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Hanford's Horrors

Airs at: Mon, 10/09/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Before the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was created, since time immemorial this extraordinary bend in the Columbia River was a vital and sacred place to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Nez Pe... Read more

"Black Book Talk" Sampler

Airs at: Thu, 10/05/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
We're featuring portions of ....a 2003 interview with internationally-recognized novelist Ernest J. Gaines regarding A Lesson Before Dying. .... a 2008 chat with then-newcomer Felicia Pride about her collection of essays The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop’s Greates... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 2, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole which features a re-broadcast from Against the Grain. What is the relationship between things held in Common — from rivers and forests, to traditions of sharing and mutual aid — and communism? How should we understand th... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 25, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Back to School (and Gun Violence): Right wing gun lovers are doubling down on their push to arm teachers. But as it turns out, gun-toting personnel in schools make violence wors... Read more

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Lisa See’s historical novel, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, is a meticulously researched book on Chinese medicine in the 1500’s. It purports to be a record of a female doctor. Midwives, women who deliver newborns, are an essential part of medical treatment for women. “…since w... Read more

Tai Carpenter from Don’t Shoot Portland

Airs at: Thu, 09/14/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Tai spoke about Don't Shoot's free archiving workshop in partnership with the Portland Archives, called Better than a Shoebox: Preserving Your Family and Community History. Read more

29 - When Showtime became Winning Time with Jeff Pearlman

Airs at: Fri, 09/29/2023 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for The Ghost of Hollywood
  Author, Jeff Pearlman, joins Ragan & Poxy to discuss how his 2014 book, SHOWTIME, which is  focused on the Showtime era of the Los Angeles Lakers, would transform into the MAX Series, WINNING TIME.  For more information, please visit Jeff's website.       Read more

Tree of Visions

Airs at: Sun, 09/17/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for Pathways
On the program today an artist who is a well-known in Europe, someone who has spent years studying and writing about the ancient and historical roots of shamanism, magic, and myth.  He makes sense of this rich history in a comprehensive book Tree of Visions: Visionary Tradi... Read more

March On Washington

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
We recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Norm Diamond looks back at Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I have a dream” speech, and how it and King’s legacy has been distorted by the right and all too often misremembered... Read more

Greatest Hits: Larry Collins of People of Purpose and Associates

Airs at: Thu, 09/07/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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