Elections

Running On Air: District 2 Playlist

Airs at: Tue, 10/29/2024 at 10:00am
Produced for:  Running On Air
  We sat down with Portland District 2 candidates so you can get to know them better before casting your ballot. Here's the playlist with links to each episode. Episode 1: Chris Olsen and Nabil Zaghloul Episode 2: Michelle DePass, Mike Marshall, Bob Simril and Nat West E... Read more

Running On Air: District 1 Playlist

Airs at: Tue, 10/29/2024 at 11:00am
Produced for:  Running On Air
  We sat down with Portland District 1 candidates so you can get to know them better before casting your ballot. Here's the playlist with links to each episode. Episode 1: Terrence Hayes, Steph Routh and Deian Salazar Episode 2: Jamie Dunphy, Noah Ernst and Peggy Sue Owen... Read more

Running On Air: Mayoral Race Playlist

Airs at: Tue, 10/29/2024 at 12:00pm
Produced for:  Running On Air
  We interviewed Portland's Mayoral candidates so you can get to know them better before casting your ballot. Here's the playlist with links to each episode.  Episode 1: Durrell Kinsey Bey Episode 2: Mingus Mapps Episode 3: Liv Østhus Episode 4: Keith Wilson Episode 5:... Read more

The Problems with Polls: Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
If you’re following the polls obsessively, you’re putting your faith in a phenomenon that does more to undermine democracy than enhance it. So argues Samuel Earle in his recent review of a book by G. Elliott Morris, called Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need... Read more

Running On Air: Mayor, E8 - Rene Gonzalez

Airs at: Fri, 10/25/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Running On Air
  On this episode of Running On Air, Portland Mayoral candidate andn City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez joins KBOO's Barbara Bernstein and Jeremiah Hayden from Street Roots to talk about his vision for Portland, climate change's role in that future, and tackling housing and h... Read more

PSJ: Criminal Justice Reform

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Shannon Wight, Deputy Director, and Babak Zolfaghari-Azar, Senior Policy Manager, with Partnership for Safety & Justice and Safety and Justice Oregon. They discuss their advocacy work plans for the 2025 Oregon Legislative session and past accomp... Read more

False Promises of the “Nuclear Renaissance”

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In their Left & the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker take up the current push by Amazon, Google and Microsoft to unite BIg Tech and Small Nuclear to satisfy their corporations' voracious appetites for electricity.  Business journals herald this new deployment of nu... Read more

Running On Air: D4, E7 - Callahan and Toran

Airs at: Thu, 10/24/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Running On Air
  On this episode of Running On Air, Portland District 4 candidates John Toran and Bob Callahan join KBOO's Althea Billings and Jeremiah Hayden from Street Roots to talk about city statues, strategizing around the homelessness crisis and the race so far.  Read more

Oregon Ranked Choice Voting

Airs at: Thu, 10/24/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Jennifer Parrish-Taylor of the Urban League of Portland talks about the ranked choice voting measure on the state ballot. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 28, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Genocide Gentry: The Genocide Gentry Project exposes the executives and board members of major weapons companies who also hold prestigious and powerful positions at museums, cul... Read more