Government/Politics

Deportation Nation

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Luisa Martinez speaks with immigration lawyer and activist Daniel Kanstroom about the political economy of labor migration, the historical antecedents of current US immigration policy, the racialization of immigration enforcement, and immigration policy through the lense... Read more

Undammed

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
A year after the removal of the Klamath River’s four dams – the largest dam removal project in US history – a remarkable test case in how nature and people can thrive on free-flowing rivers is taking place. While the removal of most of the dams on Klamath River is being ... Read more

Derf - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this 75% longer conversation with graphic novelist Derf Backderf, we dive deeper into Derf's origins as a student journalist; his immersion in Ohio's underground music scene, which inspired the book Punk Rock and Trailer Parks; and his popular alternative comic The... Read more

Drug War History

Airs at: Wed, 01/14/2026 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century it’s part two of our conversation with Sanho Tree, Director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. We discuss US foreign policy and drug war history, social media, and marijuana rescheduling. Read more

Resisting The Empire

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Resisting the Empire. Cities across the United States are under siege by an out-of-control autocratic federal government and its gun-toting goons. So far in the month of January, a federal agent named Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Nicole... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode,the main stories are reactions to the US invasion of Venezuela, further Trump administration retreats on the environment, and the protest movement in Iran. Read more

Derf: Remembering Kent State and Jeffrey Dahmer - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  With the deployment of National Guard troops once again in the news, we revisit our August 2021 conversation with graphic novelist Derf Backderf. Derf's graphic novel Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio won the 2021 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work.  Inspired by the ... Read more

Book Mole: Low April Sun

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  2025 marked the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City by white supremacists that killed 168 people. The novel Low April Sun by Constance E. Squires, reviewed by writer and photographer Matt Witt, is set against that atrocity and show... Read more

The Economic Opportunities Analysis

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Every five years the city reviews its land use planning and determines if there is enough industrial land to meet a state mandate requiring the city to have sufficient industrial land for the next twenty years. This process creates what's known as an Economic Opportuniti... Read more

Threats to International Peace and Security

Airs at: Wed, 01/07/2026 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century: Threats to International Peace and Security. The United Nations Security Council met January 5 to discuss threats to international peace and security posed by an out of control authoritarian United States government. We hear interventions from ... Read more