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DANBERT NOBACON LIVE

Airs at: Fri, 05/17/2024 at 10:00pm - Sat, 05/18/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Life During Wartime
  Freak music legend, author, and activist Danbert Nobacon visits Life During Wartime to discuss his latest work with Poxy Lynard following an on-air live performance!       Read more

Killing Salmon to Lose Money

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Willamette River Basin once supported tremendous salmon runs. Today, less than 10,000 wild Chinook salmon return each year to the Upper Willamette River basin, approximately a 97% reduction of the historic estimates. And one of the main culprits for the threatened ex... Read more

Organizing for the Long Haul

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
An intergenerational panel of troublemakers at the Chicago Labor Notes 2024 conference - Jesse Sharkey, Chicago Teachers Union; Danice Cabanela, SAG-AFTRA; Cyn Huang, UAW; Jamie Partridge, DSA and NALC; and an unnamed Starbucks worker - discuss how we sustain ourselves t... Read more

Let's Talk! Autism, Dating, and Sexuality

Airs at: Fri, 04/26/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Let's Talk!
Let's Talk! Autism, Dating, and Sexuality - KBOO Transcripts edited by Carrie Cantrell  Episode Summary Exploring the interplay of neurodivergence, sexuality, and relationships, this episode delves into the experiences of Carrie Cantrell, interviewed by host Amanda Ante... Read more

Interview with Dr. Peter Spendelow

Airs at: Fri, 04/26/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  That Vegan Show
Learn about the environmental impact of our food systems. "That Vegan Show" happily welcomes returning guest, Dr. Peter Spendelow, to share the Environmental Impacts of Food for Earth Month. Dr. Spendelow has a Ph.D. in Zoology, but for more than 38 years has worked as an... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 29, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, beginning with a story from Portland's May Day past, followed by these segments: Campus Protest: For two decades, Palestinian rights activists have called for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel. The aim of ... Read more

The Contradictions of Immigration

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
For the last eight years, including the Trump’s years, the U.S Congress has been increasing appropriations for “Border Protection,” and still every year, on average, over one million undocumented people crossed into this country, getting work and settling down. How and w... Read more

Solidarity

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In 1980, in a stunning act of solidarity with progressive forces both in the U.S. and Central America, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, the ILWU, refused to load military supplies being shipped from the US government to El Salvador’s dictatorship. Their r... Read more

Campus Protest

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
For two decades, Palestinian rights activists have called for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel. The aim of the BDS movement is to pressure Western companies and governments to stop funding and supporting Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and ... Read more

Wolves: Victims, Not Villains

Airs at: Fri, 04/26/2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
  Back in February a Wyoming man named Cody Roberts deliberately ran over a wolf in his snowmobile, traumatically injuring the animal. Instead of immediately putting the wolf out of its misery, he taped its mouth shut and posed for pictures with it. He then dragged the ... Read more