Civil Rights/Human Rights

The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee borrowed $100 from her brother to run a "Numbers" racket out of her tattered apartment on Delaware Street, in o... Read more

Flashpoints 03/06/2019

Airs at: Wed, 03/06/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: Today an organizer from Gaza's great return march visits us as Palestinians continue to fight for their rights and demand life and dignity. Also excerpts of the documentary film, The Occupation of the American Mind Read more

Medical Cannabis in the US and the UK

Airs at: Sun, 03/10/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century of Lies, medical cannabis in the US and the UK. We talk with the president and co-founder of Patients Out of Time, Mary Lynn Mathre, RN, MSN, CARN, about their national clinical conference coming up April 11-13 in Tampa, Florida; and we hear a UK govern... Read more

It Takes A Village To Bring Life To People ft. Ronnie a.k.a. BeSpeak

Airs at: Tue, 03/05/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 03/31/2019 at 12:00am

Produced for: Village Vibes Podcast

Happy Tuesday Folx! Y’all know what it is.. we have a new episode!! We have a VERY special guest this week. @ronnie_aka_bespeak stopped by the studio and schooled us on how to be a creator in pdx, discussing his music and incredible ability to lift up his community. Take no... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 25

Airs at: Wed, 03/06/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: The Politics of Living

Kris Gowen Interview | Vicky Mazzone - One Nation Under Song: My Karaoke Journey Through Grief, Joy and America Another Read Through, 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland OR March 8th. NOTE: this event starts at 6 p.m., not 7 p.m. as previously stated. Kris will be readin... Read more

International Film and Animation

Airs at: Thu, 02/28/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

The Portland International Film Festival is a venue for showcasing not just visiting directors but local filmmakers as well. We're joined by two celebrated Portland documentarians: Irene Taylor Brodsky, the director of Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, and ... Read more

The Heather McCoy Show on 02/28/19

Airs at: Thu, 02/28/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: The Heather McCoy Show

Heather will discuss the recent reports of attacks on LGBTQ people with Portland Mercury reporter Blair Stenvick. Then she welcomes organizers behind the event Our Streets! A Community Safety Day. Lastly she welcomes Liz Martinez from Freedom for Immigrants to discuss ... Read more

Organizing for Social Change

Airs at: Wed, 02/27/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: The RadioActivist

On the RadioActivist this week, Lisa Loving and Suzanne LaGrande interview Dara Snyder and Seemab Hussani. Organizer and educator Dara Snyder will talk with us today about her work as a community educator with the YMCA of Greater Oregon, and some of the ways in which she ... Read more

Civil Society Versus the Drug War

Airs at: Sun, 03/03/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week we continue our look at the upcoming annual meeting of the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs and hear from representatives of civil society organizations discussing the global war on drugs and the need for reform. On today's program we hear from Zara Snapp with Ac... Read more

Buscando America on 02/26/19

Airs at: Tue, 02/26/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

El Q Center reunió a decenas de personas en el Town Hall para hablar sobre los ataques que la comunidad LGBTQ ha estado recibiendo en los ultimos días en Portland. La ayuda humanitaria se ha convertido en un delito en los Estados Unidos, escucha en estrevista a Paige Coric... Read more