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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

Radio Tales for the Road

Airs at: Mon, 01/20/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Today, January 20, is a day that many of us have been dreading since the election. As we hurtle into the unknown Trumpian future, we really don’t know what’s in store, just how much we should be afraid, or how to muster a movement that will stand up to everything we fear fr... 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

Oregon's New Drug Policies

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join Prison Pipeline hosts Emma Lugo, Karen James, Doug McVay & Adam Carpinelli, as they discuss this past year’s decision by Oregon legislators to overturn Ballot Measure 110 which was overwhelmingly approved by Oregonians in 2020. Legislators passed HB4002 which recrimina... Read more

"That Vegan Show" Travel Edition

Airs at: Fri, 12/27/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  That Vegan Show
Join me as I interview, Rebecca Gade Sawicki, the founder of the vegan travel company, Veggies Abroad, in what feels like an around the world tour in under an hour! In an effort to align her career with her ethics, Rebecca left her 15-year career in 2021 in order to start t... Read more

Fire on the Island

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This program aired originally on September 9, 2024 Today's program honors Oregon Environment Icon Bob Sallinger, who died on October 30. For over 30 years Bob has been a regional fixture advocating and fighting to protect our rivers, wildlife, forests and communities from ... 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

Climate Change and the Law

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On December 18th, Montana’s Supreme Court upheld a landmark ruling from a lower court last year. In the Held v Montana case, the Montana justices agreed that the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal proje... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 30, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts the final Old Mole broadcast of 2024, which includes the following segments: War and Climate Crisis in the Middle East: Laurie Mercier  speaks with Dr. Zeinab Shuker, who is an assistant professor of sociology at Sam Houston State University and ... Read more