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Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 07/03/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
In this episode: RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine costs lives abroad; No letup to Israel's military campaigns; the World's Super-rich get much richer. Read more

Lessons from Nature's Water Management

Airs at: Mon, 07/07/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Nature has ingenious methods of managing and delivering water in all its phases: precipitation, evaporation, absorption by plants, wetlands, rivers and lakes, and infiltration that recharges groundwater and aquifers. Yet in most urban environments, stormwater is seen as ... Read more

World Drug Report 2025

Airs at: Wed, 07/02/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies: World Drug Report 2025. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its World Drug Report 2025 on June 26. There were launch events in Vienna, Austria and New York City. On this week’s Century we listen to parts of that New Yo... Read more

Johnson v Grants Pass

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Host Emma Lugo is joined in conversation by Loren Naldoza, Public Policy Advocate at the Oregon Food Bank, to discuss housing and the Supreme Court case Johnson v Grants Pass. Read more

Labor vs ICE

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for Labor Radio
Nydia Caballero, union electrician, and Geovanny Tolentino, union teacher, discuss what's behind Trump's mass deportation campaign, popular resistance and the role of labor unions in this fight. Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
The US at war in Iran; Trump's national security team is a mess; US-Japan defense talks in trouble; and more. Read more

International Law and Lawlessness in the Middle East

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
In the leadup to a United Nations conference in New York City to discuss Palestine and a two-state solution, the Trump administration discouraged governments around the world from attending. The conference was set to take place on June 17-20 but was postponed in early Ju... Read more

Cow Poop Won't Solve the Climate Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on April 7, 2025 Concentrated Animal Feed Operations have been around for a few decades. Basically concentration camps for cattle, pigs and chickens, these factory farms not only torture animals but also are major polluters and a principal... Read more

No Straight Road

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg reviews Rebecca Solnit's  latest collection of essays, No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain.  You can find the book at the Multnomah County Library.  You can find more of Solnit's most recent writing at her site, Meditations in... Read more

Dan Handelman

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  On June 28, Portland activists will gather at the Clinton Street Theater to honor the life and work of the founding member of Portland Peace and Justice Works/Portland Copwatch, an indefatigable organizer on a host of interconnected issues – war/militarism, police acc... Read more