Activism

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Friends of Trees

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland prides itself on being a tree city but in fact in recent years Portland's tree canopy has actually shrunk. Friends of Trees, a nonprofit organization that addresses inequities in the urban canopy by planting trees with community involvement, has been working for ye... Read more

Your Body Is Partly Plastic. So Is Everything Else.

Airs at: Wed, 11/09/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Radio Ecoshock
  Wired science journalist Matt Simon on his new book A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies. Julian Cribb, author and science hunter: the 10 game-ending threats to humanity.    11-03-2022     Read more

Health Care Standards for Oregon Jails

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Bridget Budbill, Senior Operations and Policy Analyst with the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. HB3229, passed by the Oregon legislature in 2021, directed the CJC to convene an advisory council to develop recommendations for minimum standards... Read more

The life and legacy of Portland activist Yvonne Simmons

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Mole Desiree Hellegers and Dan Handelman of Portland Peace and Justice Works/Copwatch reflect on the remarkable life and legacy of Portland activist Yvonne Simmons, a teenage runaway and London street kid, who became a folksinger and international peace activist with the Wo... Read more

Civil Suits against Big Oil

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In their Left & the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker provide an update on civil suits against Big Oil and report on a Congressional hearing in September targeting the fossil fuel industry and its history of deception around climate change. They talk about what is s... Read more

Emerging left programs for fighting climate change

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews with Jeremy Brecher in part 3 of a 3 part series on the climate crisis. As climate change denial dies, corporate and left programs are emerging with radically different ways for saving humanity from still accelerating global slow roasting. On Monday’... Read more

Roe on the Rocks Trailer

Airs at: Fri, 07/22/2022 at 9:00am
Produced for:  Roe on the Rocks
Roe on the Rocks is a 30 minute 8 part series. The "Roe on the Rocks" podcast, executive produced by KBOO's Claire Rischiotto, takes a look at how Oregon, a state with some of the most progressive abortion laws in the nation, will be impacted if Roe is overturned by the U.... Read more

Roe on the Rocks Trailer

Produced for:  Roe on the Rocks
Roe on the Rocks is a 30 minute 8 part series. The "Roe on the Rocks" podcast, executive produced by KBOO's Claire Rischiotto, takes a look at how Oregon, a state with some of the most progressive abortion laws in the nation, will be impacted if Roe is overturned by the U.... Read more

The Way of Reiki

Airs at: Sun, 11/13/2022 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
Frans Steine has been a major influence on global research into the practice of Reiki since the early 2000s. Frans, along with Bronwen Stiene, is co-founder of the International House of Reiki. Together, they have co-authored The Reiki Sourcebook A-Z of Reiki Pocketbook, Re... Read more

Federal Recognition of NW Tribes

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Celilo Wyam activist Lana Jack and Chinook Vice Chair Sam Robinson speak about the Celilo Wyam and Chinook struggles for federal recognition at an Indigenous Peoples Day event  moderated by Lakota-Cheyenne Mole Roben White. The panelists reflect on the stakes in the struggl... Read more