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Celebrating the Thin Green Line

Airs at: Mon, 07/12/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program first aired on April 19, 2021 For nearly two decades communities across the Pacific Northwest have been fighting off multiple efforts to turn the region into a fossil fuel export hub. Today we’ll look back at the successes of what Eric de Place with Sightli... Read more

Portland's Industrial Sacrifice Zone

Airs at: Mon, 06/14/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on March 29, 2021   Before European settlers transformed the north reach of the Willamette River, near its confluence with the Columbia, it was a braided river of shallow channels and islands rich in biodiversity. Today the area is designat... Read more

Beaver Taught Salmon To Jump

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on March 15, 2021 Beavers have been called “Nature’s Engineers.” In fact, the Army of Corps of Engineers could learn a lot from beavers. Instead of re-engineering nature to serve narrow human interests, beavers engineer the natural environm... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 31st 2021

Airs at: Mon, 05/31/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Densie Morris Hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Biden American Jobs Plan. Bill Resnick interviews John Cavanagh, director of the large and influential Institute for Policy Studies for 20 years. A Washington insider, Cavanagh wrote 12 important books and... Read more

In Search of Hummingbirds

Airs at: Mon, 05/31/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Hummingbirds, with their jewel-like plumage, acrobatic flight, and fearless character, have fascinated us for centuries. For hundreds hese mythic-like creatures have played a central role in the folklore and spirituality of many cultures. But the future of these amazing lit... Read more

Youth climate activism: from the courts to direct action

Airs at: Wed, 05/26/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
(No call-ins today, sorry! All the studio lines will be occupied by the host and guests. For questions and comments to the host, go to KBOO Wednesday Talk Radio on Facebook)   Before Covid hit us, youths like Greta Thunberg, plaintiffs in a number of landbark youth climat... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 24, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 05/24/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Image by Fred Murphy Patricia Kullberg hosts today's episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Tipping Points: Bill Resnick interviews Shannon Osaka, an environmental journalist with the web magazine Grist, and coauthor of "Points of No Return." This... Read more

Tipping Points

Airs at: Mon, 05/24/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Shannon Osaka, an environmental journalist with the web magazine Grist, and coauthor of "Points of No Return." This e-book focuses on “climate tipping points, elements of the Earth system in which small changes in global temperature can kick off rein... Read more

Goldendale Pumped Energy Storage Project

Airs at: Mon, 05/24/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Since the 1930s, the Columbia River has been tamed and reshaped by an array of dams that stretch from the Bonneville Dam east of Portland to the Grand Coulee Dam near the Canadian Border. Not only have these dams destroyed abundant salmon runs, they have also inundated innu... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 17, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 05/17/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond hosts today’s episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Coronavirus Crisis in India: Patricia Kullberg speaks with Dr. Swati Birla about how Primer Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling BJT party set the stage for the coronavirus catas... Read more