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Let's Talk! "Creating Beyond Limits: Anna's Dyslexia Story"

Airs at: Fri, 07/26/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Let's Talk!
Let's Talk! Creating Beyond Limits: Anna's Dyslexia Story Web Article written By Andrew Kobus and Hannah “Asher” Sham July 17, 2024 What do you see when you look at a painting? Well, for some with dyslexia, they see things that not all of us can, and can pick apart the min... Read more

What to Do When Your Union Leaders Break Your Heart

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Ellen David Friedman, retired union organizer and Labor Notes board member, walks us through the steps.  From heartbreak to anger to talking with co-workers to confronting your leaders to forming a rank-and-file caucus.  Based on this article in Labor Notes... https://labo... Read more

Cleaning Up Hanford

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The most contaminated place in the western hemisphere is right here in our backyard, the Hanford Site in Eastern Washington, the global birthplace of both nuclear energy and nuclear bombs. During WWII, the area was confiscated from Native Tribes without their consent and... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 15, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Media Watch: Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? US Guardian correspondent and activist Rebecca Solnit argues that the corporate media is hellben... Read more

A Heatwave Evening with Bill McKibben

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
At the start of Portland’s first heatwave this summer at the end of a traumatic week for our nation, longtime climate activist and journalist Bill McKibben came to Portland to speak at a gathering sponsored by the Third Act Oregon. In 2008 McKibben co-founded 350.org, which... Read more

Big Vision for the Willamette

Airs at: Mon, 07/08/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
We are blessed in Portland to have a magnificent river flowing through our city. But we haven't always taken the best care of this treasure. Fortunately for many years there have been several civic organizations that have led the way in promoting and producing river cleanup... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 8, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 07/08/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Click here to listen or download this episode This episode is hosted by  Frann Michel and features these segments:   Chiquita Bananas and Climate Justice On June 12 Democracy Now aired a segment on a legal victory for Colombian agricultural workers against Chiquita. Af... Read more

People’s Conference for Palestine

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Click here to listen or download segment audio In May, over 3000 thousand activists attended the People's Conference for Palestine in Detroit, Michigan with thousands more joining virtually. The conference, held from May 24th through the 26th, was a place for activists ... Read more

Who Goes There? with Lady Voltaire

"Who Goes There? with Lady Voltaire" is an experimental biweekly music revue that aims to expand sonic horizons, unravel convoluted cochlea and expose listeners to sounds new and old from around the corner and around the globe— from pulsing icelandic electropop to microtona... Read more

Multnomah County: Reviving Punitive Justice

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Andrés Oswill with Portland for All, an organization with programs that address the root causes of the toughest issues facing Portland. We reflect about Mike Schmidt, who lost his bid for a second term as district attorney of Multnomah County, a... Read more