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Lizzie Borden Audio #1

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 8:00am
Produced for:  Lizzie Borden Audio
An introduction to the Lizzie Borden crime and the zany cast of characters seen through the eyes of novelist and Borden scholar, Florence King with her 1992 National Review Magazine"A WASP Looks At Lizzie Borden." Funny and acerbic, the essay is infused with the actual tria... Read more

The Final Straw Radio 03-07-2019

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
  This week, The Final Straw Radio is sharing two interviews. First up, Bursts spoke with glo merriweather and jamie marsicano, two supporters of Rayquan Borum, a young black man accused by Charlotte PD of killing Justin Carr, another protester out during the Charlotte Upr... Read more

Noelle Hanrahan: update on Mumia Abu-Jamal

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Noelle Hanrahan, founder of Prison Radio and a journalist who has recorded and broadcast commentaries by Mumia Abu-Jamal since 1992.  Noelle talks about Philadelphia in the racially-charged 1970s where Mumia made his name as a writer and journalist. ... Read more

Partnership for Safety and Justice, YOUtH

Airs at: Wed, 02/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
Today, on the Radio Activist, hosts Lisa Loving and Suzanne LaGrande will interview Deputy Director Shannon Wight and  Amy Davidson,  Crime Survivor Program Director from the Partnership for Safety and Justice. In the second half of the hour, we'll be speaking with S. Renee... Read more

Spending time with Sasha Buchert, staff attorney with Lambda Legal.

Airs at: Tue, 02/12/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
Sasha is a former KBOO news volunteer and program host, who left town to work with the Transgender Law Center in Oakland. She now serves as a staff attorney with Lambda Legal, and is host of the irregular Preference segment "Tell Us About the Law, Sasha." We're going to sp... Read more

Fighting Toxic Prisons Convergence 2019

Airs at: Mon, 02/18/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli will interview organizers from the Fighting Toxic Prisons (FTP) Convergence.  FTP is a collaboration with the Abolitionist Law Center.  FTP’s mission is to conduct grassroots organizing, advocacy and direct action to challenge the prison system that is putti... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 11, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 02/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts this episode, with these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Alex Zielinski, news editor of the Portland Mercury, about Portland policing. Desiree Hellegers reports with audio from last month’s community info session on Portland’s involvement in the Joi... Read more

New York Grand Jury to Hear 9/11 Evidence

Airs at: Fri, 02/08/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  This is from a press release dated November 26th, 2018 from The Lawyers' Committee for 9/11 Inquiry:   The Lawyers’ Committee for 9/11 Inquiry, a nonprofit public interest organization, announces its receipt of a letter from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District o... Read more

Norman Shamas updates on FOSTA and digital harm reduction

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 02/01/2019 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
This week, we continue our look at sex, work and the state with guest, Norman Shamas. Norman Shamas is an activist and educator whose work focuses on human-centered information and digital security and privacy. Now, Norman is not a lawyer but shares their insights about the... Read more

In-Depth: Letha Winston, Mother of Patrick Kimmons and Activist for Justice and Police Accountability

Airs at: Tue, 01/29/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Patrick Kimmons was fatally shot by Portland police in the early morning of September 30 in 2018. Since then, Letha Winston--mother of the 27-year-old father and baker--has led protests every Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM, marching from the Multnomah County Courthouse to Ci... Read more