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The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 08/05/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Israel and Genocide: Israel has violated several provisions of the 1948 Geneva Convention on Genocide, and should be held to account by the US and the international community. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 11, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Conspiracies, Fascism, and Borders in Capitalism: Frann Michel hosts this episode, which includes these segments: Left & the Law: Conspiracy Thinking & the Epstein Case:  Trumpism has always been animated by dark conspiracies about Democrats and "elites" and a belief ... Read more

Prison Gerrymandering

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Prison Gerrymandering. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Mike Wessler, Communications Director with the Prison Policy Initiative, to discuss the impacts of prison gerrymandering and efforts to resolve these concerns. Read more

Musicians Union Resiliency Expo

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Hunter Buen, bass player and organizer with the American Federation of Musicians. local 99, discusses the struggles of musicians in the Rose City, especially those who work in bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels as independent contractors.  Among many initiatives, the un... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 07/24/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode: Nuclear weapon experts issue a declaration on prevention of nuclear war; Tuvalu becomes the first nation with a climate visa; the EU is accused of complicity in Israel's assault on Gaza; and other stories. Read more

Recovery & the Importance of Peers

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Janie Gullickson, Executive Director, and John Karp-Evans, Deputy Director, Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO). While the Oregon Legislature has in recent years provided funding for mental health & addiction treatment and... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 07/22/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Gutting of America's Scientific Research Read more

The Continuing Struggle to Stop NEXT at Port Westward

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For years the fossil fuel industry has set its sights on Port Westward, just outside Clatskanie, Oregon, where there is a small industrial park along the Columbia Estuary. Port Westward has very little industrial development on what is primarily highly productive agricul... Read more

World Drug Report 2025

Airs at: Wed, 07/16/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: World Drug Report 2025. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released the 2025 edition of its annual World Drug Report on June 26. Whether or not one regards the World Drug Report as a compendium of selected statistics and ... Read more

As Portland Re-envisions Itself

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland now has a new form of government and a revamped city council that in many respects represents the new vision that created this change in our city government. But many tensions remain between some of the city council visionaries and an established way of thinking... Read more