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Harm Reduction in MA

Airs at: Wed, 11/13/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery held a hearing recently on harm reduction sites and supervised consumption facilities, so on this edition of Century of Lies we hear from MA State Sen. Cindy Friedman, Fenway Health... Read more

Caring for the Warriors

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel and Jan Haaken discuss institutional strengths and challenges at the Veteran’s Administration health care system. Image by GettyImages   Read more

How Vets Changed the Military

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from an article in Counterpunch by Kevin Basl - "How Veterans Changed the Military and Rebuilt the Middle Class”, which explores the history of veteran-led anti-war protest and the fight to get a better deal for vets. 1932 “Bonus Army” protest by WWI veter... Read more

Buscando America on 11/12/19

Airs at: Tue, 11/12/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Escucha sobre la liberación de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva y sobre la crisis actual en Bolivia en una conversación con  Gisela Rodríguez socióloga y docente del Portland State University. Krónikas de Viaje presenta al poeta chiapaneco Balam Rodrigo con poemas de su Libro Cen... Read more

Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How To Achieve Real Reform

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline, host Doug McVay talks with John Pfaff, JD, PhD, about mass incarceration, mass punishment, and criminal justice reform. Dr. Pfaff is a professor of law at Fordham Law School and the author of Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarcerati... Read more

Vote Lynn Anderson Queen of Country Music

Airs at: Sat, 11/16/2019 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Lynn Anderson declares she is running for the office of Queen of Country Music! Her campaign is a skillful mix of unique delivery and electrifying charisma. Her platform is three chords and the truth. There will be no need to count the ballots she will bring down the house... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 11, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
It's veterans' day on the Old Mole with host Thom Becker and: Refusal to Obey: Bill Resnick interviews Garrett Reppenhagen of Veteran’s for Peace How Vets Changed the Military: Tom Becker reads from an article by Kevin Basl in Counterpunch Fiction Review: Larry Bowlden re... Read more

Democracy Now Special: 2019 Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice

Airs at: Fri, 11/08/2019 at 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for: 
Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman and former EPA official Mustafa Ali will co-moderate the first-ever Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker, Tom Steyer, Marianne Williamson and other presidential candidates will take part in the f... Read more

PopMob protests Melody Center for hosting right-wing event

Airs at: Tue, 11/05/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The Portland Melody Event center has been facing calls to cancel an event this evening for the right-wing political group the hashtag walkaway campaign. Pop Mob, a local antifascist group has urged the Event Center to cancel the event because of the content of their mes... Read more

11 TRIPP-P 3Nov2019

Airs at: Sun, 11/03/2019 at 11:15pm - Thu, 11/30/2023 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
TRIPP-P episode 11 features guest Ryan Haas.   Ryan is currently a News Content Manager at OPB & audio-host of the podcast "Bundyville." He has previously worked as Editor of The World newspaper in Coos Bay, Oregon and has freelanced in Florida and the Southern Oregon coa... Read more