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AAPAM: What is My Race?

Airs at: Fri, 02/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Another Angry APA Minute by Sarika Mehta: Inspired by a blog post at Sepia Mutiny, she questions what her race is, why the English words never seem to fit, and why her "ambiguous ethnicity" doesn't help her out in the real world.  Read more

Book Mole: The Intuitionist

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale reviews Colson Whitehead's 1999 novel, "The Intuitionist." Set in a big city during a period of racial integration,Whitehead and Iven both explore the racial implications of the elevator as a metaphor for "social-uplift", the black female protagonist who is the fi... Read more

Bill Bigelow on banning Rethinking Columbus and critical pedagogy in Arizona

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with writer and Portland-area teacher, Bill Bigelow, about how his book "Rethinking Columbus" was removed from Tuscon-area schools because it violates Arizona Law concerning teaching ethnic studies in Public Schools. Bill Bigelow explains how the crack-do... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 6th

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole, which because of membership drive breaks shows up as being about30% shorter than normal. We hear about the crack-down on ethnic studies in Arizona, about what's going on in Jobs with Justice, and a review of The Intuitionist. In the middle... Read more

APA Compass interviews Gary Okhiro

Airs at: Fri, 02/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Gary Okhiro is professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, and receipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Studies Association. He is known for his writing, teaching, and institution building in Asian American Studies.  In this i... Read more

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Economic Autonomy, Racial Injustice, War and Moving Beyond the Dream

Airs at: Mon, 01/16/2012 at 12:00am
Today's Talk Radio is pre-empted for a special for Martin Luther King Jr. Day produced by Jamilah Bourdon "as we approach the official celebration of martin luther king jr.'s life, we spend another year of reflection on what the dream he spoke of means to us.  in the... Read more

Abe and Joe discuss SOPA and the future of online censorship.

Airs at: Tue, 01/24/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris For now, it seems, the Internet will remain the radical experiment in free information exchange that we have come to know and love. Abe and Joe dissect the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and discuss the future of online censorship. Plus... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris is our host on a show about the Republican battle over capitalism, a made-up story about multiple personalities that passed for reality, the history and future of the abortion issue, and remembering civil disobedience against segregation in the 1960s.   For i... Read more

Remembering the Freedom Riders

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Faye Powell lived in Georgia in the 1960s and participated in picketting and sit-ins against segregation.  She talks here with Denise Morris about her experiences, and they discuss the film Freedom Riders which will be shown at In Other Words Women's Bookstore on Tuesday, ... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 01/19/12 Stories from Survivors of the Sex Trade

Airs at: Thu, 01/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Stories from Survivors of the Sex Trade Portland prides itself on an open attitude about personal choice. A dark side of the city's libertarian bent has been a long-thriving sex trade. Until last year, the city held the dubious honor of second pla... Read more