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You Don't Know My Pain

Airs at: Wed, 07/19/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
This week we talk about mental health and psychedelic evangelism with harm reduction and drug policy reform activist Sarah Merrigan. Read more

Rad Woman Poly Styrene

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement & Raisa read about Poly Styrene and X-Ray Spex from the volume Rad Women Worldwide, written by Kate Schatz, and available at the Multnomah County Library Read more

DI Squared: Episode 6, JD Shoes

Airs at: Tue, 07/11/2017 at 2:00pm
Today on DI Squared we meet Julie Derrick of J. D. Shoes, a repair shop on North Alberta here in Portland.  With Julie are Nita Shah and Tatsonga Davis of MESO, MicroEnterprise Services of Oregon, a non-profit that works with start-up businesses. Read more

The Spin: reImagining RESISTANCE in the world of FILM & TV

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
From the pages of history to the small and big screen, why do Black women continue to get a raw deal when they led and participated in revolution & movements, but get erased when that story hits the small and big screen? Guerilla - a new show about the UK's Black Power Mov... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 17, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts this episode, which includes these segments: Bill Resnick talks with economist Mary King about irregular work schedules. Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Joe & Raisa share a profile of punk musician Poly Styrene Desiree He... Read more

Reproductive Health Equity Act

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel discusses the recent success of the Reproductive Health Equity Act, which will ensure that Oregonians, regardless of income, citizenship status, gender identity, or (mostly) type of insurance, have access to the full range of preventive reproductive health s... Read more

When Dimple Met Rishi

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Intersections Radio
  Sandhya Menon is Young Adult romance writer, and one of the very very few South Asian American writers in the genre. Her debut novel, "When Dimple Met Rishi" follows the love story of two characters from Gujarati families in the Bay Area. Sarika and Sandhya talked about ... Read more

Announcements from the Planetarium by Judith Arcana

Airs at: Thu, 07/06/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Judith Arcana, author of the new book of poems Announcements from the Planetarium, published by Oregon’s own Flowstone Press. Judith writes poems, stories, essays, and books. Her work includes a biography of Grace Paley – titled Grace Paley’s Life... Read more

Stand Your Ground: America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
The good citizen defends his castle.   Punks, thieves, thugs, and rapists don’t stand a chance against a 44 Magnum in the hands of the good guy who stands his ground.   That is the myth.  The reality is that America’s love affair with guns and lethal self-defense has not ma... Read more

Movie Moles: Wonder Woman

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken and Denise Morris review the film Wonder Woman, and the history of the comic book character and her status as a feminist icon. They also touch on some of the controversy around the film.      Read more