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Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving

  A one-hour morning weekly show, Thursdays at 8:00am Journalist Lisa Loving brings grassroots activists on the air to talk about local issues -- and what YOU can do to plug into community movements, now.          Read more

Fossil Fuel Risk Bonds

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
The construction and operation of fossil fuel infrastructure is causing expensive physical and economic damages to land, air, water and frontline communities on an almost daily basis. But if, for example, a major earthquake destroys the tank farms comprising Portland’s Crit... Read more

Drug Workers and Decolonization

Airs at: Wed, 05/17/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Drug Workers, Decriminalization and Decolonization. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation with Hilary Agro, an anthropology PhD student at the University of British Columbia and a researcher whose studies include drug policy, activism, and ... Read more

Defending the Humanity of People Who Sell Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 05/17/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio, Defending the Humanity of People Who Sell Drugs: a conversation with Hilary Agro, an anthropology PhD student at the University of British Columbia and a researcher whose studies include drug policy, activism, and the harms of prohibit... 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

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

Music, Drugs, and Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 04/26/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Music, Drugs, and Harm Reduction. We hear from Dr. Jodie Grigg, a Research Associate at the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University in Perth and coordinator of the Western Australia arm of the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting S... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 24, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Politics of Security Leaks: On April 13th, Air National Guardsman Jack Texeira from Massachusetts was arrested by the FBI over the leak of classified US intelligence documents on... Read more

Revolutionary Project in Venezuela

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
The La Minka commune has now celebrated its tenth anniversary. Luisa Martinez returns for a follow-up interview. How does the commune work with its surrounding community in the heart of Caracas? What are its relations with the country’s government? How has the role of its w... Read more

Drug Policy, Environmental Protection, and the Rights of Indigenous People

Airs at: Wed, 04/19/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Drug Policy, Environmental Protection, and the Rights of Indigenous People Efforts are ongoing around the world to better align national and international drug policies with other crucial areas of concern including protecting the envi... Read more