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Defend Democracy

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers speaks with Lynn Spitaleri Handlin of Extinction Rebellion PDX and Maria Cahill of Pacific Northwest Family Circle about the federal power grab in the run up to the election, the implications of the federal deputizing of Oregon State troopers and Portland ... Read more

It Did Happen Here

In the 1980s, before gentrification, before Portlandia, Portland, Oregon was a sleepy city that existed outside of the national spotlight.  Skinheads had always been part of the local punk scene. In the late 1980s, punks and skins started being recruited by national white s... Read more

Election 2020: Washington County Commission District 1 Candidate Nafisa Fai

Airs at: Fri, 10/16/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  "I think people in Washington County are ready for change, they're ready for new perspectives. They're ready for communities who have been left behind to have a seat at the table ...  and to elect me, I'm honored to carry [that] forward." Nafisa Fai is running for offic... Read more

PAALF Action Fund will host Black-centered Mayoral Debate with Black Voices United and Open Signal

Airs at: Fri, 10/16/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  This Sunday, October 18th, at 5 pm, the Portland African American Leadership Forum Action Fund, in partnership with Black Voices United and Open Signal Labs, will host a Black centered mayoral debate between incumbent Mayor Ted Wheeler and Sarah Iannarone. Debate questio... Read more

Ida B. Wells

Airs at: Tue, 10/13/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Born to enslaved parents on a Mississippi plantation during the Civil War, Ida B. Wells emerged as a powerful investigative journalist. She overcame death threats and published widely in her quest to document the domestic terrorism against Black Americans that came to be... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 12, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 10/12/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Economy: Bill Resnick interviews Yeva Nersisyan, who teaches economics at Franklin and Marshall College. They discuss the deepening economic crisis in this richest of countr... Read more

Crazy Blues

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm introduces and Mamie Smith sings “Crazy Blues,” a song that invigorated Black American resistance to racism 100 years ago. Read more

Ep. 112 It Takes A Village To Manage Hurt

Airs at: Tue, 09/29/2020 at 12:30am - Sat, 10/31/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
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19 TRIPP-P 30Aug2020

Airs at: Sun, 08/30/2020 at 12:00am - Sat, 09/30/2023 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
The TRIPP-P co-hosts sit down with Mac Smiff, a local Portlander turned activist turned journalist.   Smiff discusses protest culture, experiences at protests and with police, and living as a Black man living in modern Portland. Have a listen.   Read more

MATTER

Airs at: Tue, 09/29/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae focuses on MATTER, written and performed by Charles Grant as a response to police brutality and gun violence inflicted on Black Americans. We hear clips from the film and excerpts of a Zoom conversation with Charles Grant, director James Dixon, filmmaker Tamera Lyn ... Read more