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Divest Oregon from Fossil Fuels - The River Democracy Act with Jamie Dawson

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Coast Range Radio

First half hour: We interview Andrew Bogrand, volunteer Communications Director for the Divest Oregon Campaign. Andrew is a human rights campaigner and policy advocate who supports nonprofits, coalitions, and communities fighting injustice. They discuss why a diverse co... Read more

Native American Land Preservation and the Climate Crisis

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Sojourner Truth Radio

Today on Sojourner Truth, our guest is PhD Dr. Clifford Trafzer who is one of few social scientists studying Native American land preservation and its relevance in the midst of today's pressing climate crisis. Host Margaret Prescod and Dr. Trafzer unpack the connection b... Read more

Jordan Cove Victory Update

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program originally aired on January 24, 2022 For 18 years communities across Southern Oregon fought an existential struggle to stop the massive Jordan Cove LNG export terminal that was proposed for Coos Bay and its accompanying 36" fracked gas pipeline that would h... Read more

Noam Chomsky - Notes on Resistance

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Resistance. How does one move from a position of dissent to resistance, direct action? As a political tactic resistance requires careful thought and must be freely undertaken. Practitioners include most famously Gandhi and Dr. King. It can come with a price. Both Gandhi ... Read more

Cultural Fire: Native Land Management and Regeneration with Elizabeth Azzuz

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: EcoJustice Radio

Native peoples have used the tool of fire as medicine. Fire was understood to be a spirit, a healer and sacred in its own right. Traditional Native controlled burning, called cultural fire, utilizes ancient agro-forestry practices, technology developed through time by th... Read more

Florida after Hurricane Ian's climate-change-fueled devastation - Brazil's elections - Italy's new neofascist leader

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Rising Up With Sonali

This week, we'll go to Florida to speak with Representative Anna Eskamani, a progressive lawmaker who is working to rebuild her state after Hurricane Ian's climate-change-fueled devastation. Then, we'll take a look at Brazil's elections where former President Lula won th... Read more

Tasha Yakovleva on the Invitation of Invasive Plants

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: For The Wild

This week's guest, Tusha Yakovleva calls on us to remember our millennium-old relationship with weedy beings and the gifts of wild and invasive plants. It is estimated that worldwide spending on invasive species exceeds one trillion dollars annually. But if we were to ce... Read more

Tipping Point Hell Approaches

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Radio Ecoshock

Packed with urgent climate science, Dr. David McKay says we are approaching multiple tipping points - maybe the most important warning of the year. Professor Rob Jackson from Stanford, Chair of the Global Carbon Project, explains controlling methane is our best chance fo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 10, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Flag of Chinookan People, via Wikimedia Commons. Roben White hosts this episode of the Old Mole, in recognition of Indigenous People’s Day. Free the Snake: Nimiipuu Mole Julian Ankney speaks with Julian Matthews, founder of Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment, coordinat... Read more

Free the Snake

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Nimiipuu Mole Julian Ankney speaks with Julian Matthews, founder of Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment, coordinator of the Nimiipuu Canoe Project, and an advocate for freeing the Snake River about how the damming of the Snake continues to impact Nimiipuu tribal sovereignty... Read more