Government/Politics

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As Portland Re-envisions Itself

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland now has a new form of government and a revamped city council that in many respects represents the new vision that created this change in our city government. But many tensions remain between some of the city council visionaries and an established way of thinking... Read more

Building the World We Believe In

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on June 2, 2025 In these disturbing times as we watch democracy crumble and wonder whom the oligarchs will go after next, how do we ground ourselves in the work we need to keep doing? First they come for the immigrants, then international ... Read more

Arctic Passages

Airs at: Mon, 09/01/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on May 12, 2025 While many of us are worrying about how the melting polar ice caps are a warning of climate catastrophes ahead, for others melting ice is turning historical dreams of a navigable Arctic into reality and reshaping rivalries ... Read more

Chasing Chimeras

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on January 27, 2025 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 cl... Read more

Hydrogen Hype

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on October 7, 2024 Unpredictable and destructive weather events dramatically illustrate how climate chaos is impacting us right now. Yet while there are real solutions that will enable us to stop emitting greenhouse gases, the fossil fuel ... Read more

Nukes for Needless Energy

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on December 23, 2024 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 reactors to feed them electricity. Yet that is the plan being hatched by Microsoft, Amazo... Read more

The Ebony Collective CDC Rebroadcast

Airs at: Thu, 07/10/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
This is a rebroadcast of a show from last year about the Ebony Collective. They have their first ever fundraiser and open house on Saturday, July 12 from 11am to 3pm. The link to register is right here. Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 07/10/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode: the war in Ukraine--Russian air strikes and Trump's upset with Putin; Netanyahu's visit to Washington; Trump resume the tariff war; and more. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 14, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Marxism and Degrowth: Joe Clement talks with local activist and anarchist scholar, Paul Messersmith-Glavin about degrowth broadly and particularly in the work of Japanese Mar... Read more

Palestine, ICE and Resistance

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On July 7th, a federal judge in Boston began hearing arguments by several academic associations in a trial that will be decided by the judge. Lawyers in the case argue that the Trump administration abused its power in arresting and pursuing deportations of pro-Palestinia... Read more