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Native communities request a cancellation of the 2020 salmon fishing season. Listen here to a Bristol Bay Town Hall discussion hosted by KDLG

Airs at: Thu, 04/30/2020 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Bristol Bay, Alaska is the source of the largest sockeye run on the planet, located south of Iliamna Lake, at the terminus of several salmon rivers. The main communities are the town of Dillingham, pop. 2,500-ish; and the village & surrounding area of Naknek, pop. 900. Each... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 4, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this special May the 4th Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear: Planet of the Humans: Jan Haaken and Bill Resnick critically review the new documentary, "Planet of the Humans" -- directed by Jeff Gibbs and executively produced/promoted by Michael Moore. Releas... Read more

Paige Hook Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Paige Hook is a democrat running for the Oregon House 17 seat.  She talked with Don Merrill about how her district needs new leadership as a way to finally get rural counties a seat at the big boy table, why gun legislation and gun safety are not mutually exclusive, and why... Read more

Trump's War on the Environment Using the Pandemic as Cover

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
While the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, the nuclear and fossil fuel industries are keeping busy trying to slip through their latest devious plans. But activists are on to them, even from their socially distanced locations. On this episode of Locus Focus we talk... Read more

Climate Activists vs. Zenith

Airs at: Mon, 04/20/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Climate change has not stopped for the pandemic—and the slowing of travel and commerce has given us only about a 5% reduction in global fossil fuel emissions—less than the reduction from the 2008 economic recession.     A precedent-setting case in the climate movement went... Read more

Local environmental groups plan online action against Chase Bank for 50th anniversary of Earth Day

Airs at: Fri, 04/17/2020 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  The 50th anniversary of Earth Day falls  on April 22nd, and local environmental organizations have online actions planned, since stay-at-home orders and social distancing mean in-person organizing is not possible. #StoptheMoneyPipeline is an action against J.P Morgan Cha... Read more

John Lively Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
John Lively is a democrat running for Oregon House District 15.  He talked with Don Merrill about how he has survived as a moderate in an atmosphere of rank partisanism, why he believes strongly in the healing power of holistic medicine and how he has special empathy for th... Read more

Calla Felicity Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Calla Felicity is a running for Oregon's 1st House District seat.  She talked with Don Merrill about how shoveling sulphur opened her eyes to the plight of women in blue collar work, how she has reshaped the anger she felt in her teenage years into the steadfast determiniat... Read more

Policy Making in a Pandemic

Airs at: Mon, 04/13/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Now that everyone on the planet is facing the all-consuming threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to seriously face not only the need to innovate our medical and social systems, but also how we make policy. If we can figure out how to swiftly limit the deadly virus’s spr... Read more

Promoting a Progressive Agenda for Oregon in the Face of a Pandemic

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Just two months ago it looked like the Oregon Legislature was poised to pass a slew of civil rights, environmental and equity bills. But this agenda was blindsided, first by Republican legislators who once again fled the state to protest the cap and trade bill. Their move s... Read more