Activism

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Talking with Patrick Califia, BDSM educator and trans scholar.

Airs at: Tue, 10/22/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We'll be talking with Patrick Califia, a long-time educator and writer on sex, play, gender, transitioning, and social constructs surrounding each of these. I've been reading Califia since college in the mid-1990s, when his book Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sex bla... Read more

Labor Radio on 10/21/19

Airs at: Mon, 10/21/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Michael is joined once again by new co-host Elliott Gilliland for a two-part discussion of recent developments in the labor movement and news stories that need to be heard by the working class.   Part 1 In the last few years, the Pacific Northwest has been a hotbed fo... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 21, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 10/21/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Thom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole including segments: Street Journalism: Bill Resnick interviews former KBOO news director Lisa Loving  on the craft and importance of local journalism. Flooding on Yankton Sioux Reservation: Desiree Hellegers and Roben White ... Read more

Opioid Overdose Prevention Program

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
With opioid overdose a leading cause of death following prison release, a new program was launched in June 2019 to prevent opioid overdose among women who are released from Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only women’s prison.  Host Karen James interviews El... Read more

On-air protest

Airs at: Fri, 10/18/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
You’re tuned in to Pacific Underground. In solidarity with the multiple generations of KBOO POC programmers and volunteers who have asked for systemic and cultural change at KBOO, we bring you week one of our on-air protest.   We stand in solidarity with KBOO’s POC cau... Read more

Multnomah County Commissioners hold public hearing on energy goals; Pacific Power criticized by activists for doing too little

Airs at: Thu, 10/17/2019 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  This week the Multnomah County Commissioners held a public hearing on the progress towards the county’s 100 percent clean energy goal. The county a major energy consumer, and at the hearing, Portland General Electric, Northwest Natural and Pacific Power gave presentati... Read more

"When in Doubt, Make Music."

Airs at: Wed, 10/23/2019 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
Suzanne LaGrande talks to award-winning composer, singer, performance artist and founder of the Big Mouth Society, Emily Lau. Big Mouth Society is a community-supported collective of musicians that that celebrates a diversity of viewpoints and furthers social discourse ... Read more

Positive Charge! PDX: Organizing for a Kinder World

Airs at: Wed, 10/23/2019 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
Today on The Radio Activist, Suzanne LaGrande talks to Rhona Feldman, Ruthie Matinko-Wald, and Bonnie Berg, members of Positive Charge! PDX about their efforts to create the peace and kindness they want to see in the world. Positive Charge! PDX is a local volunteer group... Read more

Positive Charge! Pdx: Organizing for a Kinder World

Airs at: Wed, 10/23/2019 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
Today on The Radio Activist, Suzanne LaGrande talks to Rhona Feldman, Ruthie Matinko-Wald, Ruthie Matinko-Wald, members of Positive Charge! PDX about their efforts to create the peace and kindness they want to see in the world. Positive Charge! Pdx is a local volunteer g... Read more

Rahab's Sisters benefit promises laughs

Airs at: Thu, 10/17/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Rahab’s Sisters is a nonprofit which works to serve those marginalized by poverty, houselessness, sex work, violence or substance use. Every Friday, they open their doors to women and people whose gender identity makes them vulnerable, offering a hot meal, a safe space... Read more