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Europe's Deadly Heat Wave and the DNA of Colonialism

Airs at: Thu, 07/21/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  American Standoff
As Europe faces forest fires and record-breaking temperatures, the consequences of climate change must be seen as the direct consequence of the consumption-oriented DNA of colonialism's "progress."     Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 18th 2022

Airs at: Mon, 07/18/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole This week on the Old Mole we launch the first re-broadcast of alternative radio from Against the Grain hosted by Sasha Lilley and C.S Soong on KPFA Pacifica Radio in Berkley, California. ATG is a program of ideas, in-depth... Read more

Does Portland Need More Industrial Land?

Airs at: Mon, 07/11/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland and other Oregon municipalities are required to inventory their employment land periodically as part of the comprehensive planning process.  For decades the city has decided during each inventory process that it needs more industrial land. In the past, Portland ann... Read more

Class Struggle Unionism at Labor Notes

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
This is a panel discussion of Joe Burn's new book Class Struggle Unionism at the 2022 Labor Notes Conference in Chicago. In his new book, Joe Burns argues that a Class Struggle Unionism approach is essential if we are to build the power for radical transformation. Hear wor... Read more

TRIPP-P 22 with Dr. Wes Pope

Airs at: Sun, 05/01/2022 at 12:00am - Wed, 12/31/2025 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
Welcome to the first podcast episode of 2022 - episode 22! Cory Elia and Lesley McLam sit down to speak with Dr. Wes Pope, Co-Director of University of Oregon's Multimedia Journalism masters program.   We discuss some of Pope's experiences as a photojournalist for 15 years... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 6, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts today's episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Germany, Energy and Democracy: Europe, especially Germany, depends on Russia for its natural gas and oil for electric power, heating and cooling, and transport. With Russia's invasi... Read more

Conflict, Democracy and Global Warming, Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Germany, Energy Transition and Democracy: Europe, especially Germany, depends on Russia for its natural gas and oil for electric power, heating and cooling, and transport. With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Germany, Europe’s wealthiest country and political leader, has comm... Read more

Portland's CEI Hub

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As you drive along St. Helens Road in NW Portland, to the west rise the West Hills and Forest Park. But to the east you see a landscape diametrically opposed to the verdant scene acorss the highway. What is in those tank farms that go on and on, bordered by railroad tracks ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 30, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Girl of Venezuela: Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Can humanity survive climate change? In his profoundly important essay “World War II Lessons for a Green New Deal,”  Martin Ha... Read more

Can humanity survive climate change?

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In his profoundly important essay “World War II Lessons for a Green New Deal,”  Martin Hart-Landsberg shows the way. In rich detail he describes the planning and politics of transformation, when the Roosevelt Administration took control of the U.S. state and from 1941 to 19... Read more