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Old Mole Variety Hour for November 28, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Midterms are Over; Now what? We dodged a bullet in 2022 mid-year election, with the Democrats strengthening their control of the Senate and narrowly losing the House of Repr... Read more

Horse

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Horse, a 2022 novel by Geraldine Brooks about a great American racehorse and, more importantly, the turning tide of legalized slavery in 1850s America. Journalist turned novelist Brooks brings all of her prodigious talents to this superb hist... Read more

Black On Black Crime In The Age Of Black Lives Matter

Airs at: Mon, 11/21/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Let's Talk about Race
  On this segment of LTAR: Black on black crime in the age of Black Lives Matter --- We are joined by special guest, Mary Li, Director of the Multnomah Idea Lab, a think tank in Portland. ---   Originally released on 10-10-2021 ---     -------   Let's Talk About Rac... Read more

Jarrett Hobbs Beaten in Jail by Officers / The Political Climate After the Midterms

Airs at: Fri, 11/18/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Civic Cipher
  On today's show, we talk about the viral video of a Black man named Jarrett Hobbs being beaten in a jail cell. We break down the facts surrounding the police violence as we know them so far, and try to provide a glimpse into how the criminal justice system interacts with... Read more

Voices of Resistance

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Hard Knock Radio
  We play an array of speeches from iconic figures, Immortal Technique, Fannie Lou Hammer, Sister Souljah and Reverend Jeremiah Wright.  11-11-2022   ---- Also, an episode of World Ocean Radio: A Minister for the Ocean -- How do we govern the ocean? This week on World... Read more

Wider Window Poetry with Emmett Wheatfall

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
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Native American Food Sovereignty; The Spirit of Soul Food

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Sprouts
  1st half: Elena Terry is the Executive Chef/Founder of Wild Bearies, a non-profit community outreach catering organization that supports participants to overcome alcohol and other drug abuse issues or emotional traumas. One of her goals has been to develop mentorship pro... Read more

Why Do We Support Systems Rooted in White Supremacy / Real Government Accountability

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Civic Cipher
  In the first half of today's episode, we cover lots of articles that have come up this week that point to racist practices at different points of society accross the country. We normally don't get to stories like these, but this week they piled up on us and we ask the ob... Read more

The Occupation of Haiti

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Hard Knock Radio
  We speak with Pierre La Boissiere, himself Haitian and an activist for many years in the U.S., speaks about the present situation in Haiti. http://haitiaction.net/News/pl3_1_4.html    10-25-2022     Read more

Are more Black books being challenged?

Airs at: Thu, 11/03/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones (2019)  - Banned as part of broad efforts to stamp out "critical race theory” in schools.  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou (1969)  -  Challenged frequently and banned, ostensibly for vulgarity and sexually explicit materi... Read more