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The Best, the Worst & Most Interesting of Times

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
It's the time of year again when we look back at the past year and ahead to the new with Eric de Place, with Salish Strategies in Seattle. As the impending next Trump administration looms ever nearer, we talk about productive ways we can prepare for that unknown, and look a... Read more

Providence Caregivers Ready to Strike

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Richard Botterill and Kim Martin, rank-and-file leaders in the Oregon Nurses Association, give us a blow-by-blow lead up to the biggest-yet, possible Providence Health strike, involving over 5,000 caregivers in eight hospitals and six clinics across Oregon. Read more

The Corporate Roots of Climate Change

Airs at: Thu, 12/26/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
New documents show how a deceptive PR strategy pioneered in 1950s California first exposed the risk of climate change and then helped the industry deny it.  Read more

Nukes for Needless Energy

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Our scheduled guest for today's show called in sick this morning so we are repeating the Locus Focus episode that aired last week on December 16. As we transition to a truly renewable world two of the things we need less of are more and larger server farms and nuclear power... Read more

Chasing Chimeras: The Lure of Deceptive Climate Solutions

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As we confront the existential crisis of climate chaos there are two paths we can take. We can make dramatic changes that meaningfully reduce carbon emissions. Or we can accept the fossil fuel industry’s self-serving climate solutions—renewable diesel, hydrogen, renewable n... Read more

Stopping Zenith Energy Once and For All

Airs at: Mon, 11/18/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For seven years Portland community members have been trying to shut down Zenith Energy, a Houston-based oil company that sneaked into Portland in 2017. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality just opened the public comment period for Zenith’s draft Air Contaminant Di... Read more

Unpacking November 5

Airs at: Thu, 11/07/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
 What the hell just happened? The guests are Ani Haines and Teresa Mitchell. We’re unpacking the future. Read more

Striking Back at Northwest Natural

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Northwest Natural, Oregon's largest fracked gas utility, has been doing its best for several years to delay the region's move to full electrification. But in the past few months the company is getting its comeuppance in the form of an expanded lawsuit from Multnomah County,... Read more

25 TRIPP-P with Jesse Valencia

Airs at: Sun, 10/20/2024 at 12:15am - Fri, 12/31/2027 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
Portland, Oregon's independent music scene generates around $3 billion per year and is the last major U.S. city without a LiveNation venue.   "It is more than just the music scene. It is how we want Portland to be built." --Jesse Valencia   Jesse Valencia is a musician ... Read more

24 TRIPP-P with Q Landford

Airs at: Mon, 09/04/2023 at 1:00am - Fri, 12/31/2027 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
We found it! Tucked away inside the corner of a folder it never should have been anywhere near - the amazing conversation that TRIPP-P had with Q Landford about what has happened with AfroVillagePDX since they were last on the program from September 2023.   Q speaks abou... Read more