Energy/Natural Resources

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 6, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement returns to host an episode of the Old Mole, and we hear: Patricia Kullberg, our Well Read Red, reads excerpts from an article titled: “The Price of Not Knowing: Iran, Corporate Interests, and America’s Cycle of Violence,” by Sara Van Gelder. It was published... Read more

The Accountability Gap

Airs at: Thu, 03/26/2026 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  E Pluribus Unum
Host Jacqueline Keeler returns to the airwaves after a week at the University of Minnesota’s Holding Our Ground symposium. This hour, we explore the common thread of accountability—or the lack thereof—shaping our world in real-time. We begin with a report from the front... Read more

Data Centers - Scourge and Organizing Opportunity

Airs at: Mon, 04/13/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on February 23, 2026   As data centers continue to pop up like noxious weeds, a growing movement is coming together to stop their spread. Like oil and gas pipelines before them, data centers are uniting people of diverse backgrounds and p... Read more

The Glories of Willamette Falls

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This show aired originally on February 16, 2026   The largest waterfall in North America is Niagara Falls, a world renowned tourist attraction with spectacular views from many angles. The second largest falls is Willamette Falls, 16 miles south of Portland, Oregon, wh... Read more

Saving Ross Island

Airs at: Mon, 03/30/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Ross Island, extending south in the Willamette River from the Ross Island Bridge to Sellwood, could be the jewel of Portland’s park system. Instead it has been abused and now abandoned by Ross Island Sand and Gravel, which mined gravel on the island for 90 years. As a re... Read more

Risk Bond Bill Passes Oregon Legislature

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For over a century a massive array of tanks filled with noxious, explosive liquid fuels and chemicals has been an existential threat to the Pacific Northwest. It still is, but as a result of the passage of the Risk Bond Bill at the end of this past legislative session, w... Read more

The Death and Life of Kulla Kulla Creek

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on 01/26/2026 From the crest of the Tualatin Mountains, Balch Creek flows down a canyon through Forest Park. The stream runs wild and free until a mile from its confluence with the Willamette River, where it is imprisoned in a sewer pipe.... Read more

Holy War in the Pentagon: Who is Driving U.S. Policy?

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2026 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
As the U.S. conflict with Iran intensifies, this episode of Wednesday Morning Talk Radio peels back the curtain on the alarming theological and economic forces driving current U.S. foreign policy. We investigate reports of "prophecy-driven" warfare, exploring how apocaly... Read more

Reviving the Willamette

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland is gifted to have a mighty river flowing through the heart of the city. Unfortunately for more than a century this priceless resource has been abused, degraded and polluted, and for many decades Portlanders turned their backs on the Willamette River. But things ... Read more

Toxic Past, Heated Future: Resilience at the Portland Harbor

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
We often think of the Willamette River as a scenic backdrop for recreation, but for many, it is a site of "slow violence". On this episode of Locus Focus, Dr. Vivek Shandas of Portland State University explores how the harbor’s industrial legacy—a "toxic graveyard" of W... Read more