Elections

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The Gap: Portland Charter Change Measure 26-228 and Getting Curious

Airs at: Fri, 09/30/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea interview Damon Motz-Storey, the Communications Manager for Portland United for Change, which is advocating for the passage of the Portland Charter Change measure, Measure 26-228.  We discuss the process that led to the bal... Read more

Putin's Nuclear Threat & MAD - It's Roots in the Colonial Origin Story

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  American Standoff
Putin's declaration yesterday that "those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the weathervane can turn and point towards them," the threat of a nuclear catastrophe looms again. Here in Portland, Oregon, we live downstream from the Hanford Nuclea... Read more

How the Media Fumbles Covering White Supremacist Extremism

Airs at: Thu, 09/15/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  American Standoff
  From climate change to armed insurrection, how has the media done? Has it provided more than just the much-derided practice of "bothsideism?" And what role do journalistic norms of objectivity, often interpreted by editors and reporters, giving at least two sides to ... Read more

Election Deniers and the Midterms

Airs at: Thu, 09/08/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  American Standoff
In this episode we will take a look at not only how election deniers are faring in primaries (which we’ve previously covered on this show) but how the framework of denialism is playing out. Both for it’s adherents and in polling of American voters. Read more

Portland's Proposed City Charter Change Part 3

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Now that election season is really upon us, it's a good time to take another look at the proposed changes to Portland's city charter, which will be on this November's ballot. These changes will be quite dramatic, not only changing our  city government from a commission t... Read more

Why Arizona Matters: GOP Extremism & "Great Replacement" Hysteria

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  American Standoff
  American Standoff, live in-station, with host Jackeline Keeler.  In this episode, we will take a look at how Trump's Big Lie is gaining ground in Arizona, a battleground state that host Keeler has covered and which includes a large part of the Navajo Nation, of which s... Read more

Changing Portland's City Government Encore

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on August 1, 2022 This November Portland voters will have an opportunity to vote on a complex measure that would amend the city charter in some drastic ways. The changes include rank voting, expanding the city council to 12 members who wou... Read more

Could Trump's Election Deniers Overturn the 2024 Election?

Airs at: Thu, 08/25/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  American Standoff
  In this episode of AMERICAN STANDOFF, host Jacqueline Keeler will take a look at how Trump's candidates are doing and what damage they could do in the 2024 presidential election.  Across battleground states that were decisive in Biden's 2020 win, candidates denying t... Read more

The New Pink Tide in Latin America

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What is it? What can it hope to accomplish? For Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond interviews Alex Diamond, a sociology grad student at UT, who’s been living in and writing about Colombia for six years. They discuss the significance of the left electoral victory, wh... Read more

After Cheney’s Primary Loss: Why Is Trump's Hold On Republican Voters So Strong?

Airs at: Thu, 08/18/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  American Standoff
After Tuesday's blowout, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has come out still fighting Trump and rebadged her campaign page under the tagline of "The Great Task," quoting from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before ... Read more