Economy

Big Pharma = Bad Science

Airs at: Mon, 02/18/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Categorized Program Not

Bill Resnick talks with Ben Goldacre about the pharmaceutical industry's influence on science research. He points out that because clinical trials don't have to be published, there's a remarkable bias in favor of pharmeceutical manufacturers. He talks about the deleterious... Read more

Chris Hedges: The Myth of Human Progress

Airs at: Tue, 02/12/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker reads from an article on Truth Dig by Chris Hedges, "The Myth of Human Progress". Hedges predicts massive starvation and misery await us this century if we do not stop climate change, and isolates a certain myth of progress that stymies that action. Read more

Who Bombed Judi Bari?

Airs at: Mon, 02/11/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken talks with Mary Liz Thomson, the director of Who Bombed Judi Bari?. Judi Bari was an environmental activist, labor organizer and feminist who helped to bridge crucial gaps between how timber workers and radical environmentalists understood each other. She also he... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 11th 2013

Airs at: Tue, 02/12/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick complete his conversation with Larry Kleinman about immigration reform. Jan Haaken talks with Mary-Liz Thomson, the director of "Who Bombed Judi Bari?" Joe Clement talks with Kristian Williams about community alt... Read more

Larry Kleinman on Immigration Reform Part 2

Airs at: Tue, 02/12/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Larry Kleinman, Secretary-Tresurer of PCUN, a union for all Oregon's farmworkers. They discuss the potential impact of different kinds of immigration reform. This is the second of a two-part interview. The first can be found here. Read more

Occupy Portland Radio Air Show 12/19/12

Airs at: Wed, 12/19/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Occupy Portland Radio

We talk with supporters of the ongoing Vigil to End the Camping Ban Excerpts from Occupy the Hood Radio and WBAI’s continuing Occupy Radio programming Music from Rebel Diaz Read more

Occupy Portland Radio Air Show 11/21/12

Airs at: Wed, 11/21/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Occupy Portland Radio

Coverage of the November 3 protests against austerity cuts An interview with a long time Occupier - Jude Boatman Music from Cat Stephens Read more

Cross-border protest of the Trans Pacific Partnership

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

Five hundred international trade negotiators met the week of Dec. 5th, 2012 in secret in New Zealand to hash out the terms of the Trans Pacific Partnership. Non-governmental organizations and trade unions have been locked out of the meetings except for a so-called ‘stakehol... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour January 28, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this episode featuring the music of the late Portland bluesman Paul deLay and segments on possibilites for local and democratic control of sustainable energy sources, the mistake of valuing economic "growth," the role of entrapment in the government's war ... Read more