Activism

Kristina Wong Blends Comedy and Activism in The Wong Street Journal

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

The Guardian describes Kristina Wong: "A third generation Chinese American originally from San Francisco, Wong...doesn’t just defy Asian stereotypes – she destroys them. Like Hari Kondabolu, Margaret Cho and Russell Peters, Wong’s irreverent critique of mainstream cu... Read more

Election 2016: Trump, Clinton, 97

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Beloved Community

This is the election episode. I speak with Laurence Leamer author of The President’s Butler, a fictional account of a billionaire who decides to run for president. Afraid of Trump becoming president? Well, don’t be too thrilled about the alternative. Professor Mark ... Read more

Underground USA

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Underground USA is a symposium at the University of Oregon's Portland campus on October 15th, paying tribute to great underground artists of the Pacific Northwest. Joining us in the studio to talk about the event is Underground USA keynote speaker Patrick Rosenkranz,... Read more

This election: what's at stake for queer and trans people?

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

Join us for a conversation about this fall's elections - ballot measures, statewide races, and more. We'll be joined by Shannon Michael, executive director of Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, and Amy Herzfeld-Copple, co-executive director of Basic Rights Oregon. And we'll... Read more

Transformative Feminism: Standing Rock, In Other Words & DA LAB

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses is bringing you three segments that in some way feature transformative and intersectional feminism. Featuring Danica Brown's experiences in transformative direct action at Standing Rock, Adrienne Cabouet from In Other Words on the road ahead for the femin... Read more

Author, Columnist, and Activist Norman Solomon

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Host Jo Ann Hardesty speaks with author, columnist, and activist Norman Solomon, who is in Portland for Underground USA, a day long symposium with the writers and artists who came out of Portland’s underground press, presented by Oregon Cartoon Institute on Saturday... Read more

"The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution"

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Guest host Jo Ann Hardesty interviews Bryan Shih, co-author with Yohuru Williams of "The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution." October 2016 marks the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the Black Panthers. Jo Ann and Bryan will discuss the Panth... Read more

Bobby Seale on The Black Panther Party

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Bobby Seale, along with Huey P. Newton, started the Black Panther Party. He was the organization's first chairman. October 2016 marks the founding of the Black Panther Party which captured the imagination of millions in the U.S. and around the world in the sixties and ... Read more

BRINGING CLIMATE JUSTICE TO THE CLASSROOM

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON MAY 23, 2016 In what may be a first in the nation, the Portland, Oregon school board passed a sweeping “climate justice” resolution that commits the school district to “abandon the use of any adopted text material that is found ... Read more

Water Policy Near and Far

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Water World

I returned from Pakistan with some insight into water policy there. I met with the former mayor of Karachi, one of the largest cities in the world. With luck I will get him to share with us some of the challenges he met. What does a struggling city do when the World Bank c... Read more