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For the Birds - with Bob Sallinger

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
In October the Audubon Society released a report stating that “Two-thirds of America’s birds are threatened with extinction from climate change, but keeping global temperatures down will help up to 76 percent of them." This follows a previous month's report that North Ameri... Read more

Kevin Huizenga

Airs at: Thu, 11/14/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Kevin Huizenga's comics don't hew to any typical narrative structure.  In self-published zines like Super Monster as well as award-winning graphic novels like Curses, Huizenga's long-suffering protagonist Glenn Ganges moves forward, backward, and sideways in time, grappl... Read more

Episode 9

Airs at: Fri, 11/08/2019 at 8:00am
  We are starting an indoor winter garden with this light...Follow the story! We can make a difference!  Read more

The Digital Divide for November 2019: An update from Edward Snowden

Airs at: Fri, 11/08/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Digital Divide
On the eve of his memoir 'Permanent Record' being published, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden talked at length from Moscow with MSNBC's Brian Williams in an exclusive interview. Edward talks about the governments access to our devices, what it means to be a whistleblower an... Read more

The Digital Divide for October 2019: Annalee Newitz

Airs at: Fri, 10/11/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Digital Divide
Host Rabia Yeaman interviews sci-fi author and technology journalist, Annalee Newitz. We'll talk about her latest book, The Future of Another Timeline and much more. Read more

08 TRIPP-P 19Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/27/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 10/31/2021 at 11:45pm
Produced for TRIPP-P
In this episode, Hosts Cory & Lesley sit down to discuss the Global Climate Strike Movement inspired by 16 year old Swedish Activist, Greta Thunberg, and the impact that the youth of today are having on addressing climate change - such as with the lawsuit Juliana v. the Un... Read more

The Real Question About Vaping

Airs at: Wed, 09/18/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies we look at vaping and ask the most important question of all: what's really in that stuff you're putting in your lungs? Read more

06 TRIPP-P 6Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/13/2019 at 4:30pm - Thu, 09/30/2021 at 11:45pm
Produced for TRIPP-P
Join the hosts, as we chat about a POT-pourri of Cannabis related topics and headlines. Including: a protest agaisnt a Portland pot shop, strain names, social impact in the history of the plant, a recent Washington State ganja heist, black-market vape cartidges causing dea... Read more

11/9 and The Terrorist Who Loved Bonsai Trees

Airs at: Fri, 09/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Beloved Community
  John Shuck speaks with Philip Kraske about his fifth novel, 11/9 and the Terrorist Who Loved Bonsai Trees.  "Trudy Schelling arrives at her company in Jersey City, New Jersey, to start her first day of work at Hallerbee Net Research. The date is November 9. Barely throu... Read more

The Digital Divide for September 2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/13/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Digital Divide
John Shirley, He writes fiction that is uniquely his own -- but it has been labeled as science fiction, cyberpunk, noir, horror, post modern literature, erotica, magic realism, dark fiction, suspense, fantasy, and more.  He's a television and film writer; lyricist for bands... Read more