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Northwest Filmmakers' Festival

Airs at: Thu, 10/26/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Film Show
  Now in its 44th year, the Northwest Filmmakers' Festival showcases new work by artists in the Pacific Northwest, including Alaska and British Columbia.  Festival Manager Ben Popp joins us to preview this year's lineup, and he's joined by local journalist Cornelius Swart,... Read more

ADN Halloween Horror Show

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for A Different Nature
Similar to last year's Halloween ADN, we will present more scary music and sounds from dozens of different horror movie soundtracks.  Two hours of nightmares and fright, screams and sinister tones, blood-letting and monsters raging, and haunting melodies. WARNING: This show... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick speaks with Jag Davies about how to end nearly all the damage of drug abuse. Some countries and many localities are decriminalizing in whole or in part. Hear how they did it. Larry Bowlden reviews the novel The Last Bus to Wisdom by working class author Ivan Do... Read more

Last Bus to Wisdom

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Larry Bowlden reviews Last Bus to Wisdom, a novel by working class author Ivan Doig. Click here to learn more about Ivan Doig. Click here to purchase the novel at Barnes and Noble. Read more

Concert for the Sun, Mirror of Day and Night

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for A Different Nature
  The Concert for the Sun, Mirror for Day and Night, was a music event at the Main Temple in Tenochtitlán, Mexico City, on Thursday July 11th 1991, to celebrate the Solar Eclipse at the Templo Mayor. It was played during the eclipse itself, musicians included Armando Velasc... Read more

Sean The Bus Driver is Plugged In on 10/20/17

Airs at: Fri, 10/20/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 10/21/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Plugged In

Climate and Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Thom Becker shares excerpts from two articles on climate change and capitalism: Climate change and capitalism: We can’t confront one without facing the other by Conor Lynch and Climate Denialism Is Literally Killing Us By Mark Hertsgaard. Then Thom and Bill play and com... Read more

100 years of October, 36 years of Reds

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Thom Becker offers a reading from Nikos Kazantzakis about the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. Then Movie Moles Joe Clement and Jan Haaken discuss the 1981 film Reds, directed by Warren Beatty, which focuses on the story of American journalists John Reed and Louise Bryant as ... Read more

The War on Women #Me Too Edition

Airs at: Fri, 10/20/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Something amazing has happened, the lid is starting to peel off the repression of of exactly what is sexual harassment  and what is acceptable behavior in the face of it. Woody Allen says he's afraid of a "witch hunt", what an interesting term, some women like actress Mayim... Read more

Urban Wine Culture: A Full Pour

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
A new generation of winemakers is moving wine culture and the wine industry into the 21st century. Portland is home to many of these urban wineries, which are located in basements, garages, warehouses, and other spaces around the city. On this edition of Free Culture Radio ... Read more