Government/Politics

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 2, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 08/02/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear: End Clean and Safe Bill Resnick talks with Kaitlyn Dey, a community organizer challenging the city's policies of sweeping, harassing and criminalizing the homeless, including the current campaign "End Clean and Save" that wo... Read more

We are Our own Liberators - Moving the Movement Forward

Airs at: Mon, 08/02/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli interviews Former Political Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim. Discussion focuses on changes in community organizing today, the BLM movement, COVID and addressing human rights violations through the upcoming International Tribunal in October 2021. For more info... Read more

Spain Rodriguez - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 07/22/2021 at 11:30am - 12:30pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Spain Rodriguez was one of the most prolific and visionary members of the underground cartoonist movement in the 1960’s and 70’s. He covered the 1968 Democratic National Convention for the newspaper The East Village Other, he ran with the Road Vultures Motorcycle Clu... Read more

Time to Remove the Snake River Dams

Airs at: Mon, 07/26/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Four hydropower dams, built between 1962 and 1975, have transformed the lower Snake River into slack water reservoirs, deadly to salmon and the 137 other species that are critical to the salmon food chain. After decades of debate and legal challenges over the need to rem... Read more

Climate Crisis

Airs at: Wed, 07/21/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Food Show

The recent heat wave in the Northwest was a call to action on climate change. Are you listening? On today’s show, we’ll talk about the climate crisis and some ideas about what you can do, with a focus on local fisheries, urban trees & gardens, and small farms. Tyso... Read more

Billionaires in space while the world burns

Airs at: Wed, 07/21/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Prison Pipeline Hosts Discuss 2021 Oregon Legislation

Airs at: Mon, 08/23/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Join Prison Pipeline hosts Emma Lugo, Doug McVay, Karen James & Adam Carpinelli as they discuss which bills did and did not pass during the 2021 Oregon Legislature. While HB2002, the Transforming Justice omnibus bill, did not pass, a number of policies and funding propo... Read more

Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill

Airs at: Wed, 07/14/2021 at 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

Draft legislation to legalize marijuana at the federal level is being circulated on Capitol Hill. Democratic leaders in the Senate announced the bill at a news conference July 14. To learn more, KBOO News reporter Doug McVay spoke with marijuana policy expert Shaleen Ti... Read more

New law puts Oregon on track for fastest clean energy transition in United States

Airs at: Mon, 07/12/2021 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

At the end of the 2021 Oregon Legislative session, the state is now on track for the fastest transition to clean energy in the U.S., on par with New York. The change come from a suite of three bills backed by the Clean Energy Opportunity. The bills address a variety of... Read more

Turning on Old Racist Prisons, Laws and Justice

Airs at: Mon, 07/19/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli interviews Professor Aliza B. Kaplan. Professor Kaplan teaches Lawyering and is the Director of the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) where students engage in a critical examination of and participation in important and complex issues and cases in th... Read more