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Methane increasing, Antarctic melting, capitalists keep speculating...

Airs at: Wed, 03/13/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Opening song: "Carry It On"by Buffy Sainte-Marie on "Medicine Songs" Articles read from/mentioned on/relevant to today's show: Methane in the atmosphere is surging, and that's got scientists worried, March 2, LA Times Climate Change's Worst Outcome: Thermohaline Shut... Read more

The Reluctant Radical: New valve-turner documentary

Airs at: Wed, 03/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
  Ken Ward was one of a handful of climate change protesters who picked up tools, broke into oil pipeline facilities across the United States, and closed the emergency oil valves carrying tar sands oil as a symbolic gesture in October of 2016. Now there’s a documentary abo... Read more

Did the CIA Kill Thomas Merton? A Conversation with Hugh Turley

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  (This episode would have aired Friday March 8th, 2019 but it was International Women's Day and all programming that day was hosted by women. The alternative air date for the March 8th show is Monday, March 18th, at 11:00 am Pacific. The Beloved Community will return to i... Read more

Talking with Stephanie Skora about queerness, Israel/Palestine, and anti-Zionism.

Airs at: Tue, 03/12/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We'll be talking with Stephanie Skora on queer allyship with Palestinians. In particular, we'll focus on the continuing effort of the organization A Wider Bridge to coöpt queer Jews to stand in for Israel's comment to 'democracy and pluralism.' As part of that work, "A Wide... Read more

A View on Youth Incarceration: An Interview with Trevor Walraven

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join host Isabelle Sinclair in a discussion with Trevor Walraven, co-Founder of the Oregon Youth Justice Project (YJP), in exploring both his 18 years of experience within Oregon's criminal justice system, and the current political movements surrounding incarcerated youth. ... Read more

Earth Strike

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  (Frann Michel for the Old Mole Variety Hour March 11, 2019; School Strike image by Leonhard Lenz [CC0])   Young climate activists have called for a one-day school strike on March 15th. Earth Strike, as it’s also called, is expected to be the largest yet of these events... Read more

Joking around Behind Bars: Comedy & Arts Education Inside Prisons

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Roshani Thakore with the Columbia River Correctional Institution (CRCI) Comedy School.  This project is includes weekly comedy classes and quarterly comedy shows inside the walls of a men’s prison in North Portland. The project came about as an ex... Read more

Fukushima 8 Years Later

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
On March 11, 2011, Japan experiened a magnitude 9 earthquake. The tsunami and destruction that resulted irreparably damanged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant causing radiation leaks and tons of radioactive waste.  Anti-nuclear activists continue to push for govern... Read more

Making Abortion Accessible

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
It's not enough to make sure that abortion services are legal and available if women cannot access those services due to the cost of the medical treatment. In 1973, the landmark Roe vs Wade decision affirmed that a woman's right to choose to end a pregnancy became the law ... Read more

Poetry and Science

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 9:00pm - 10:30pm
Poetry and sound with Judith Arcana of Poetry and Everything, Tiel Ansari of Wider Window Poetry, and Nikki Martin of Threshold Shift. We'll be exploring the intersections between poetry and sound, words and representation, art and science on this International Womxn's Day.... Read more