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Words and Pictures 20th Anniversary with Derek Ballard

Airs at: Thu, 12/14/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Author, cartoonist, and storyboard artist Derek Ballard has worked on the television shows Adventure Time and Midnight Gospel.  He's also put in his time as a construction worker, single dad, and all-around working-class hero. Derek's comic stories have been collected in... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 4, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 12/04/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which features a re-broadcast from the radio show Against the Grain. The pandemic highlighted the vital importance of care work—whether childcare, nursing home care, medical care or schooling – and the struggles many people... Read more

Portland Teachers on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2023 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Elementary and Middle School  teachers, Ron Morgan and Emily Golden-Fields, present an up close and personal view and analysis of the historic Portland Association of Teachers strike, now in its fourth week, shaking up the city. Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop: PPS On Strike! Special

Airs at: Wed, 11/22/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Talk Bus Stop
This month the Portland Public Schools are closed while teachers strike for better working and learning conditions, so we'll hear from two Portland Association of Teachers organizers and a student labor leader. Tiffany Koyama Lane - Sunnyside Environmental School Jorge Sanc... Read more

How Portland Metro Chamber and Business Lobbyists Undermine Education Funding

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In November, Portland teachers went on strike for the first time ever to demand better resources for schools. The local business lobby was quick to chastise the teachers for withholding their labor — but what role do groups like Portland Metro Chamber play in underfundin... Read more

Eclectic Pandemic: Interview and music with Jeremy of Heart Core Healing LLC

Airs at: Sun, 01/28/2024 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Hi! I'm Jeremy but feel free to call me Jermz. I'm a person in long-term recovery from substances and mental health challenges., and I wouldn't have it any other way. Here's a little about how I got to  Heart Core Healing:   For the past 5+ years I've been a professional... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 6, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Water Wars: Water wastage, access to water, and water packaging are key issues in world-wide struggles around equity and climate change. Laurie Mercier interviews Daniel Jaffee, prof... Read more

The Great Offshore Grounds

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Local author Vanessa Veselka has written a wonderful novel, The Great Offshore Grounds, full of insights into class and gender, and beautifully written. Patricia Kullberg presents excerpts from the novel as Norm Diamond reviews it. Read more

Auto Workers On Strike in Beaverton

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2023 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Just prior to the October 28th settlement, Stellantis auto parts warehouse workers, Frank Vanek and Grant Wagner, speak to Labor Radio host Jamie Partridge, on the Beaverton picket line, six weeks into the national United Auto Workers strike against the Big 3 (GM, Ford, Ste... Read more

Assaults on Public Education, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks to Jennifer Berkshire, a teacher of journalism, her specialty education and the right’s continuing attack on public education, to replace it with private voucher schools teaching the right’s ideas on patriotism, sexual morality, and the obligations of ... Read more