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The Last Unicorn

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with beautiful long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to western science - a saola, the first large land mammal discovered in 50 years. Rare then and rarer n... Read more

Inauguration Day Special Coverage

Airs at: Fri, 01/20/2017 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
  VOICES OF A NATION: A CALL TO ACTION: Reports from protests, rallies, walk-outs across the country and around the world, including: Austin, Chicago, Denver, Lansing, London, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco and the local communities of Pacifica affiliates around the coun... Read more

Drop the Military Industrial Complex

Airs at: Fri, 01/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Marvin and Angie discuss US militarism around the world, and how the next 4 years may affect the lives of veterans and their family members.  Veteran's Voice Radio Show with Northwest Veterans for Peace deals with matters of war and peace. They deal with veterans health ... Read more

INSANE CLOWN PRESIDENT: Matt Taibbi on Presswatch

Airs at: Thu, 01/26/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
  “Trained for decades to be little more than good consumers, we had become a nation of reality shoppers, mixing and matching news items to fit our own self-created identities. We rejoiced in the idea that reality was not an absolute but a choice.” —Matt Taibbi, from INSAN... Read more

Hunger Myths, Meat Addiction, Vodka for Women

Airs at: Wed, 01/18/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
  On this episode we'll hear from Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet for a Small Planet and, most recently, World Hunger: 10 Myths, an update to the classic originally written in 1986. She gets to the root causes of hunger around the world, debunking common myths that kee... Read more

Brian Covert on the Press and the CIA

Airs at: Wed, 01/18/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Peter and Mickey spend the hour with journalist and media scholar Brian Covert, discussing the too-close relationship between the CIA and U.S. media, as well as other issues, including the Obama Administration "pivot" toward Asia.  Brian Covert is an independent journal... Read more

Trump, the CIA & Russia

Airs at: Thu, 01/19/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Per Fagereng takes your calls to discuss the reported connections between the President Elect and Russia via a leaked intelligence dossier.  The US media, in lock-step, has been ramping up the rhetoric of Russian hacking.  Per discusses the dangers of pushing the two nat... Read more

Overgrow The Dominant Paradigm

Airs at: Wed, 01/18/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
This week, we discuss the evolution of modern American cannabis culture with guest Bethany Moore from the National Cannabis Industry Association. In 1972, a commission appointed by the Nixon administration brought out a report titled "Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 16, 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this edition of the Old Mole. Here's your Table of Contents: 1. Bill Resnick talks with two Portland activists about the Bunk Bus and traveling to Standing Rock. 2. Norm Diamond reads from and comments on the late John Berger's essay “The Nature of Mass De... Read more

Old Mole Action Calendar

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Kicking off a new weekly feature of the Old Mole Variety Hour, Tom Becker updates us on demonstrations, rallies, marches and other ways of being politically active in the week ahead.  You are invited to let us know of events you know about by writing us at OldMoleVarietyHo... Read more