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Direct Cinema - Part One

Airs at: Thu, 08/24/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  In the early 1960's a revolution in documentary filmmaking took root, inspired by both cultural uprisings and new audio-visual technologies.  The movement known as Direct Cinema rejected authorial voiceovers and other narrative devices, opting instead for immediacy, ambi... Read more

R.I.P. Dick Gregory

Airs at: Wed, 08/23/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  From Pacifica Radio Archives, recordings of Dick Gregory, honoring the life of the comedian and civil rights activist who broke barriers in the 1960s and became one of the first African-Americans to perform at white clubs.  Gregory used satire and cool humor as a force ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 21, 2001

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Tom Becker, this episode of the Old Mole aired as a solar eclipse, almost but not quite total in Portland, was occurring. The eclipse leads the Moles to reflect in various ways on how dependent humanity is on natural and cosmic forces. What we have done to our soi... Read more

A Mole Views the Eclipse

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Mole Tom Becker reviews our evolving understanding of eclipses and the limits of our understanding of the universe. Photo: By I, Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0 Read more

Toward an Ecological Civilization: David Korten

Airs at: Tue, 08/22/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Will Rogers, a famous U.S. humorist once said, “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Good advice. Wish that it were heeded when it comes to climate change. Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, says, “there's tremendous disagreement” ab... Read more

Our 10th (and final!) annual Michael Jackson tribute show!!!

Airs at: Thu, 08/24/2017 at 8:00pm - Fri, 08/25/2017 at 12:00am
It has been a long journey honoring the teacher.  We remember the time (pun intended) we first had the idea to honor Michael in an episode dedicated to him, and it was thought of as a silly idea.  As we tend to focus on jazz (in particular) and less popular artists on our s... Read more

Voices from Charlottesville: Church Under Siege by White Supremacists

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  For this hour we go to Charlottesville, Va. and hear voices, including that of author and activist Cornel West and the Rev. Tracy Blackmon, who participated in a mass prayer service at St. Pauls Memorial Church on Friday, August 11, in advance of the deadly rally of whit... Read more

Sojourner Truth: Did the Civil War ever end?

Airs at: Fri, 08/18/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Trump gives overt support for white supremacist organizations as they let the world know they are no longer hiding under sheets as in the days of the Ku Klux Klan. On Friday, August 11, they descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, chanting "blood and soil," a slogan from... Read more

Combined Culture Radio- Episode 4

Airs at: Wed, 08/16/2017 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Combined Culture Radio
Trump's America, Charlottesville, Black Journalist, and F.U.B.U.  Read more

The San Patricio Battalion

Airs at: Thu, 08/17/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  On this episode of Fight the Empire Per reflects on the San Patricio Battalion, the mostly Irish soldiers who switched sides in our war against Mexico. They were led by an artillery man named John Riley and fought several big battles against the Yankee invaders. Mexico l... Read more