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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Airs at: Fri, 05/05/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  Exclusive Special Programming for MMIW - Produced by Carmen Garnica - Edited by Ruth Parra         Read more

#CND67 Part One

Airs at: Wed, 03/20/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: #CND67 Part One. On this edition of Century of Lies, Part One of our coverage of the Sixty-Seventh Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs. We hear from Luis Gilberto Murillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia; Camilo Eduardo Um... Read more

Through The Policy Loophole

Airs at: Wed, 03/20/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Through the Policy Loophole. Drugs, like so many other things, were much simpler in the Twentieth Century. On this month’s Free Culture Radio, host Doug McVay is joined in conversation with Alyssa Harlow, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cl... Read more

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: The Times They Are A-Changin’. Vice President Kamala Harris meets at the White House with marijuana legalization advocates. Plus, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs holds its Sixty-Seventh Session in Vienna, Austria. We hear from Volker ... Read more

Safer Consumption Sites Save Lives

Airs at: Wed, 03/13/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Safer Consumption Sites Save Lives. In Canada, activists and harm reduction advocates are organizing to resist closure of overdose prevention sites across the province of Ontario. We hear from Nick Boyce with the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition,... Read more

Rene Denfeld, author of Sleeping Giants

Airs at: Thu, 03/14/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Jonesy
On today's hour-long Winter Membership Drive special, we welcome Rene Denfeld, author of the new novel Sleeping Giants, from Harper Collins. Rene’s previous novels include The Butterfly Girl and The Child Finder, which feature private investigator Naomi Cottle, aka the Chil... Read more

A Portland Nurse in Gaza

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2024 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
As part of International Women’s Day, we bring you this talk by Maxine Fookson, a Portland-based pediatric nurse and anti-Zionist Jew, who has traveled to Gaza three times as a healthcare worker. This talk was given at Portland State University in February 2024. Read more

Kenton Women's Village: A Model of Community Support

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
On this episode of Out of the Streets of Portland, in honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we are featuring the story and work of Kenton Women’s Village. This village was opened in the Kenton neighborhood in June of 2017 - the second village-style ... Read more

Jamilah Bourdon on Community Organizing, Revolution, Music and Cuddly Bunnies

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
  Our guest today is former KBOO programmer Jamilah Bourdon of the All African People’s Revolutionary Party, and so much more.  We'll be talking about revolutionary theory, principles of community organizing, and the role of animals in the struggle. We’ll be going into de... Read more

Jonathan Kuttab: A Balm in Gilead - Prospects for Palestinian/Israeli Peace

Airs at: Wed, 03/06/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Radiozine
Jonathan Kuttab spoke in February in Portland and Newberg Oregon. He is executive director of Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) and cofounder of Sabeel Jerusalem. He also helped found the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq, Nonviolence International, and Just Peace... Read more