Activism

Dan Barker, God the Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction

Airs at: Sun, 05/08/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

America’s leading atheist, the co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, and co-host of Freethought Radio, Dan Barker, talks about his latest book, God the Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction (audiobook) The roots of the book go to Richard Dawkins’ famous... Read more

Teressa Raiford's Disorderly Conduct Trial, April 18-21, 2016

On August 9, 2015 Portland Police arrested Ms Raiford when an event commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Police death of Michael Brown spilled out into the intersection of South East Division and 82nd Avenue. Is standing in the street disorderly conduct? ... Read more

The Digital Divide for May 2016

Airs at: Fri, 05/13/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Digital Divide

Tune in Friday, May 13th, 2016 for a super geeky discussion of how we can use math and stuff to help solve some of lifes most vexing puzzles such as where should we go to dinner and world peace. Host Rabia Yeaman interviews Brian Christian, co-author of the new book "ALGOR... Read more

Jim Wallis, America's Original Sin

Airs at: Sun, 04/17/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners, is an evangelical Christian with a social conscience. He speaks and writes about ethics and public policy. His latest book is called America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to A New America. He has bee... Read more

Voting No Confidence

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2016 at 9:45am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel reports on faculty votes of no confidence at the University of Wisconsin and many other places, and some of the issues to which these votes are responding. Just as workers have risen up to demand fifteen dollars an hour and a union, just as resid... Read more

John Loftus, How to Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from An Atheist

Airs at: Sun, 05/01/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

John Loftus was an evangelical minister. He has several degrees in Christian apologetics. He pastored churches and taught at Christian colleges. Then he left it all. He has written a dozen books with titles such as Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Ch... Read more

John Loftus on "How To Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from An Atheist"

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Host John Shuck speaks with John Loftus about "How To Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from An Atheist." John W. Loftus is an American author and atheist activist who writes about his conversion from Christianity to atheism. During his almost twenty years as an evange... Read more

Let's Do Something Different!

Airs at: Fri, 05/06/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses collective members Cheryl, Julie and Delphine engage in a conversation about collaborations, collectives and cooperatives as we explore ways that we can do something different to reach our goal of a fair, and equitable world for all beings! They will share p... Read more

A DIFFERENT NATURE salutes ORNETTE COLEMAN tonight at 8pm

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: A Different Nature

Join the A DIFFERENT NATURE Collective tonight for a kind of radio primer on Ornette Coleman, as some of us share what recordings we still have of his most pivotal and radical music from our collections and reflect on the life and turbulent times of one of modern music's mo... Read more

What's Better than Films and Bikes?

Airs at: Wed, 05/04/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Bike Show

We will be joined by Ayleen Crotty and Guthrie Straw of Filmed by Bike this coming Wednesday May 4th, 2016 at 11am. They will be filling us in on the upcoming 14th Annual Filmed by Bike, a film festival featuring the world’s best bike movies May 6-8 at the Hollywood Theatre... Read more