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PDX neighborhood associations; The Demo House

Airs at: Fri, 05/10/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
On today's Radiozine, we feature two different orgs who are helping out people with how they addressing being in Portland, from living here to visiting here. First, Jenna talks to Sunny Bleckinger and Kristin Shorey about Portland's many Neighborhood Associations, their... Read more

Artists & Social Responsibility

Airs at: Tue, 04/30/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Artists, creative people, occupy a special place in our hearts and minds. They interpret the world around us and imagine things outside the box. What is the connection between them and their creative output and society? Is it just to take curtain calls and sign autogr... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 29, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Mole celebrating May Day, International Workers Day, and we hear:  Laurie speaks with Lane Windham, who worked for twenty years in the labor movement and is now Associate Director of Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initia... Read more

Filmmaker Josh Tucker discusses Alaska's proposed pebble mine: Part 2

Airs at: Wed, 04/24/2019 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Part 2 of KBOO reporter Emily Gresham Beamer’s in-depth interview with Filmmaker Josh Tucker about the Pebble mine proposed in southwest Alaska, and his documentary ‘We can’t eat gold’.   The proposed open-pit gold mine, located in Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed, would b... Read more

Stopping Tar Sands Oil Trains in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Last year, Zenith Energy in NW Portland, quietly began exporting tar sands oil from its Willamette River facility. Now Zenith Energy is expanding its facility so that it can handle more than three times the number of oil train cars that currently pass through the city.Th... Read more

The Importance of Historical Memory for Social Movements

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  From the Old Mole archive, The Importance of Historical Memory for Social Movements. Tod Sloan interviews Sandy Polishuk, oral historian and long-time activist, on the importance of historical memory in social movements, both for inspiration and for the lessons that ... Read more

350PDX and the Necessity of Climate Organizing

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
             Jan Haaken talks with Anais Tuepker of 350PDX about current climate actions, the need to connect local and global, the role of indigenous leadership on climate, the politics of allyship, and a 4/22 film screening event. Anaïs Tuepker is the Lead for Organiz... Read more

DSA and Chicago City Politics

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick interviews Joanna Misnik about Chicago and the DSA's success in their recent election winning six seats in the 50 person city council. These seats won in campaigns not based in personality or resume but on issues and movements. Joanna Misnik is a life-lon... Read more

Buscando America on 04/23/19

Airs at: Tue, 04/23/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En esta emisión hablamos con Albar Acántar vocalista de la banda de rock Apolo agrupación originaria de Chihuahua. Javier Sierra habla sobre el Nuevo Pacto Verde y el lanzamiento  del cortometraje "Campeones de Energía Limpia" el cual esta centrado en South Tucson Arizon... Read more

Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon: APANO

Airs at: Fri, 05/03/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  For Asian/Pacific-Islander American Heritage Day on KBOO, we talk to Simeon Jacob of the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO) to discuss the organization's work around community building, addressing oppression, and growing as an organization.  KBOO is re... Read more