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The unbearable whiteness of being in black- and red-face, with monthly co-host Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Wed, 02/13/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Locally-based Dineh (Navaho) and Yankton Dakota writer Jacqueline Keeler has been writing and fighting against racist mascots and stereotypes for years and she's pretty sick of it. But she keeps being called back into the fray, most recently invited to Cincinnati to deba... Read more

Book Mole: Girl in the River

Airs at: Mon, 02/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    Text: It is with great pleasure that I talk with you this morning about a splendid novel by a good friend and fellow Old Mole, Patricia Kullberg. I’m not sure how this novel slipped by me in 2015, but it did. While at lunch with another Portland feminist and leftist,... Read more

1919 General Strike in Seattle

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond revisits the 1919 Seattle General Strike with guest Rob Rosenthal, composer of the mid-1980s rock opera Seattle 1919. For many years Rob Rosenthal taught a course at Wesleyan University in Connecticut on Music and Social Movements. He will be in the Pacific Nor... Read more

Resisting Illegitimate Authority, with author Bruce Levine

Airs at: Wed, 02/06/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  From Levine's website: Bruce E. Levine writes and speaks widely on how society, culture, politics and psychology intersect. His latest book is Resisting Illegitimate Authority: A Thinking Person’s Guide to Being an Anti-Authoritarian―Strategies, Tools, and Models (201... Read more

The Words of a Song: Long Black Veil

Airs at: Sat, 02/02/2019 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
How many songs do you know sung from the point of view of a ghost? And that's just one thing that makes Long Black Veil special.  Written by Marijohn Wilkin (pictured) and Danny Dill back in 1959, Long Black Veil tells the story of a man hung for a murder he didn't commit. ... Read more

In-Depth: Letha Winston, Mother of Patrick Kimmons and Activist for Justice and Police Accountability

Airs at: Tue, 01/29/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Patrick Kimmons was fatally shot by Portland police in the early morning of September 30 in 2018. Since then, Letha Winston--mother of the 27-year-old father and baker--has led protests every Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM, marching from the Multnomah County Courthouse to Ci... Read more

Buscando America on 01/29/19

Airs at: Tue, 01/29/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En esta emisión recordamos al poeta y compositor venezolano Simón Díaz, además hablamos sobre cómo se está cocinando el golpe de estado en Venezuela. La Habana amaneció el lunes entre escombros luego del impacto de un potente tornado. Netflix estrena "Massacre at the Stadiu... Read more

Poet Emily Jungmin Yoon

Airs at: Fri, 01/25/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
Emily Jungmin Yoon is a Korean Canadian poet who wrestles with history. Producers Jake and Sara join Emily to talk about her debut full-length poetry collection, A Cruelty Special to Our Species which explores the history of Korean “comfort women” during World War II. Throu... Read more

Phil Proctor

Airs at: Thu, 01/24/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Phil Proctor co-founded the legendary Firesign Theatre comedy troupe over 50 years ago, and has never slowed down since.  Best known for his contribution to such groundbreaking albums as How Can You Be In Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All, he's also a ve... Read more

I Am Not Your Negro: James Baldwin

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2019 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwins original words and flood of rich archival material. I Am Not Your Negro is a journey... Read more