Recent Audio

Please join me for the December 10th episode of Pastures of Plenty (90.7 fm 5:30-7:00 am).  I’m featuring a set of seafaring music, including songs about two old vessels with strong Oregon connections - The Star of Oregon by Shanghaied on the Willamette and Ballad of the... Read more

On this edition of Century: Housing First. People who use drugs face persistent barriers to housing, decent work, healthcare and safety. Reintegration and rehabilitation programs are usually tied to abstinence so they exclude people who aren’t yet ready or don’t want to... Read more

Lining up a Heavy Reggae mix featuring the Elemental Styles with a special nod to the NYC productions of the 70s & 80s✨ **Live & Direct**Mixxed to the Maxx** Read more

The President has, to no one's surprise, decided to interject himself into Netflix's pending acquisition of Warner Brothers by allowing a competing bid from Paramount. This bid happens to be backed by a host of Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and -- also to no one'... Read more

Join us as we talk with Centennial educators Drew Rosa and Clarissa Buchholz about their union's fight for smaller class sizes and fair compensation. Read more

Fortunato starts the holidays with musc and humor. Lots of Headline Performers featured today; including John Coltrane, Grant Green, Robert Gordon, Tom Petty, MyCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Stevie Nicks, Tyreek McDole, Sarah Vaughan, The Rolling Stones,  Vince Guaraldi, and m... Read more

Advocates recently secured a significant victory in the ongoing fight against Zenith Energy. Last month, the Court of Appeals ruled that the Land Use Compatibility Statement (LUCS) issued by the City of Portland, which included a series of conditions applicable to Zenith... Read more

  Fighting Back on Campus and in the City: Frann Michel hosts this episode about fighting back against attacks on academic freedom and on grassroots democratic movements for a liveable city,  featuring these segments (follow the links for more information on the segment... Read more

  In August of this year, Jennifer Ruth came on to the Old Mole to explain how Title VI of the Civil Rights Act had become the primary legal instrument for repressing student protests and free speech on college campuses in the name of combating antisemitism.  In this up... Read more

  The Central City Task Force--packed with corporate interests and aligned with the Portland Metro Chamber (PMC, aka the Portland Business Association, PBA)--has continued arguing that taxes on the wealthy and corporations are bad, and continued attacking voter-approved... Read more