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A Revolutionary Friendship between Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for Let's Talk about Race
  LTAR Special  A Revolutionary Friendship between Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X A Life magazine photographer quickly captured the now-iconic photo of Kochiyama cradling Malcolm's head as people struggled to save his life, and as she urged him, "Please, Malcolm, please, Ma... Read more

When Police Shoot and Kill Innocent White People / How Corrupt Can One Police Department Be?

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for Civic Cipher
  On today's show, we spend the first half discussing a couple of recent high-profile police shootings where the victim was White and not guilty of any crime. Erik Cantu was shot while eating in his car and Christian Glass was shot after calling police to help him get his ... Read more

Reclaiming Land, Culture, & Narrative Through Black, Indigenous, & Queer Stewardship

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for EcoJustice Radio
  On this show, we explore the world of Shelterwood Collective [www.shelterwoodcollective.org], a Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ-led community forest and retreat center that seeks to heal people and ecosystems through active stewardship and community engagement.  Recently t... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 17, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Crypto-coin and the Remaking of Social Relations: Cryptocurrencies are often described as the new wild west of finance and speculative investments. Jan Haaken talks with Emaline Friedman about recent developments in the crypto world and how non-profit organizations are maki... Read more

Broken Earth

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel recommends the award-winning speculative fiction series The Broken Earth by N. K. Jemisin, an epic fantasy of resisting oppression and reclaiming the magic of the natural world.   transcript: Good morning, this is Frann Michel here with a reading recommendati... Read more

Indigenous People's Day with DJ Freeleonard and Brother Ernie

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for Hard Knock Radio
  We look at the issues and concerns surrounding Indigenous People's Day. We talk about political prisoner Leonard Peltier. --   10-10-2022 --     hardknockradio.org --     Plus an episode of World Ocean Radio -- New Ocean Challenges: a summary of fifteen new ocean ... Read more

The Importance of Local Government with Harry Curtin

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for Civic Cipher
  On today's show, we are joined by city council candidate for Phoenix's district 6, Harry Curtin. We spend the first half of the show discussing the importance of local government and citizen engagement. We also examine the scope of work at different levels of local gover... Read more

The Gap: Mingus Mapps' Charter Alternative and things you didn't invent actually

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea cover some recent news, national and local. We discuss Biden's federal marijuana reform, dyeing a waterfall for a gender reveal, and we go deep on Portland midterm election news. City Commissioner Mingus Mapps has revealed his... Read more

Kwame Ture: The Cry Of Black Power

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Sojourner Truth Radio
  Sojourner Truth presents a one-hour special broadcast on Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture. He is known by a generation that popularized the cry of "Black Power." We speak with Dr. Peniel Joseph about his book, "Stokely: A Life". And discuss several questions... Read more

THE VANQUISHERS by Kalynn Bayron

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
Everybody knows vampires have been vanquished, right?  Welllll, maybe no..... Twelve-year-old Malika “Boog” Wilson and her best friends have grown up idolizing The Vanquishers, a group of masked vampire hunters who wiped out the last hoard of the undead decades ago. For ki... Read more