Economy

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The Noxious Spread of Data Centers, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 12/29/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This program aired originally on November 3, 2025 The landscape of Washington County has been transformed from one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world into a maze of gargantuan data centers. On this episode of Locus Focus we continue the tale of how t... Read more

Crisis in Higher Ed

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What’s at stake for the city of Portland if its flagship university is strangled by budget cuts? Laurie Mercier speaks with Bill Knight, Associate Professor of English at Portland State University and president of the PSU American Association of University Professors (AA... Read more

Oregon Nurses Caucus for Powerful Reform

Airs at: Mon, 12/22/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Labor Radio's guests, four rank-and-file caregivers, all from different units and employers, members of the Oregon Nurses Association, have helped form a new caucus within the ONA called the Caucus for Powerful Reform.  These healthcare workers describe the challenges an... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 8, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 12/08/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Fighting Back on Campus and in the City: Frann Michel hosts this episode about fighting back against attacks on academic freedom and on grassroots democratic movements for a liveable city,  featuring these segments (follow the links for more information on the segment... Read more

Taxing and Investing

Airs at: Mon, 12/08/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The Central City Task Force--packed with corporate interests and aligned with the Portland Metro Chamber (PMC, aka the Portland Business Association, PBA)--has continued arguing that taxes on the wealthy and corporations are bad, and continued attacking voter-approved... Read more

The Noxious Spread of Data Centers, Part One

Airs at: Mon, 12/01/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This Program aired originally on October 27, 2025 A high tech type of noxious weed is spreading across Oregon. For several years data centers have been popping up across the state, destroying farmland and habitat. Enticed by abundant water and energy and tax breaks f... Read more

The sound of Squad Goals

Airs at: Fri, 11/28/2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Kiyan hosts this month's episode of Squad Goals featuring selected songs that we like to listen to! Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 1, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 12/01/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  While we’re told by politicians that the ideas of Karl Marx are foreign and have no place in this country, history proves otherwise. In Karl Marx in America (2025), Andrew Hartman shows that Marx and Marxism have had a significant influence on the United States, from ... Read more

Starbucks Workers on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 11/24/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Starbucks baristas are on an open-ended nationwide strike for living wages, safe staffing, and respect.  Aspen Maxwell and Maggie Bolden, Portland-area Starbucks Workers United rank-and-file organizers, detail the conditions, their commitment and the years-long battles f... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 24, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 11/24/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Desiree Hellegers hosts this decolonial Thanksgiving week show, featuring an all Indigenous line up of musicians and the following segments:  “We need to dismantle settler colonialism in the United States. What Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Ba... Read more