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The New Face of the Portland City Council

Airs at: Mon, 02/17/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland has a new form of city government and one manifestation of this is the most progressive city council the city has seen in years. But beneath the veneer of a new governing structure an old entrenched bureaucracy appears to remain. This came into focus on February 3,... Read more

Democracy Under Siege

Airs at: Thu, 02/13/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Ann Telnaes has won the Herblock Prize, the Reuben Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for her political cartoons.  Recently, she left the Washington Post after 16 years when the paper spiked her cartoon depicting billionaires bowing down to Trump.  Now Ann is at the center of... Read more

What's Next with Zenith?

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On the morning of February 3, right in the middle of Locus Focus, we learned that Portland's new mayor and acting city administrator approved the much contested Land Use Compatibility Statement for Zenith Energy's expansion along the banks of the Willamette River. This was ... Read more

Shining a Light on Portland's Dirty Secrets about Zenith Energy

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For several years the city of Portland has been very opaque in its dealings with Zenith Energy. Two years ago, in a backroom deal, the city gave Zenith the green light to continue to expand its rail shipments of fossil fuels, under the guise that the company would switch to... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 27, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts this episode, with these segments: Big Tech and Big War: Laurie Mercier speaks to Roberto J. González, a professor of anthropology at San José State University, about how Silicon Valley is transforming the Military-Industrial Complex. Some of Gonzalez’s ... Read more

Notes Toward a Nuclear-Free Future

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Gil Scott-Heron, Karen Silkwood, and the 1979 No Nukes Album: For those who came of age in the 1970s and 80s, political awakening to the dangers of nuclear power came as much via pop culture as it did from watching the nightly news. The 1979 triple album No Nukes: The MU... Read more

Big Tech and Big War

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier speaks to Roberto J. González, a professor of anthropology at San José State University, about how Silicon Valley is transforming the Military-Industrial Complex. Some of Gonzalez’s recent books include American Counterinsurgency: Human Science and the Hum... Read more

Providence Caregivers on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Striking nurses and doctors at Providence St. Vincent's, Providence Portland, and Providence Seaside Hospitals talk about working conditions, worker solidarity and community connections on the picket line, on day one, two and three of the open-ended strike involving over 5,... Read more

PDX Progressive In the Morning

Airs at: Wed, 01/15/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
PDX Progressive subs for Wednesday Talk Radio. Read more

The End Of An Error (The W Years - Redux)

Airs at: Tue, 01/21/2025 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
  This Show was first broadcast January 20, 2009. We felt that on this day, January, 21st,  2025,  the day after this "Inauguration" it might be fun, and maybe a  little helpful, to recall a "simpler" time. Stay strong - and keep vigilant, this too will pass.  Meanwhil... Read more