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Greta Thunberg at the UN

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenage activist, whose example and eloquence has galvanized millions of students and made life very uncomfortable for rich elites, speaks at the 2018 UN Climate Summit in Poland, a shot heard round the world. She's at the UN speaking again this ... Read more

Climate Strike!

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks to two students and one millennial who are organizing the Climate Strike coming to your city and neighborhood and every neighborhood around the world this Friday, Sept 20th. They discuss why the Climate Strike, its demands, what’s happening in Portland, a... Read more

Naomi Klein - "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal"

Airs at: Fri, 09/27/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
KBOO's Barbara Bernstein talks to journalist and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein about her latest book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal (Simon and Schuster, 2019). ------------- #1 international and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Kle... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 16, 2109

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts today's show which includes the following segments: Teaching Climate Justice: Desiree Hellegers interviews teachers and authors Bill Bigelow and Tim Swinehart about teaching climate justice. Climate Strike! Bill Resnick speaks with organizers of the upcom... Read more

Stay Woke: A People's Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste talk to Tehama Lopez Bunyasi and Candis Watts Smith, authors of "Stay Woke: A People's Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter" (NYU Press, 2019)   "The essential guide to understanding how racism works and how racial inequality shapes black lives, ult... Read more

The Digital Divide for September 2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/13/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
John Shirley, He writes fiction that is uniquely his own -- but it has been labeled as science fiction, cyberpunk, noir, horror, post modern literature, erotica, magic realism, dark fiction, suspense, fantasy, and more.  He's a television and film writer; lyricist for bands... Read more

Bomb Trains

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On July 6, 2013, a train hauling crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken region derailed in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, resulting in fires and explosions that killed 47 people and wiped out a large part of the small Canadian town's center. In the six months following the deadly disa... Read more

Climate Strike

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks to Greg Smith, a radical teacher of teachers and curriculum writer, on teaching climate change and the current uprising of youth around the planet. They discuss how young people are being radicalized by their understanding of climate change and by their e... Read more

Support for County On-Call and Temp Workers

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Mole, library employee, and union member Joe Clement explains the ongoing struggle between  Multnomah County and temp and on-call workers who wish to join the union. You can support these workers by going to the County Board meeting at the Multnomah County Building, 501... Read more

Conversation With Journalist Jimi Devine

Airs at: Wed, 09/11/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century, a conversation with journalist and cannabis connoisseur Jimi Devine, senior staff writer for Cannabis Now and a contributing writer for the LA Weekly. Read more