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Insectuality: The Sequel

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Bill McQuay is guest spotting an entire Threshold Shift long-form episode bringing us brand new radio stories focusing on the all-women research team from Dartmouth College, Laurel Symes and Hannah ter Hofstede. We'll be going deep into the rain forests of Barro Colorado... Read more

Save Money on Text Books! How? Open Educational Resources - Check it Out

Airs at: Fri, 09/28/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Did you know that any student at any university or community college in Oregon could significantly cut their textbook expenses?  I didn’t until I interviewed Meggi Wright, the Open Educational Resources Librarian at Lane Community College in Eugene.  Meggi and I chat about ... Read more

The Day to Day Fight to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 09/20/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The State of Oregon is partnering with school districts and education service districts across the state to reduce chronic student absenteeism. Chronic Absenteeism is different from traditional concepts like truancy or delinquency, and aims to capture all absences from a... Read more

What Is the Feet to the Fire Campaign?

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    In the wake of the recent release of the autopsy report for Jason Washington, a 45-year-old man shot dead by PSU police officers in June, the seeming futility of seeking justice for police violence is again in Portland's public eye. The autopsy report comes just six d... Read more

Episode 6 - Being Good

Airs at: Mon, 09/10/2018 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
n this episode, Chris interviews Devon about what it is to be good. We consider questions such as, "What is it to be good and who are we being good for?" "Is there an opposite of being good?" Some of the ideas we discuss are being good as a type of performance, so as not to... Read more

The View from Base Camp

Airs at: Fri, 09/14/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    One Portland organization is using a little known environmental law to fight logging around Mt. Hood. Earlier this month, 175 volunteers with the non-profit Bark camped out in the newest proposed timber sale in Mt. Hood National Forest as part of their annual Summer B... Read more

Keynesian Vs. Marxian and Neoclassical Economics: Richard D. Wolff

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  This week's special edition of Economic Update deals with Keynesian economics as a theory that clashes with both the mainstream economics ("neoclassical") that celebrates private capitalism and with critical theories such as Marxian economics that are opposed to capitali... Read more

RALPH NADER! Citizen Action: It's Easier than We Think, Pt 2

Airs at: Tue, 09/11/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Overcoming adversity alone is a tough road to hoe but when you act with others it’s not as difficult. There is nothing like solidarity. There’s unity and strength in numbers. Most movements have very modest beginnings. Take women’s rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a ha... Read more

Educators in Washington are Rising Up

Airs at: Mon, 09/10/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we talk with Evergreen, Washington educators about their current struggle for fair pay and the fights that teacher unions have been waging across the state. Today we're joined in studio by Evergreen EA president Bill Beville and strike coordinator Marj Hogan. Read more

Preventing Dating Violence & Sexual Assault @ HBCUs

Airs at: Mon, 09/10/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Students at several prominent historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), have demanded that school administrators address sexual assault more vigorously. Last year, student protests at Morehouse College, Spelman College, Hampton University, and Howard Universi... Read more