Government/Politics

Stopping Tar Sands Oil Trains in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Last year, Zenith Energy in NW Portland, quietly began exporting tar sands oil from its Willamette River facility. Now Zenith Energy is expanding its facility so that it can handle more than three times the number of oil train cars that currently pass through the city.This ... Read more

The Mueller Report

Airs at: Thu, 04/25/2019 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per digs into the Mueller Report Read more

Wednesday Talk Radio on 04/24/19

Airs at: Wed, 04/24/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Guest host Linda Olsen-Osterlund takes a look at Facebook and social media's usage of personal data, its discriminatory practices, and all the other things that make people question the future and definition of privacy. Call in with your comments 503-231-8187. Read more

DSA and Chicago City Politics

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Joanna Misnik about Chicago and the DSA's success in their recent election winning six seats in the 50 person city council. These seats won in campaigns not based in personality or resume but on issues and movements. Joanna Misnik is a life-long a... Read more

Portland poet Nastashia Minto, author of "Naked"; and the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival

Airs at: Tue, 04/23/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

We'll be talking with Nastashia Minto, author of the new poetry collection, 'Naked': I never truly understood the beauty of another being until I began to find and love myself. Minto is a Georgia-born African American woman living and working in Portland. Reema Zaman call... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 22nd, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts. Bill Resnick interviews Joanna Misnik about Chicago and the DSA's success in their recent election winning six seats in the 50 person city council. Clayton Morgareidge discusses Music, Language, and Capitalism. Jan Haaken talks with Anais Tuepker... Read more

Expunging Criminal Records

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

This show will air 6:30 PM on May 27, 2019. Karen James speaks with Nikki Thompson about expunging criminal records for youth and adults. Nikki, an attorney with the Metropolitan Public Defenders Community Law Division, runs the MPD Expungement Clinic. A motion to set... Read more

Clean Energy Jobs Earth Day Update

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This Earth Day was supposed to be the day that Oregon's Clean Energy Jobs bill was signed into law. Instead, while industry groups try to water down the bill, environmental groups are still lobbying Oregon legislators to pass the strongest law possible. They are being urged... Read more

Taxes and the Public Good

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies about why we should, in principle, be glad to pay our taxes, and how much good our taxes could be doing in a fully democratic society. You can subscribe to Chuck Collins's newsletter here. Read more

Taxes and the Public Good

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies about why we should, in principle, be glad to pay our taxes, and how much good our taxes could be doing in a fully democratic society. You can subscribe to Chuck Collins's newsletter here. Read more