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Street Roots Poetry Showcase Episode 03

Airs at: Wed, 06/05/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
In this episode, Jaison interviews Kaia Sand, poet, artist and Executive Director of Street Roots. Read more

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Police Raid Punk House Party in 2001

Airs at: Tue, 06/04/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  FROM THE FILES OF CIRCLE-A RADIO!! Totality of Circumstances is off this week. Instead, we have a special treat, recently digitized from the KBOO Archives: an hour-long episode of CIRCLE-A RADIO from 2001 featuring the story of a police raid on a punk show after-party a... Read more

Rethinking the Housing Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Dan Jaffee continues his discussion with Michael Mehaffy, Senior Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and co-host of the blog LiveablePortland.org about the housing crisis and alternatives to capital-friendly policies that would better address housin... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 20, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Mole, and we hear: Bill Resnick interviews John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, about John Bolton’s dangerous aggression toward Iran and obsession with regime change around the world. ... Read more

APA Heritage Month (rebroadcast)

Airs at: Fri, 05/17/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Pacific Underground
  It's still May and it's still Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! We thought we would replay our APA Heritage Month episode from last year. While past listeners may remember that the commemoration of this month has been somewhat controversial among members of Pacific ... Read more

APA Heritage Month (rebroadcast)

Produced for Pacific Underground
Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! It's still May and it's still Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! We thought we would replay our APA Heritage Month episode from last year. While past listeners may remember that the commemoration of this month has been somew... Read more

Commissioner Eudaly - Fair Access in Renting

Airs at: Thu, 05/16/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
First, Voices from the Edge host City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty talks to Abram Goldman-Armstrong, owner of Cider Riot. Then she speaks with City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly about her proposed ordinance, Fair Access in Renting  Read more

Give Us Shelter! Walk to Salem for Housing Justice

Airs at: Fri, 05/17/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for Radiozine
  Host Jenna talks to Give Us Shelter! A Walk to Salem for Housing Justice about their upcoming walk from Portland to Salem from May 27-29.  website: thegiveusshelter.com   Read more

Mehaffy on Financialization and the Housing Crisis, Part One

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
    Dan Jaffee talks with guest Michael Mehaffy, Senior Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Executive Director of the Sustasis Foundation, strategic development consultant and urban designer, and co-host of the blog livableportland.org.  They dis... Read more

Budget Forum Testimony Excerpts

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
[Scroll down for transcript] Selections from some of the public testimony at the May 9 hearing on the City of Portland Proposed Budget.  The City Council will take further testimony and vote on approving the budget on May 22, 2019, 2:00pm to 3:30pm, at Portland City Hall, ... Read more