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Living Stages Presents Working-Class Poetry Open Mike

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Tamara Lynne and Daisy Montague of Living Stages, a branch of the Theatre of the Oppressed, which will be hosting a Working-Class Poets Open Mike on May 2nd. Theater of the Oppressed was founded by Augusto Boal in Brazil during the dictatorship there ... Read more

Garrett Rosenthal Interview

Airs at: Thu, 04/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Garrett Rosenthal is a Democrat running for House District seat 37.  He talked with Don Merrill about how some of the revenue problems in timber counties might be related to taxpayer choice, why him being a policy wonk will serve his constituents and how his environmental e... Read more

Dennis Richardson Interview

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Dennis Richardson is a Republican lawmaker in the Oregon legislature who wants to be Oregon's next Govenor.  He talked with Don Merrill about why Cover Oregon needs to be scrapped, why trade with China is essential to Oregon's economy and why a baseball analogy best applies... Read more

Jerry Greenfield Interview

Airs at: Sat, 04/19/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Jerry Greenfield is one-half of the famous Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream.  He was in Portland as part of Ben and Jerry's "Free Ice Cream Day", an event the company holds once a year to thank customers.  He talked with Don Merrill about company subsidaries operating in Israeli s... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 14 2014

Airs at: Tue, 04/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with John Feffer about the relationship between divestment in infrastructure and ecological collapse Jan Haaken talk with Sophie Smith of People Helping People about the militarization of our borders and ... Read more

The Harder You Work, The Richer They Get: wages, profits, and productivity

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads excerpts from a CounterPunch article by Pete Dollack about the ideology that widens the gap between worker productivity and wages already stagnant for decades. Read more

Darren Karr Interview

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Darren Karr is an Independent who is registered as a Republican and running for Oregon's Govenor.  He talked with Don Merrill about how he's focusing on younger rather than older voters in his campaign, why Governor Kitzhaber and Dennis Richardson aren't necessarily shoe in... Read more

Delinda Delgado Morgan Interview

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Delinda Delgado Morgan is a Republican seeking the US First Congressional Seat for Oregon.  She talked with Don Merrill about how charities and individuals rather than government need to provide for the health care needs of insurance-less people, why Congress should be more... Read more

Peter Hall Interview

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Peter Hall is a Democrat running for Oregon House District 60.  He talked with Don Merrill about what it means to be a Democrat in Eastern Oregon, how over-development is contributing to climate change and why people who are carrying guns for personal protection should be a... Read more

A solid strike threat wins at PSU -- an interview with educator Jose Padin

Airs at: Sat, 04/12/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Sociology professor and AAUP member-organizer Jose Padin reflects on the strike threat, faculty solidarity and student-community support which won educators a new contract at Portland State University Read more