Environment/Climate

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BARK and climate change with Brenna Bell

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Brenna Bell, Policy Director and Attorney for the organization BARK, that for 20 years has dedicated itself to preserving forests, reforesting Oregon, cleaning its waters, and not just reducing greenhouse gas emissions that come from logging and d... Read more

US Military's Climate Damage

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The Old Mole’s Laurie Mercier speaks with Murtaza Hussain about how the US military plays a major role in climate change. Hussain is a journalist whose work focuses on national security, foreign policy, and human rights. He writes for the Intercept, and his work has also... Read more

Jack Moloney's Century: A Conversation with Per Fagereng

Airs at: Fri, 10/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  John Shuck speaks with radio host and author, Per Fagereng, about his novel, Jack Moloney's Century. The novel covers the 100 year life of Jack Moloney (1980-2080) as he moves from Ireland to Portland with many stops along the way through the world's transition from abun... Read more

On Fire with Naomi Klein

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For more than twenty years, Naomi Klein has been the foremost chronicler of the economic war waged on both people and planet—and an unapologetic champion of a sweeping environmental agenda with justice at its center. In her latest book On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Gree... Read more

Lincoln County Community Rights fights back against pesticide ruling

Airs at: Thu, 10/10/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  A court recently overturned Lincoln County’s “Freedom from Aerially-Sprayed Pesticides Ordinance,” ending a two-year ban on the practice. The group Lincoln County Community Rights (LCCR), an intervening defendant in the case and a driving force in its initial passage in... Read more

Behind the Front Lines of Climate Disruption: in South Dakota, with co-host Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Wed, 10/09/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Like New Orleans' Ninth Ward after Katrina, Houston after Harvey and Puerto Rico after Maria (though clearly on a lesser scale), the Yankton Sioux tribe in southeastern South Dakota has been reeling from the effects of the "bomb cyclone" that hit the region in March, ... Read more

Peace Process Falters in Colombia

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews PhD candidate in sociology Alex Diamond on the modern history of Colombia, including the 50 year insurrection of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), the recent peace accords, how the peace process has opened the countryside to new larg... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 14, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier talks Murtaza Hussein about the military and climate change. Bill Resnick talks with Brenna Bell of BARK. Roben reads David Finkel on Betraying the Kurds. Jan Haaken talks with Mark Tilsen, an Oglala Lakota Poet Eduator and Water Protector from the Pine... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 7, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today on the Old Mole, hosted by Tom Becker: Peace Process Falters in Colombia: Bill Resnick speaks with Alex Diamond about the modern history of Colombia and the recent peace accords. Don't Skip Out On Me: Larry Bowlden reviews the novel by Willy Vlautin. They Live: Joe C... Read more

Surveillance on the Pipeline - A Legal Perspective

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Two months ago the Guardian reported that opponents of the Jordan Cove LNG terminal and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline were under increasing surveillance by local law enforcement and the FBI. This came as little surprise to many activists who have suspected that their phone... Read more