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The first evidence of Climate Chaos was felt mainly at the poles, as polar sea ice began to melt. Polar bears served as the first charismatic symbol of climate change but since media attention shifted from melting sea ice to wildfires, floods, heatwaves, and other impact... Read more

  Patricia Kullberg reviews Rebecca Solnit's  latest collection of essays, No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain.  You can find the book at the Multnomah County Library.  You can find more of Solnit's most recent writing at her site, Meditations in... Read more

  Matt Witt reviews Truth Demands: A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice, by lawyer, climate activist, and writer Abby Reyes.  Twenty years after Abby Reyes's partner, Terence Unity Freitas, was assassinated in Colombia while working with the ind... Read more

  On June 28, Portland activists will gather at the Clinton Street Theater to honor the life and work of the founding member of Portland Peace and Justice Works/Portland Copwatch, an indefatigable organizer on a host of interconnected issues – war/militarism, police acc... Read more

  This episode explores American warmaking, remembers Dan Handelman, and reviews recent nonfiction. Old Mole episodes are prerecorded the week before airing.  Frann Michel hosts, and we hear these segments: Big Tech and Big War: On June 13th, the US Army swore in four si... Read more

  This Week's Featured Goddesses:   HOUR 1 - THE BUTCHIES: All-female "queer-core crusaders" punk Band, DFurham NC. 1998-2005. Kaia Wilson (guitar/vocal, previously with  Adickdid and Team Dresch), Alison Martlew (bass), and Melissa York (drums, also with Team Dresch b... Read more

Music for summer and Pride with Liz Schwartz Read more

Immerse yourself in two hours of pure musical queer joy! Read more

Today’s Swing’n’Country program (Sat. June 21st 6-9 am) features a belated Fathers’ Day tribute, some songs about New Mexico, and a set of songs from country guys named Hank, ranging from Cochran to Williams Jr.  There are also two separate sets of country duets.  In bet... Read more

Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday as we preview next week's Gillian Welch & David Rawlings show in Portland at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (Weds. June 25th - see link below for more info).  We'll also enjoy great new music from the trio I'm With Her, The... Read more