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Winter Festival Lineup

Airs at: Thu, 02/08/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  As winter drizzles on, there are two golden opportunities this month to get out and see the world without leaving Oregon: the Cascade Festival of African Films and the Portland International Film Festival. Ben Popp has been gathering together regional filmmakers for the ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 5, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 02/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Old Mole and we hear: About the wars the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia are conducting in the Middle-East; About a project to support abortion providers in their stressful work; An interview with Northwest singer-song writer... Read more

Poor People's Campaign Brings Call for Morality and Justice to Salem

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This coming Monday, February 5th, a number of Oregonians will deliver a letter to the state capitol in Salem, as part of the nationwide Poor People’s Campaign. The campaign describes itself as "A National Call for Moral Revival," and is inspired by, though far from an exact... Read more

Protest Planned for Pro-Gun Event with Rep. Greg Walden

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Today, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden asked the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the US Treasury Department for documents that relate to alleged Russian efforts to funnel money to the Trump campaign. This is one week after the McClatchy news service reported that the FBI is i... Read more

ICE Raids in Northern California

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In the last three days of January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a massive immigration sweep in Northern California. It is the largest localized action of its kind since Trump took office. Businesses in San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Jose were serv... Read more

Commentary: Children as Pawns

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    One of the less obvious takeaways from Tuesday’s State of The Union Address, was the willingness to look at children as political pawns, rather than the future of the country. KBOO’s Ray Bodwell has these thoughts: Read more

Presswatch on 02/01/18

Airs at: Thu, 02/01/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
The State of the Whiteness address was a calculated piece of apartheid engineering--I'll provide details on how it was done.  Also: Fracking comes to the Oregon forests and waterways, and the war in Afghanistan is morally unsupportable.  Call in with your comments and quest... Read more

Two Minutes to Doomsday, with guest Robert Hunziker

Airs at: Wed, 01/31/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    "Not since 1953, when the U.S. and the Soviets exploded thermonuclear bombs, has the world been such a powder keg! Only recently, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock forward 30 seconds. It now registers two minutes to midnight." From Rober... Read more

Greenwashing and Global Climate Justice

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with John Foran about corporate greenwashing and what must and can be done to save the planet.  John Foran is professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Foran is currently working on a book, Taking Power or (Re)Making Power:  M... Read more

THE ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION POLITICS

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Richard Wolff of the Economics of Immigration Politics...Voices on the Women's March...Gerald Horne on South Africa and Israel...Headlines on DACA, Medicare For All Town Hall, Hugh Masekela and More  We speak with economist Richard Wolff about the economics behind the i... Read more