Activism

The Real Causes and Solutions to Depression

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and took anti-depressants as a teenager because he was told that depression is the result of a chemical imbalance in the brain. He went on a quest to see if this is really the case. In his book, Lost Connectio... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 26, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Old Mole and presents these pieces: Bill Resnick interviews Phyllis Bennis about U.S. entanglements with Saudi Arabia, Israel, Russia, and the proxy wars in the Middle East. Author of eleven books, including the recent Underst... Read more

Interview with Debbie Ethell, The KOTA Foundation for Elephants

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Voices for the Animals

Debbie Ethell is a conservation research scientist as well as the Executive Director of The KOTA Foundation for Elephants which she founded in 2015. She is a featured speaker at the International Free the Elephants Conference & Film Festival in Portland this April . ... Read more

Portland Metro People's Convention

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Johanna Brenner of the Portland Metro People's Coalition discusses their upcoming convention. Modeled after the Richmond Progressive Alliance, the Jackson Collaborative and the Barcelona Commune, the PMPC is organizing a People's Convention to ratify a Resident's Bill o... Read more

The Thin Green Line in 2018

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program originally aired on January 15, 2018. Donald Trump is targeting the Pacific Northwest for accelerated fossil fuel development. He brought the Jordan Cove LNG terminal in Coos Bay back from the dead, designating it as the highest priority site for LNG devel... Read more

The Culture of Punishment

Airs at: Wed, 03/21/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Free Culture Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Pushing Back Against the Culture of Punishment. The White House is pushing for a renewed war on drugs. The attorney general, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III – yes, that’s his real name – issued a memo to all US Attorneys on March... Read more

What About Guns?

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Traven Leyshon is a longtime labor and socialist activist, has a radio show on Vermont commercial radio, Equal Time with Traven, and writes a lot. He grew up in rural gun culture. Here he talks with the Old Mole’s Bill Resnick about how the left can enter the current gr... Read more

Can You See the White? (Part 2)

Airs at: Fri, 03/23/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Valley Views

Faith is a white woman who reflects on personal and societal events that shaped her life’s journey to racial justice and equity awareness. I asked Faith to be on the show because she and I have had many conversations about race that may be inspiring to listeners. I adm... Read more

Fascism Exported to the Caribbean and Africa

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

On this show, our first 2018 episode of The F-Word, when we talk about fascism. Professor Margaret Stevens, author of the new book 'Red International and Black Caribbean' joins us for a discussion that you don't want to miss. And one million students marching around t... Read more

Knowledge is Power: Outsmarting the Prison Industrial Complex

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli interviews Dr. Peter Bohmer, a long time activist and professor of political economy at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Bohmer has been fighting for civil and human rights since the 60's and has a been a target of near fatal state rep... Read more