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Police Unions in the Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Kristian Williams, member of AFSCME 88 and author of "Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America" as well as the forthcoming book "Policing the Progressive City" about the history of policing in Portland, Oregon from colonization to the uprising of 2020, discusses ... Read more

Women's History Month

Produced for:  The Underground
For the March episode The Underground is taking a look at women, feminism, and sexual health. The episode includes discussions of women who have changed the world through their art and accomplishments (including Patti Smith, Nina Simone, Odette Siko, and Joni Mitchell) a... Read more

Putin's Russia - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 03/13/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  As Vladimir Putin flexes his geopolitical muscles at the start of a second Trump term, we revisit our March 2022 conversation with British comics artist Darryl Cunningham, author of Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator. In this hour-long special, Darryl tracks the ... Read more

The ACLU of Oregon's Three Strategies for 2025

Airs at: Thu, 03/06/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Our guest today is Yvonne Garcia, the Deputy Director of the ACLU of Oregon. They just released → Firewall for Freedom: ACLU of Oregon's Strategic Priorities. Read more

Federal Workers Under Attack

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Thomas Topi, an activist in the Federal Unionists Network, describes the brutal assault on federal jobs and services by Elon Musk, and his buddy Donald Trump.  Topi speculates about Trump's next steps and how unions and the working class can fight back. Read more

Black Workers in America

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  We revisit Laurie Mercier's 2020 interview with historian Joe Trotter about his important book, Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America (2020).  Joe William Trotter, Jr., is Professor of History and Social Justice and Founder and Director of the Cente... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 24, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode is hosted by Desiree Hellegers and features these segments: The Municipal Eco-Resiliency Project (MERP): We feature an interview with MERP organizer Yolotli X speaking about their personal journey from street kid to urban farmer and about the work of this ... Read more

Special Interests

Produced for:  The Underground
The Youth Collective gets personal by diving deep into all the things that interest them. From twentieth century history to alternative fashion, this episode's got something for everyone! Read more

Twenty Acres: A Seventies Childhood in the Woods with author Sarah Neidhardt and her mom Wendy McPhee

Airs at: Thu, 01/23/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Sarah Neidhardt, author of the memoir Twenty Acres: A Seventies Childhood in the Woods, from The University of Arkansas Press. The book recounts Sarah’s experience growing up as part of a back-to-the land family in a small, isolated town in... Read more

Providence Caregivers on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Striking nurses and doctors at Providence St. Vincent's, Providence Portland, and Providence Seaside Hospitals talk about working conditions, worker solidarity and community connections on the picket line, on day one, two and three of the open-ended strike involving over... Read more