Asian Pacific American

Wider Window Poetry Celebrates Asian-American Poets

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
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Portland Filipino activists protest President Biden's partnership with Marcos Jr.

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  President Biden visited East Portland on Saturday, October 15th, where he was met by over 40 Filipino activists and allies, protesting his continued partnership with the regime of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Phillippines.  Filipinos have called Marcos Jr.'s first 100 day... Read more

A Revolutionary Friendship between Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Let's Talk about Race
  LTAR Special  A Revolutionary Friendship between Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X A Life magazine photographer quickly captured the now-iconic photo of Kochiyama cradling Malcolm's head as people struggled to save his life, and as she urged him, "Please, Malcolm, please, Ma... Read more

Guam, the Philippines and the accelerating militarization of the Pacific

Airs at: Wed, 09/28/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Live in-station with Paul Roland and two guests from Gabriela Portland, the local chapter of the Philippine women's movement, Gabriela. Opening audio: Interview with Julian Aguon, an Indigenous human rights lawyer and writer from Guam, on Democracy Now: Aguon will be in... Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop

Airs at: Wed, 08/24/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Talk Bus Stop
  Rebroadcast, released on 07/27/2022 -- Originally from Shizuoka Japan, Takahiro Yamamoto is an artist and choreographer based in Portland. Both of his performance productions and visual art works have been presented at PICA (Portland), Henry Art Gallery (Seattle), Diver... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 8, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Sharon Grant hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: City Charter: The Portland Charter Commission — responsible to evaluate and make recommendations for changes in the structures and operations of Portland city government — has develo... Read more

Nukes, Energy and War

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hiroshima Day commemorates August 6 1945, the day when the US dropped an atomic bomb  on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, followed a few days later by dropping another atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. Jan Haaken talks with long-time anti-nuclear activist Norman Solomon a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 1, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Evicted: Ever get evicted? A lot of people have, especially in a period of rents skyrocketing and people clamoring for apartments, especially in Portland because landlords have had the... Read more

The Taste of Ginger

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews the 2021 novel by Mansi Shah, entitled The Taste of Ginger. It’s a lovely novel about an Indian family who brings their children to the US for greater opportunities, but then wants them both to successfully assimilate and yet remain true to I... Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop with Taka Yamamoto

Airs at: Wed, 07/27/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Talk Bus Stop
Originally from Shizuoka Japan, Takahiro Yamamoto is an artist and choreographer based in Portland. Both of his performance productions and visual art works have been presented at PICA (Portland), Henry Art Gallery (Seattle), Diverseworks (Houston), Contemporary Arts Center... Read more