Althea Billings

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea attempt to debrief Wednesday's siege on Capitol Hill and the success of the Democratic candidates in the Georgia Senate runoff. We take listener calls to digest the insurrectionist mob that took over the Capitol building in... Read more

  In a region of Ethiopia, a war is being waged against the country’s own citizens in the northern region of Tigray. Government forces have attacked the ethnic minority that lives there and driven tens of thousands into neighboring Sudan as refugees since the war began ... Read more

  On December 16th, Portland City Council heard testimony from community members urging them not to amend and extend the Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Area (ICURA). The district covers the area around I-5 in North and Northeast Portland, the majority of Portland’s h... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea speak with Nat from PDX Childcare Labor Alliance about union organizing for early childcare educators and the recently passed Preschool for All Measure in Multnomah County. We learn about the trajectory of organising effort... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea bring you a pre-recorded holiday special that is TOO HOT FOR THE AIR. Kinda. Mostly, we wanted to talk about sex work on the internet and more specifically, OnlyFans. Adult content production has become a lucrative business... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss future First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden and a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece that argues she shouldn't call herself "Dr." In spite of well-earned criticism for being sexist and misogynistic, the editors doubled ... Read more

  On this edition of the Gap, Tammy and Althea interview Hirsh Jain, the Director of Government Affairs at NORML, a cannabis advocacy group in Los Angeles. We discuss the Marijuana Oppotunity Reinvestment and Expungment Act (MORE), which passed the U.S. House of Represe... Read more

  "We're talking about lives here, not just a policy... It's almost saying that gun that killed you is gonna be the same gun that resurrects you. Well, guns don't resurrect people, do they? But you keep shooting us." On December 16th, Portland City Council will consider ... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea start by talking about Spotify Wrapped, which dropped this week. Turns out, we have really cool and interesting and smart and good taste in music. Who knew! Then, we get into scams around the holiday season. While we may be ... Read more

  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea speak with Erin Yanke, the executive producer of the new podcast It Did Happen Here. It's an independently produced podcast that documents the fight against racist white skinheads in the 1980’s and 90’s. We learn about how ... Read more