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Santorum stays on at CNN after denigrating Native people and culture and celebrating colonialism

Airs at: Wed, 05/12/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  CNN has not let go of Rick Santorum as a commentator despite numerous Native organizations demanding he does so. This following his comments at a Christian Youth organization speech denigrating Native American culture and celebrating colonialism and Christian exceptional... Read more

Lithium Mining's Unforeseen Consequences

Airs at: Mon, 07/05/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Lithium, the lightest metal on earth, is a key element in the effort to combat climate change. Since lithium ion batteries are far lighter than other batteries and hold a charge for much longer, they are an important component of solar and wind energy systems, storing energ... Read more

Inequities Laid Bare

Airs at: Wed, 05/05/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction hosted a discussion recently entitled Inequities Laid Bare: Responding to Challenges of COVID-19 and Beyond. We hear from some of the speakers including Michael Nurse, a Harm Reduction Outreach Worker with the Black Coaliti... Read more

Finding the Mother Tree

Airs at: Mon, 05/03/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Is it possible that trees are sentient beings, rather than simply the source of timber and pulp? For decades forest ecologist Suzanne Simard has been exploring the complicated, interdependent communities that are forests. She discovered that trees communicate their vitality... Read more

Greenfield Peace Scholars

Airs at: Mon, 04/26/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
The Greenfield Peace Scholarship is an anual scholarship program sponsored by the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (OPSR).  The theme of this year’s scholarship is Art & Creation: Self Expression, Activism, and Social Change, and young Oregonians who identify as ... Read more

Planet Earth 2021CE

Airs at: Fri, 04/23/2021 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Happy Earth Week! On this episode we go all the way with sending lovings and gratitude to our beautiful mother planet. For many of us, every day is Earth Day, as we wake up and salute the sky and commune with the winds, winged and tree beings that exist with us. ---- Never... Read more

The Brazilian Metal Special!

Airs at: Thu, 04/22/2021 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  The Metal Margin
Join The Metal Maestra on 4/22/21 at 3am for two and a half hours of Brazilian brutality to get you through the wee hours. Featuring the all-female obligatory Nervosa, Brazilian gateway metal band Sepultura, Krisiun, Thy Light, Rebaelliun, Insanity Force, Jupiterian, Andral... Read more

Mass Incarceration and US Human Rights Violations

Airs at: Mon, 04/26/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews attorney Hal Engle and Jihad Abdulmumit National Chair for The Jericho Movement speaking about the 2021 International Tribunal.  The “In the Spirit of Mandela Coalition" is planning the International Tribunal for October 2021.  The Tribunal will b... Read more

Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee on 04/18/21

Airs at: Sun, 04/18/2021 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee
  A show celebrating and highlighting some of the great programming available through KBOO. We also consider the evolution of grasses and human dependence upon them.as well as different perspectives on Spring.     Resources African Rice in the Amazon https://youtu.be/j... Read more

Celebrating the Thin Green Line - An Earth Day Special

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For nearly two decades communities across the Pacific Northwest have been fighting off multiple efforts to turn the region into a fossil fuel export hub. Today we’ll look back at the successes of what Eric de Place with Sightline Institute calls the Thin Green Line, On thi... Read more