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Poet Emily Jungmin Yoon

Airs at: Fri, 01/25/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
Emily Jungmin Yoon is a Korean Canadian poet who wrestles with history. Producers Jake and Sara join Emily to talk about her debut full-length poetry collection, A Cruelty Special to Our Species which explores the history of Korean “comfort women” during World War II. Throu... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 28, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts this episode, which features these segments: 1. Dan Jaffee speaks with Alejandro Queral, Executive Director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy, about the legacy of fiscal austerity in Oregon, and the possibilities for raising substantial new corpor... Read more

Local Folks Podcast Season Two, Episode Seven

Airs at: Tue, 01/01/2019 at 6:00pm - Thu, 01/31/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Local Folks
I think what makes the combination of the hard work, enthusiasm, and community spirit of gleaners with the support and assistance from Linn Benton Food Share is just this: it is a true partnership between equals. Gleaners are powerful, independent people who are proud of wh... Read more

Cindy Milstein, pt2: Rojava, Autonomy, Religion, Anarchism and Care

Airs at: Fri, 12/14/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
Cindy Milstein, part two You’re listening to the second half of my inteview with anarchist, activist and author Cindy Milstein as they toured with the book Rebellious Mourning: The Collective Work of Grief, published last year by AK Press. In this portion of the conversati... Read more

Notes from the Psychedelic Underground: Michael Pollan

Airs at: Tue, 12/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The legalization of marijuana across the U.S. and Canada is making headline news. The study of the medical uses of psilocybin (and other psychedelics) does not. Academic research of psilocybin found in hallucinogenic mushrooms, lysergic acid, and ecstasy is ongoing at ma... Read more

The Myth of the Hero: A Conversation with Bernie Taylor

Airs at: Wed, 11/21/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  The myth of the hero is as contemporary as Hollywood films and as ancient as 40,000 year-old cave paintings. Bernie Taylor, naturalist and author discusses this myth and how it shapes religion and science. Bernie Taylor is a naturalist, thought leader and author whose re... Read more

Positive Charge!

Airs at: Wed, 11/14/2018 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
  We are inundated by news of hate and intolerance in our newsfeeds, on the radio, and on TV on a daily basis. How can we deal with all this bad stuff without feeling helpless, depressed, and outraged? Two years ago, a group of women representing different religions, sexua... Read more

Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore

Airs at: Thu, 11/08/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore grew up loving comics and science fiction, and have expanded both genres to address pressing issues of race relations, gentrification, and aging. Ben creates comic stories for The Nib as well as such graphic novels as Your Black Fri... Read more

The Sound of Memphis

Airs at: Sat, 11/03/2018 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Up on a bluff above the Mississippi River sits the town of Memphis Tennessee.  From the Chickasaw Nation to the Memphis Blues and Rockabilly, we'll dig into the history of this musical city.  Home to Sun Records and the first all-girl radio station WHER, as well as the site... Read more

Portland Gray Panthers Testify on Housing Corporations at City Hall

Produced for:  Evening News
Measure 102, on your ballots now, changes the Oregon constitution to allow Housing Projects Funded by Municipal Bonds to be owned by private corportation. Testimony of Portland’s Grey Panthers at yesterday’s city council meeting has something to say about the this.   Mayo... Read more