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International Film and Animation

Airs at: Thu, 02/28/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  The Portland International Film Festival is a venue for showcasing not just visiting directors but local filmmakers as well.  We're joined by two celebrated Portland documentarians: Irene Taylor Brodsky, the director of Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, and ... Read more

Civil Society Versus the Drug War

Airs at: Sun, 03/03/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week we continue our look at the upcoming annual meeting of the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs and hear from representatives of civil society organizations discussing the global war on drugs and the need for reform. On today's program we hear from Zara Snapp with Ac... Read more

A Climate Beast Awakens

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker shares the article An Unforeseen Climate Beast Awakens! written by Robert Hunziker for Counterpunch. East Antarctica is a sleeping monster. It was believed by climate scientists that its ice sheet would be stable into the next century. But the monster is stirring... Read more

Noelle Hanrahan: update on Mumia Abu-Jamal

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Noelle Hanrahan, founder of Prison Radio and a journalist who has recorded and broadcast commentaries by Mumia Abu-Jamal since 1992.  Noelle talks about Philadelphia in the racially-charged 1970s where Mumia made his name as a writer and journalist. ... Read more

Think Globally

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
In mid-March, a United Nations body will once again issue its annual criticism of marijuana legalization in Canada, Uruguay, and several states in the United States. They will also be critical of medical marijuana laws, and of certain effective harm reduction interventions ... Read more

The Inversion of Totalitarianism

Airs at: Tue, 02/26/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  Traditional totalitarianism conjures images of jack-booted storm troopers, death camps and Stalin-like regimes. In recent years a new variety of totalitarianism has emerged departing from the norm. Noted political theorist Sheldon Wolin calls it “the inversion of totalit... Read more

Anarchists In Conflict: Rojava + Yellow Vest Movement

Airs at: Mon, 02/18/2019 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Produced for The Final Straw Radio
Anarchists In Conflict: Rojava + Yellow Vest Movement (Sean Swain at 6:28, interviews begin at 14:05) You can download the episode here This week on The Final Straw, the episode’s theme is anarchist interventions in struggles around the world. We’ll be sharing audios from ... Read more

Tara Rose

Airs at: Wed, 02/20/2019 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Transcendency Show!
Tara is a shamanic healer often using earth medicines such as cannabis or kambo.  In this interview she discusses her journey, methods and a few amazing outcomes!  You can connect with her on Instagram @GreenGoddessRising and watch her videos at YouTube.com/TaraRoseSacredMe... Read more

Undoing the Global War on Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 02/20/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
This week, we examine the failure of the global war on drugs and look ahead to the March meeting of the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Read more

The Transcendency Show!

Join host EJ Shiang as he interviews a variety of guests on the important topic of Transcendency. Transcendency is a higher energetic state available to anyone and there are many paths worth exploring.   EJ Shiang 415.200.9925 Read more