Community Building

Village Building Convergence 2016

Airs at: Fri, 05/27/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

The Village Building Convergence is an annual celebration of placemaking, community, permaculture, natural building, music, and art. A project of City Repair, the VBC is a vehicle through which neighbors come together to plan, create, and implement tangible lasting projects... Read more

Laura O. Foster on "Walking with Ramona: Exploring Beverly Cleary's Portland"

Airs at: Thu, 06/23/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Bethany Grabow talks with Laura O. Foster, author of the new book Walking with Ramona: Exploring Beverly Cleary’s Portland. Part walking tour, part history lesson, this guidebook is a unique look at life when author Beverly Cleary was a young girl in the 1920s and t... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 23, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear these segments: • Bill Resnick talks with Tarah Demant of Amnesty International about the surprising numbers on support for refugees in the United States. • Frann Michel discusses the history of Vanport, the need for public hou... Read more

Generosity of the Workers

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick reads from Rebecca Solnit's book A Paradise Built in Hell about the generosity of ordinary working people compared to the calculating tight-fistedness of elites. Read more

A Shared Sentence: Children of Prisoners

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Karen James interviews Laura Speer, associate director for Policy Reform Advocacy at the Annie E Casey Foundation, the nation’s leading organization for the overall well-being of children. Over 5 million children nationwide have had an incarcerated parent. The loss of a par... Read more

An Inclusive Table and Eating in Eastern Oregon

Airs at: Wed, 05/18/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Food Show

We have an interview with Anna Thomas, author of "The Vegetarian Epicure" cookbooks. She talks about creating an inclusive dinner table in her new book "Vegan, Vegetarian, Omnivore." We also have a conversation with Lynne Curry, eastern Oregon resident and author of the ... Read more

The World is Churning

Airs at: Fri, 05/13/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Join us for the second part of our in depth conversation with renowned storyteller, author and scholar of mythology, anthropology and phsycology, Michael Meade. Some of his books include Fate and Destiny: The Two Agreements of the Soul and Why the World Doesn't End, ... Read more

Portland's Animation Industry

Airs at: Thu, 05/12/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

The Northwest Animation Festival has quickly grown to become the largest animation festival in the country, showcasing features and short films from around the world while focusing on local industry and talent. During this year's festival, we're joined in the studio by ... Read more

Documentarian Frederick Wiseman - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 04/28/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Film Show

In this extended version of our interview with attorney turned filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, Jenn Chavez asks Mr Wiseman about the subjects that inspire him, his detached style of filmmaking, and his success in producing and distributing films outside the studio system. ... Read more

Let's Do Something Different!

Airs at: Fri, 05/06/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses collective members Cheryl, Julie and Delphine engage in a conversation about collaborations, collectives and cooperatives as we explore ways that we can do something different to reach our goal of a fair, and equitable world for all beings! They will share p... Read more