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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

The Politics of Security Leaks

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On April 13th, Air National Guardsman Jack Texeira from Massachusetts was arrested by the FBI over the leak of classified US intelligence documents on an online chat room for gamers. In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker look at this case and how t... Read more

The Gap: The Campaign to Defund Things That Matter and R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

Airs at: Fri, 04/14/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss Portland City Commissioner Mingus Mapps' recent suprise budget amendment aimed at stripping city cannabis tax funding from an advocacy org that would reinvest the funds into economic development in the Black community.... Read more

Northwest Documentaries

Airs at: Thu, 04/13/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Seattle-based documentarian John de Graaf came to prominence with the film and book series Affluenza, a critique of the consumerism and materialism that plagues American communities and the global environment.  He’s now the Executive Director of Take Back Your Time and c... Read more

Andrew Meier, author of Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty

Airs at: Thu, 04/13/2023 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
We have a very special episode of Jonesy for you today, so special in fact, we needed an extra hour, 90 minutes in total, to get it all in. Our guest is Andrew Meier, author of the new multi-generational biography Morgenthau: Power, Privilege and the Rise of an American Dyn... Read more

Washington State Post-Blake

Airs at: Wed, 04/12/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: New Washington State Drug Laws Post-Blake. Drug possession laws in Washington state were invalidated in 2021 by a state supreme court decision in the case of State v Blake. The legislature moved quickly to put some laws back in place but the me... Read more

Portland's Fukushima

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on March 13, 2023 Last month marked the 12th anniversary of the 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami caused the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. There were meltdowns of three of the Fukushima reactors, discharge of radioact... Read more

Victim's Rights, Decriminalization, and Public Safety

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
This week on Prison Pipeline: Victim’s Rights, Decriminalization, and Public Safety. On this edition of Prison Pipeline we hear from Lenore Anderson, Co-Founder and President of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, and Shakyra Diaz, Chief of Federal Advocacy at the Allianc... Read more

The Gap: Stripping funds for BIPOC orgs in Civic Life, Repackaging Measure 114 and Questioning Tipping Culture

Airs at: Fri, 04/07/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea talk about the goings on in our halls of government - in Portland and Salem. The Civic Life office is going to cut funding for BIPOC advocacy organizations to redirect it to neighborhood associations. We're talking about those... Read more

"Civilization" and its Future, Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks to John Bellamy Foster about the future of the planet and what we call “civilization.”  They discuss several issues: the time remaining to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations and stop global roasting; the risks of thinking in terms of decades; and whethe... Read more