Activism

9th Anniversary Episode!

Airs at: Thu, 05/23/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 05/24/2019 at 5:00pm

Produced for: The Final Straw Radio

So for this episode, we tried something new. This show is in its 9th year of production, and we realized that we as hosts very rarely have interacted on the show. While this is a project that is one we do for reasons other than boosting our own personalities, we talked a... Read more

Autonomy Meaning More Than Just Guns: Community Self Defense Post-Charlottesville-2017

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 4:00pm - Wed, 05/22/2019 at 5:00pm

Produced for: The Final Straw Radio

This week we share an interview I conducted a few months back with two folks, Inman and Bleep, about community armed self defense. They talk about their experiences of handling firearms, lessons learned from their visibly armed presence at the Charlottesville Unite The R... Read more

Health and Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 05/29/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century of Lies, part one of our conversation with Keith Brown, MPH, Director of Health and Harm Reduction at the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice. https://www.katalcenter.org/ Read more

Exploring Hidden Histories and the Legacy of Othering: The Vanport Mosaic Festival

Airs at: Wed, 05/29/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

From May 21 to June 5, 2019, the Vanport Mosaic Festival gives Portland area residents the opportunity to explore and confront our local past and recent history of “othering” and its tragic consequences. Through exhibits, documentary screenings, tours, theater, and dial... Read more

The Other Four Year Degree: Vocational Education, Apprenticeship Programs and Careers in the Trades

Airs at: Wed, 05/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Students, teachers, counselors and parents are told that to get a good job they must obtain a college degree. Yet, many students graduate from college with enormous debt and limited job prospects. There is an alternative, and one that not many people have heard about. On... Read more

Police Violence in Vancouver

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Desiree Hellegers interviews Ophelia Noble, founder and Executive Director of the Vancouver-based Noble Foundation, and an organizer with Southwest Washington Communities United for Change, about the Vancouver Police Department’s escalating use of lethal force against pe... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 27, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Densie Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Fake News: the PERS Crisis: Bill Resnick interviews Mark Brenner on the manufactured PERS crisis and the larger real crisis of pensions, with most Americans having little more than Social Security when t... Read more

Native American Eco-Justice

Airs at: Tue, 05/28/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Eduardo Galeano in his masterwork, The Open Veins of Latin America wrote that 500 years ago European settler colonialists came to this hemisphere and “sank their teeth” into the throats of Indian civilizations. You know the story. Genocide. Land was stolen. Broken promis... Read more

Challenging the Mayor's Budget

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie speaks with Alex Zielinski, News Editor of the Portland Mercury, about Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty’s amendment to Mayor Ted Wheeler’s proposed budget that would fund parks and recreation by ending the controversial Gang Enforcement Team. The City Council will v... Read more

Higher Thought: The Cannabis Game

Airs at: Fri, 05/24/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Good Vibes Only, Radiozine

Higher Thought: The Cannabis Game is a non-competitive card game designed to encourage provocative insights, bringing friends and strangers closer one stoned conversation at a time. This episode dives into the game's play-style, its mission to explode the stoner stereot... Read more