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Alternative Radio: Smoke, Fumes & Big Oil

Airs at: Tue, 12/13/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Wenonah Hauter is the founder and Executive Director of Food & Water Watch. She has worked extensively on food, water, energy and environmental issues. She served as Director of Public Citizen’s Energy and Environment Program. She is the author of Frackopoly: The Battle ... Read more

Vision and Vigilance Candlelight Vigil

There will be a Candlelight Vision and Vigilance at the Japanese American Historical Plaza here in Portland, on Sunday, Dec. 11 from 4 - 5 PM. A stance for solidarity and support against bigotry - and in opposition to the creation of a Muslim registry. It is sponsore... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 12

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge will host this episode and we will hear: Civil rights attorney Ashlee Albies will talk with Bill Resnick about what her organization The National Lawyers' Guild will be dealing with in the Trump era. Jan Haaken interviews psychoanalyst Lynne Layton ab... Read more

Youth Program at Oregon State Penitentiary

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

The Uhuru Sasa Cultural Club conducts the Young World Youth Panel for youth at the Oregon State Penitentiary. These adults in custody desire to help youth who may be struggling with the same issues they once faced and to share their experiences of being removed from society... Read more

The Cultural Legacy of the Black Panther Party

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Fifty years ago, the United States was in a period of tremendous social upheaval and cultural change. The Civil Rights Movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King had resulted in new federal legislation outlawing discriminatory laws, but police brutality and economic inequali... Read more

FLASHPOINTS with Dennis Bernstein

Airs at: Fri, 12/09/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: Will the South Korean parliament vote to impeach their president: we'll have a special update with Flashpoints regional correspondent Kay Jay Noh: then we spend the rest of the hour hearing some free speech from activist Medea Benjamin. Read more

ReConnecting with Barbara Ford

Airs at: Fri, 12/09/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Please join us as we talk with local visionary, activist, and artist Barbara Ford. We are focusing our discussion this morning on the importance of reconnecting to our own hearts, to spirit and to each other and the world at a time when we are fractured by horrific events... Read more

Robert Jensen, Plain Radical

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Robert Jensen is a professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas. He returns to Progressive Spirit to discuss his book, Plain Radical: Living, Loving, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully. He calls this book a "polemical memoir" in that it is a s... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 12/08/16

Airs at: Thu, 12/08/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

The Real News about Prisons: Discussions with Project Censored

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli will interview Andy Lee Roth from Project Censored. The "Censored 2017" publication features 25 stories of "news that didn't make the news" including medical neglect of immigrants in privatized U.S. jails and communication management units. The discussion w... Read more