Portland has a new form of city government and one manifestation of this is
the most progressive city council the city has seen in years. But beneath the
veneer of a new governing structure an old entrenched bureaucracy appears to
remain. This came into focus on February...
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The Nation of Islam was an important part of Black culture in the 1960's. It
brought about social, educational, and economic change for the community.
Yugen took time at the end of The Motif enjoyed an hour a recovering and
re-examining an too-oft-neglected part of P...
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The Youth Collective gets personal by diving deep into all the things that
interest them. From twentieth century history to alternative fashion, this
episode's got something for everyone!
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On the morning of February 3, right in the middle of Locus Focus, we learned
that Portland's new mayor and acting city administrator approved the much
contested Land Use Compatibility Statement for Zenith Energy's expansion
along the banks of the Willamette River. This w...
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This week on Century of Lies: Planet Youth.
Planet Youth is a community wide approach to encourage and enable people to
use data and evidence to create better, healthier environments for young
people and to support healthier choices around substance use. The Scottish
Dr...
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James and Nate Talk with Bert Hui, one of the founders of Columbia Gorge
Board Games, a group that meets weekly to play board games in Hood River. We
talk about running a board game meetup group, demo-ing games at conventions,
and judging TCG tournaments.
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Our guest is poet, filmmaker, educator, retired therapist, and thought leader
– La Toya A. Hampton, MSW ~ The Poet Lady Rose. She is holding Rhymes and
Roots: Celebrating North Portland through Poetry Workshops through Sunday,
February 9.
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For several years the city of Portland has been very opaque in its dealings
with Zenith Energy. Two years ago, in a backroom deal, the city gave Zenith
the green light to continue to expand its rail shipments of fossil fuels,
under the guise that the company would switch...
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Our guest is Fern Capella Allen of the New Earth School PDX in Southeast
Portland. She’s crowdsourcing knowledge as a mutual aid project. You can
engage with them online, @newearthschoolpdx on Instagram and FB.
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This week on The Songcircle:
More Music to Meet the Moment (and help us move through it).
Highlights:
Live and rare versions of fave songs from The Rolling Stones, The Doors, and
Joni Mitchell
Brand new country music from Ringo Starr
Words of wisdom from John Trudell an...
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