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Cretaceous Dark

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/04/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Tonight on the UBU HOUR, the sci-fi radio thriller CRETACEOUS DARK.  Come to Cretaceous Park, Oregon's latest and most exciting theme park. Sure it has the rides and concession booths, but it also has something else.. genetically modified creatures that look like dinosuars ... Read more

Ursula K. Le Guin on Steering the Craft

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Ursula K. Le Guin has published more than sixty books of fiction, fantasy, science fiction, children’s literature, poetry, drama, criticism, and translation. Among her honors are a National Book Award, a PEN/Malamud Award for short fiction, five Hugo and five Nebula Awar... Read more

Chade-Meng Tan, Joy on Demand

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Chade-Meng Tan (Meng) is a Google pioneer, award-winning engineer, international bestselling author, thought leader and philanthropist. He is Chairman of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, and Co-chair of One Billion Acts of Peace, which has been nominated sev... Read more

Hope Jahren on her memoir "Lab Girl"

Airs at: Thu, 09/08/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Hope Jahren about Lab Girl, her debut memoir of a woman in science. It is also a portrait of a longtime friendship and a fresh look at plants and the natural world   Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in whic... Read more

A Radio Geekly - PREMIERE EPISODE!

Airs at: Fri, 08/19/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  A Radio Geekly
"An hour-long insight into the realm of geekdom!" A Radio Geekly is a collective, consisting of geeks from all perspectives, who have joined together to discuss “all things geek”. Everything from: comic books, tv shows, movies, fandoms, gaming and more, these geeks will ha... Read more

Special Report: Presbyterian Assembly Meets in Portland

Airs at: Sat, 06/25/2016 at 12:00am
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Dreamer Julio Molina on Current Immigration Issues and Karl Grossman on the Solar Powered Space Capsule

Airs at: Thu, 06/30/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Today on Flashpoints Dreamer Julio Molina speaks out about Obama's immigration program and the Supreme Court decision on immigration and anti-nuclear activist Karl Grossman discusses the first solar powered space capsule headed for Jupiter. Read more

Special program in Depth

Airs at: Mon, 06/20/2016 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 6, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode, which features music by Charlie Musselwhite and segments on global trade, psychological survival in the occupied territories, and debates about how to teach about climate change.   Bill Resnick interviews Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch ab... Read more

Changing Climate Curriculum

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris and Bill Resnick discuss the Portland Public School District's recent decision to eliminate text books that present climate change denial as a legitimate scientific viewpoint. They refer to Bill Bigelow's recent article about the school board's decision. ... Read more