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Haiti after Hurricane Matthew

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

This edition of Flashpoints features a report from Haiti on the effects of Hurricane Matthew and the devastating US policy toward the poverty stricken nation and an interview with Walter Riley of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. Read more

Multnomah County Measure 26-184 for Campaign Finance

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2016 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Moses Ross and Jason Kafoury of the Campaign for Honest Elections and Measure (26-184), a Multnomah County Charter Amendment for Campaign Finance, which limits contributions, expenditures, requires disclosure in Multnomah County candi... Read more

Election 2016: Trump, Clinton, 97

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Beloved Community

This is the election episode. I speak with Laurence Leamer author of The President’s Butler, a fictional account of a billionaire who decides to run for president. Afraid of Trump becoming president? Well, don’t be too thrilled about the alternative. Professor Mark Lew... Read more

Underground USA

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Underground USA is a symposium at the University of Oregon's Portland campus on October 15th, paying tribute to great underground artists of the Pacific Northwest. Joining us in the studio to talk about the event is Underground USA keynote speaker Patrick Rosenkranz, au... Read more

Author, Columnist, and Activist Norman Solomon

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Host Jo Ann Hardesty speaks with author, columnist, and activist Norman Solomon, who is in Portland for Underground USA, a day long symposium with the writers and artists who came out of Portland’s underground press, presented by Oregon Cartoon Institute on Saturday, Oc... Read more

Solitary Confinement Within These Walls

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

‘The Bucket’, what prisoners call solitary confinement at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, is a play created and performed by prisoners at OSP. This play inspired Within These Walls, an event held in Portland on September 28th. Prison volunteer and entertainment pr... Read more

Portland Police Association Contract

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Host Jo Ann Hardesty discusses Mayor Charlie Hales'proposed police contract, which would give the police big raises and eliminate a rule giving officers involved in an incident 48 hours before they have to give a statement. Her guest is Ashlee Albies of the National Lawy... Read more

No New County Jails

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Emma Lugo will speak with Prison abolition activist Coral Wrap about the long struggle to close the San Francisco municipal jail, transform the culture in municipal San Francisco from incarceration and punishment to critical assessment of community needs and address police/... Read more

Noam Chomsky - Elections & Voting

Airs at: Tue, 10/04/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Noam Chomsky, by any measure, has led a most extraordinary life. In one index he is ranked as the eighth most cited person in history, right up there with Aristotle, Shakespeare, Marx, Plato and Freud. The legendary MIT professor practically invented modern linguistics. ... Read more

Debate on Oregon Ballot Measure 97

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod host a debate on Oregon Ballot Measure 97, This description is from ballotpedia.org. The Oregon Business Tax Increase Initiative, also known as Measure 97, is on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute. A "ye... Read more