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The Work that Garnered Portland PSR Leaders an Award

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Kelly Campbell and Regna Merritt with Portland Physicians for Social Responsibility recently received the “Visionary Leaders” award from the national Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) organization. The Visionary Leaders Award recognizes individuals and organization... Read more

Preservation efforts inspire new Bark volunteers

Airs at: Fri, 12/06/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News
  Bark volunteers Jess Page and Camilo Marquez join KBOO's Linda Olson-Osterlund and Claire Rischiotto to discuss their upcoming events, the meaning of Mt. Hood, and how they got started in the watchdog organization. Read more

The World's Largest Methanol Refinery Hits a Roadblock

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
For five years the small Washington state community of Kalama has been grappling with spectre of having the world's largest methanol refinery sited at their port. Northwest Innovation Works, a Chinese-backed company, has been trying with little luck to attain the necessary ... Read more

Big Money and Fossil Fuels

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick speaks with Susan Palmiter, an environmental activist on the divest/reinvest team of 350pdx.org. Palmiter co-leads the campaign to demand that JPMorgan Chase, the sole US funder of the Jordan Cove pipeline project and the largest funder of fossil fuels worldwid... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 2, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris host's this episode of The Old Mole which includes: Assault on Democracy: Bill Resnick interviews Lynn Adelman, a federal judge in Wisconsin, about the Roberts Court.  Post Thanksgiving Digest: Well Read Red Frann Michel continues digesting the meaning of ... Read more

Alternative Radio Archives: Political Activist Russell Means

Airs at: Thu, 11/28/2019 at 8:00am
  Russell Means was a renowned activist for Indian Rights. An Oglala Lakota, he was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was a founding member of the American Indian Movement and its first national director. His autobiography is Where White Men Fea... Read more

Rural Roots Rising

Airs at: Wed, 11/20/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for Rural Roots Rising
Anyone Can Be An Organizer features Brenda Flores with Raíces in Stanfield, Umatilla County, Juan Navarro with Here to Stay in the mid-Willamette Valley, and Monica Pearson with Indivisible North Coast Oregon in Astoria, Clatsop County. We talked with each of them about the... Read more

Rural Roots Rising

Every 3rd Wednesday at 6:00pm - 6:30pm  Rural Organizing Project produces Rural Roots Rising, a monthly podcast by and for rural Oregonians who are creatively and courageously building stronger and more vibrant communities for a just democracy! This community media project ... Read more

Climate Emergency

Airs at: Mon, 11/18/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Anais Tuepker, board member with 350 PDX, about the rally coming up at the State Capital on November 21st to push the Governor and legislature to take action on the climate emergency by denying a permit for Jordan Cove LNG. The rally will take place on... Read more

Columbia Insight

Airs at: Mon, 11/18/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
The Columbia River Gorge is a land of mountains, high desert plateaus, rivers, canyons, oak savannas, lush valleys and an amazing diversity of plant and animal life. And there's a lot going on in the Columbia Gorge - including some of the most significant environmental camp... Read more