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The Non-Violent Path of Cesar Chavez

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Radiozine airs episode "The Non-Violent Path of Cesar Chavez" from Making Contact. Cesar Chavez has made it to the big screen. Millions of people are now learning about the legendary farmworker organizer. But where did Chavez get his organizing philosophies? This week, Pa... Read more

Left & the Law: Trump Administration and the Courts

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker  consider the Mueller Report and provide a midterm assessment of Trump and the courts. (Spoiler alert! He has been doing very badly, but appointing lots of judges.) Public domain official portrait of DJT via wikimedia and photoshop.   Read more

Harm Reduction Moving Forward In Philly

Airs at: Sun, 03/31/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century we talk about about overdose, harm reduction, pain policies, and opioids with Abraham Gutman, opinion writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour on 3/25/19

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/26/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
We’ve featured a wide variety of podcasts on The Holy Crowley Hour over the past 25 episodes, and 4 1/2 years. Science fiction, horror, fantasy, mystery, drama, and even a little comedy. Of course, a little comedy is about all you’ve come to expect, and love, from us. You’... Read more

Lighting A Candle

Airs at: Wed, 03/20/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
This week, exclusive audio from the 62nd annual session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, featuring interventions from representatives of Switzerland, the UN's Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, and the International Network of People Who Use Drugs. Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Roger McNamee

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
In a New Yorker profile of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg last September, Evan Osnos writes: “If Facebook were a country, it would have the largest population on earth. More than 2.2 billion people, about a third of humanity, log in at least once a month. That user base h... Read more

Voices from the Edge of City Hall

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on February 18, 2019 On the eve of her swearing in as Portland's first Black woman city council member, JoAnn Hardesty wrote to her supporters: "On Wednesday, January 2nd at 9 AM, I will be officially sworn into office and take on the great ... Read more

It Takes A Village To Build A Heart/Be A Panty Droppa ft Gio of Real Talk PDX

Airs at: Tue, 03/19/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 03/31/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
We're keeping it moving this week with a very special guest: @gio_t of Real Talk with PDX_GT podcast! He is dropping allllll the panties in and out of the studio (just listen, you'll understand), all whilst telling and showing the world what real growth looks like. We're al... Read more

#CND62 Part One

Airs at: Sun, 03/24/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, international drug policy reform. We hear portions of the 62nd Annual Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, live from Vienna, including interventions by the delegation from Switzerland, the World Health Organization, the Canadian HIV Leg... Read more

The History and Constitutionality of The Veto

Airs at: Tue, 03/19/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Radiozine airs a special presentation of KPFA's Letters and Politics where they're having a conversation on the history and constitutionality of the veto. And Donald Trump using a national emergency declaration in order to achieve a policy outcome of what it may mean for th... Read more