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Girls Like Me by Nina Packebush

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Madness Radio

What’s it like to be a teenager in a psychiatric hospital? What is it like to be a queer pregnant teenager? Is it true that friends do make the best medicine? Nina Packebush explores these questions and more in her groundbreaking debut young adult novel, Girls Like Me. N... Read more

Conversation with "Tony" About Race Relations in America

Airs at: Fri, 03/09/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Valley Views

I had an extraordinary interaction with one of the trainers at my local gym the Sunday morning after a white supremacist- terrorist plowed his car into a group of people. The people were supporting the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, VA. A young w... Read more

Remembering Quanice Hayes

Airs at: Fri, 03/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Pacific Underground

On February 16th, Whitenoise Project held an event in memory of Quanice Hayes, one year and a week after he was shot and killed by police. Join Pacific Underground as we replay some of the recorded audio from that event and talk about the connections between art and acti... Read more

Candy Brings Plenty

Airs at: Fri, 02/23/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

An interview by host Leidi Monte with local indigenous rights activist, Candi Brings Plenty. Candi organizes for the Two Spirit Nation, a term to represent queer-identified people from the Native community. Last month, she orchestrated Portland’s first ever indigenous womxn... Read more

Per v. Graham

Airs at: Thu, 03/01/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Per dives back in to the seemingly endless Russia-gate plus he recounts his run in with the late Billy Graham. Read more

The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke

Airs at: Wed, 02/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Jeffrey C. Stewart, professor of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of the bookThe New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke.In his book, professorStewart offers a splendidbiography of the eni... Read more

Queer Youth v. U.S. Gun Violence

Airs at: Tue, 02/27/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

This Way Out: The International LGBT Radio Magazine Queer youth take aim at pro-gun lawmakers; a "Rainbow Minute" celebrates Willie Nelsons "gay cowboy song with a twist"; Kenyans challenge their countrys "unnatural" sex law, the British Parliament targets Northern Irel... Read more

Combined Culture Radio- Episode 22

Airs at: Wed, 02/21/2018 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Produced for: Combined Culture Radio

Incarceration & Developing Political Consciousness

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Our newest Prison Pipeline host Nicole Solomon Lindahl interviews her friend and local activist, Melissa Salazar, and her brother Marcus, who calls in from a prison in Texas where he is serving a 5-10 year sentence. They focus on Melissa's experience supporting her brother... Read more

Citizens Fight to Save Home of Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

The Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center is a bustling community center that provides multiple services for immigrants, newcomers and citizens in the hometown of Oregon State University. OSU also owns the big buttery-yellow house that the Center calls home, and the sc... Read more