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Art Talk Bus Stop with Mic Crenshaw

Airs at: Wed, 01/26/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Talk Bus Stop
About this month's guest...  Michael Crenshaw is a world class MC and poet who has emerged on the national and international stage. As a teen in the late 80's, Mic was embroiled in the violent streets of Minneapolis, leading groups to physically confront white supremacist ... Read more

City Workers Ready to Strike

Airs at: Mon, 01/24/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Portland City workers have overwhelmingly authorized a strike.  Jacob Brostoff, Alex Pierro and Chris Flanary, City workers in the Office of  Community and Civic Life, Bureau of Transportation, and Housing Bureau, share their reasons and expectations about a strike of City ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 17, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts this Martin Luther King Jr. Day special which includes music by artists Farrell Williams, Noname, and Ambrose Akinmusire, plus the following segments: Critical Race Theory: Bill Resnick talks to Malik Miah who made a living as an aviation mechanic a... Read more

Rural Oregon Teacher Attacked for Teaching the Truth

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we speak with former North Marion teacher Ty Brack about the attacks he experienced for using slam poetry to teach the truth about racism, sexism and other issues. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 3, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Radical Right: Alexander Reid Ross is an investigative journalist, who, for nearly a decade, has studied the radical right and the dangers it poses. In 2017 he wrote the book Again... Read more

Class Struggle Unionism

Airs at: Mon, 12/27/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Joe Burns, long time labor organizer and educator, author of three books: "Reviving the Strike", "Strike Back" and forthcoming "Class Struggle Unionism", talks with co-hosts Laura Wadlin and Jamie Partridge about his new book which describes three types of unionism in today... Read more

Portland Teachers Fight For Time

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we talk with Portland teacher Angela Bonilla about educators' fight for more time to collaborate, plan and prepare for the increased needs of their students amidst the shortage of staff and resources. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 13, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Time to get it Right: Johanna Brenner interviews Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) President, Elizabeth Thiel, about how their union proposes to solve a staffing crisis... Read more

The Time to Get it Right

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Johanna Brenner interviews Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) President, Elizabeth Thiel, about how their union proposes to solve a staffing crisis in the schools, maintain in-person instruction, and address students’ unprecedented social and emotional needs that have a... Read more

Erasing Community History

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
St. John’s is a distinct geographic district within Portland. More than that, it is a community with a vibrant history of labor struggle and demographic diversity. Norm Diamond talks with Michael Brown about the importance of community history and about the City of Portland... Read more