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The Immortal Life of Victor Jara

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers reads excerpts from their essay “Victor Jara's Hands: An Anti-fascist Memoir-Festo and Brief Personal History of Neoliberalism” about the life and music of the Chilean folksinger who was tortured to death in the wake of the U.S.-supported Chilean coup. We ... Read more

The Other 9/11

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
This is the 50th anniversary of the US-supported military coup in Chile that overthrew the democratically-elected, left-leaning government of Salvador Allende. Norm Diamond talks with Christian Araos about that history. They discuss how Allende was able to gain the presiden... Read more

Ireland's Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use

Airs at: Wed, 09/06/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly On Drugs Use. The government of the Republic of Ireland established its Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use to “consider the legislative, policy and operational changes Ireland could make to significantly reduce the har... Read more

Forgiveness Is a Choice

Airs at: Sun, 09/03/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
Dr. Robert Enright holds the Aristotelian Professorship in Forgiveness Science within the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin- Madison. He is a licensed psychologist, and founder of the International Forgiveness Institute, a non-profit organization ... Read more

Regulating Marijuana

Airs at: Wed, 08/16/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Regulating Marijuana. The feds and the UN notwithstanding, marijuana is basically legal for adults in several US states and some other countries including Uruguay and Canada. It was never a question of if and it’s no longer a question of when, ... Read more

The Age of Water Protectors and Climate Chaos

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What do sanctions against Venezuela have to do with the Dakota Access Pipeline? In this 2022 talk for the Portland chapter of DSA, Dr. Nick Estes (citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe) lays out the geopolitical context of land-based indigenous challenges to the fossil fue... Read more

Sonali Kolhatkar on Her New Book: Rising Up

Airs at: Thu, 08/03/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Beloved radio host and producer Sonali Kolhatkar, host of Rising Up with Sonali, talks about her new book and ways that racism impacts media today. Read more

The Path To End AIDS

Airs at: Wed, 08/02/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: The Path To End AIDS. UNAIDS recently launched its 2023 Global AIDS Update. We hear from UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima; Loic Michaud, Head Nurse and an addiction consultant at Checkpoint Geneva; Yana Panfilova with Teenergizer; and ... Read more

Cracked: The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This Program Originally Aired on June 26, 2023 Throughout history, mankind has dammed rivers at the cost of wild fish, Indigenous peoples, forested land, and healthy watersheds. Adding to the havoc of today’s climate-change-induced weather extremes and water shortages, ... Read more

Multnomah County vs. Big Oil, with John Wasiutynski

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on July 17, 2023 Last June Multnomah County filed suit against several of the largest fossil fuel and coal-producing corporations to hold them accountable for damages from the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome, one of the deadliest and most ... Read more