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Neighborhood Bully--a discussion on Israel and Palestine with Jewish Palestine solidarity activist David Rovics

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land He's wandered the earth an exiled man Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn He's always on trial for just being born He's the neighborhood bully This is one of the many verses in Bob Dylan's explicitly... Read more

The Imaginary Possible

Produced for:  The Imaginary Possible
"From customer service chatbots, to job applications processed through applicant tracking systems (ATS. ), and facial recognition technology used in airport security checkpoints, AI is rapidly changing our world. New AI-powered technologies have the potential to make our... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for 10/23/23

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Re-criminalizing is not the Answer: In November 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly passed measure 110. The law decriminalizes possession of small amounts of some controlled subs... Read more

Assaults on Public Education

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Assaults on Public Education: Bill Resnick talks to Jennifer Berkshire, a teacher of journalism with an emphasis on education, schools and the right’s continuing attack on public education, to replace it with private voucher schools teaching the right’s ideas on patriotism,... Read more

Re-criminalizing is not the Answer

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Re-criminalizing is not the Answer: In November 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly passed measure 110. The law decriminalizes possession of small amounts of some controlled substances, including heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. As the first state in  the US to decrimin... Read more

Comics Take on the News

Produced for:  Comics Take on the News
  Comics Take on the News is a monthly radio show airing live on the 2nd Monday of the month at 11pm. Comics Take is a satirical, news-adjacent show. Host Dani Schi presents a rotating panel with local and national news stories. The comics than take the news to places tha... Read more

Boiling Point

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs will hold a high-level ‘mid-term review’ in March of 2024 to take stock of progress made and challenges remaining for the international drug control regime. In preparation for this, the International Drug Policy Consortium hel... Read more

Jordan Fink of Build Soil on Strategies for Community Organizing

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
This is part 2 of our interview with Jordan Fink of Build Soil, where they're working to plant a new generation of chestnut trees in the Portland area and around the world, as a crucial piece of societal infrastructure against climate disaster in the (near) future. But to a... Read more

The Wind of Change

Airs at: Wed, 10/11/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: The Wind of Change. United for Marijuana Decriminalization is a coalition of marijuana policy reform organizations. They held a news conference October Fifth to discuss how the Biden Administration can move forward to advance marijuana decrimi... Read more

The Gap: Horseshoe Theory, Measure 110 Studies and the defense or defeat of Robert Frost!

Airs at: Fri, 10/06/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea bring you a news roundhouse kick to the face! We're talking Marjorie Taylor Greene taking a photo op with progressive activists from CODE PINK. We're talking City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez tweeting not to call 911 (does that ... Read more