier this year making this their Portland priemere and introducing themselves as "a multi-sensory dance music exp... 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