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Goldendale Energy Storage Project

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Boston-based Rye Development wants to build the largest pumped-storage hydroelectric development in the Pacific Northwest and in the process destroy irreplaceable Tribal Cultural and Religious Resources. Pumped storage is touted as the most efficient way to store solar and ... 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

False Doctrine: The "Constitutional" Sheriffs Movement

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
This week on Prison Pipeline: False Doctrine: The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement The Oregon Justice Resource Center has released a new report entitled “I Am The Law: The Rise of Oregon’s Constitutional Sheriffs.” To discuss this report and its implications, on this editi... Read more

The Gap: Eviction Representation for All Extravaganza!

Airs at: Fri, 05/05/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea interview the volunteer campaign coordinators from Eviction Representation for All (ERA)-- Multnomah County Measure 26-238, Colleen Carroll and John Bethencourt. We'll talk about the campaign so far, what eviction court is rea... Read more

Saving Lives In Rhode Island

Airs at: Wed, 05/03/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Saving Lives in Rhode Island. The state of Rhode Island is about to open the first state-authorized legal overdose prevention sites in the United States, so to hear more about this historic effort, on this edition of Century we’re joined by Col... 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

Pushing for Environmentally Friendly Buildings

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Transportation is the highest source of greenhouse gas emissions but emissions caused by residential and commercial buildings, including from electricity and natural gas use, are close behind. In 2021, while transportation was responsible for 35% of Oregon's carbon emission... Read more

Voices For The Animals: Multnomah County Animal Shelter-Part 2

Airs at: Fri, 04/28/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
On this month's ALL NEW Voices For The Animals, it's Part 2 of our coverage of the struggling Multnomah County Animal Shelter. Host Michele Coppola talks with Erin Grahek, the newest Director of Multnomah County Animal Services about the challenges the shelter faces, and he... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 1, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Civilization and its Future, Part 2: Bill Resnick interviews John Bellamy Foster. They discuss the future as the world continuously warms, wreaking havoc with vast destructive storms, ... Read more

“Anti-Woke” Censorship

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In honor of National Teachers’ Day on May 2, Patricia Kullberg reads excerpts from an open letter to US educational authorities by prominent Black educators, writers and activists. They call for resistance to “anti-woke” attacks on curricula, teachers, libraries and educati... Read more