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Cai Emmons, author of two new novels: Unleashed and Livid

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Cai Emmons, author of the new novels Unleashed from Dutton, and Livid from Red Hen Press. Cai’s a fiction writer, playwright, and screenwriter, whose work includes the story collection Vanishing and the novels His Mother’s Son, which won an O... Read more

Banned Books Week 2022

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Project Censored
  For this week's show, Mickey dedicates the hour to Banned Books Week 2022 (Sept. 18-24). Now in its 40th year, Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating and promoting the freedom to read, and resisting efforts to ban certain books from library shelves, especially ... Read more

Verde

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Cully neighborhood in outer NE Portland is one of the most culturally diverse communities in Portland. And for many decades it has been the most overlooked and underserved community as well, with more than its share of poverty, and less than its share of environmental a... Read more

$5 For Three Minutes by Cammie Toloui

Airs at: Thu, 09/15/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Photojournalist Cammie Toloui joins us on Between the Covers to talk about her photoessay book $5 For Three Minutes. The new book explores Cammie's time as a stripper at San Francisco's Lusty Lady Theater, where she photographed the people who paid for peep shows, revers... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 5, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jon Nelson hosts this Labor Day episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Putting the Movement Back into the Labor Movement: The rapid, spectacular, entirely unexpected, self-organizing of workers at Amazon, Starbucks, and many other local franchises ... Read more

Putting the Movement Back into the Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The rapid, spectacular, entirely unexpected, self-organizing of workers at Amazon, Starbucks, and many other local franchises relying on low wage service workers inspired many observers of the labor scene to what they see as “spontaneous” uprisings as the route to a new lab... Read more

Changing Portland's City Government Encore

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on August 1, 2022 This November Portland voters will have an opportunity to vote on a complex measure that would amend the city charter in some drastic ways. The changes include rank voting, expanding the city council to 12 members who would... Read more

Stage Hands Fight Union-Busting at Convention Center

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
  Rose Etta Venetucci, Tim Rooney, and Kyle Huth, members of IATSE 28 (stage hands union) talk about the struggle to keep union jobs at the Metro Merc Convention Center.     Read more

Verizon Express Workers Organize

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Hannah Borstel, a Verizon Express retail worker in NW Portland, explains why she and her co-workers are organizing a union with the Communications Workers of America.  Part of a national wave of retail organizing, these workers face similar conditions and are inspired by ea... Read more

Does Portland Need More Industrial Land?

Airs at: Mon, 07/11/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland and other Oregon municipalities are required to inventory their employment land periodically as part of the comprehensive planning process.  For decades the city has decided during each inventory process that it needs more industrial land. In the past, Portland ann... Read more