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New Seasons Workers Organize

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Isaac Byrd, Janet Shek, Will, and Mary Ellen of New Seasons Labor Union, discuss the wave of organizing sweeping New Seasons Markets in the past month and why they decided to launch an independent union. Read more

Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee on 10/16/22

Airs at: Sun, 10/16/2022 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee
  Today, October 16th is Oscar Wilde's birthday, as well as Marie Antoinette's. Here's what the former said of the latter:   "To the thinker, the most tragic fact in the whole of the French Revolution is not that Marie Antoinette was killed for being a queen, but that th... Read more

Neil Cochrane, author of The Story of the Hundred Promises

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Neil Cochrane, author of the new novel The Story of the Hundred Promises, from Forest Avenue Press. Neil is a queer, trans author and artist. He writes speculative fiction and fantasy that centers queer characters overcoming obstacles and buil... Read more

A Tribute to social critic, journalist, feminist and Reed College alum Barbara Ehrenreich

Airs at: Tue, 10/04/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Barbara Ehrenreich was a renowned social critic, journalist, feminist and author. She was born in Butte, Montana and studied chemistry at Reed College in Portland. She later received a Ph.D in cellular immunology at Rockefeller University in New York City. She left a pos... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 3, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Rural Organizing Project: To commemorate ROP’s 30 years of outstanding political work in rural Oregon, Norm Diamond talks with Sidra Pierson of the ROP staff. They discuss ROP’s hist... Read more

Clackamas Community College Instructors in Struggle

Airs at: Mon, 09/26/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Christopher Zimmerly-Beck and Mary Jean Williams, president and past president of the Clackamas Community College Associate Faculty, describe their struggle for pay equity for their  precarious contingent faculty union members. Read more

America's War on the Poor

Airs at: Tue, 09/20/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Hard Knock Radio
  Poor News Network explores America's war on the poor. -- 09-16-2022 -- hardknockradio.org     Read more

Cai Emmons, author of two new novels: Unleashed and Livid

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Cai Emmons, author of the new novels Unleashed from Dutton, and Livid from Red Hen Press. Cai’s a fiction writer, playwright, and screenwriter, whose work includes the story collection Vanishing and the novels His Mother’s Son, which won an O... Read more

Banned Books Week 2022

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Project Censored
  For this week's show, Mickey dedicates the hour to Banned Books Week 2022 (Sept. 18-24). Now in its 40th year, Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating and promoting the freedom to read, and resisting efforts to ban certain books from library shelves, especially ... Read more

Verde

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Cully neighborhood in outer NE Portland is one of the most culturally diverse communities in Portland. And for many decades it has been the most overlooked and underserved community as well, with more than its share of poverty, and less than its share of environmental a... Read more