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Norman Shamas updates on FOSTA and digital harm reduction

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 02/01/2019 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
This week, we continue our look at sex, work and the state with guest, Norman Shamas. Norman Shamas is an activist and educator whose work focuses on human-centered information and digital security and privacy. Now, Norman is not a lawyer but shares their insights about the... Read more

008 Complicit

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am
Produced for:  Prescription for Justice
  This episode calls out those who are complicit in the disastrous presidency of Donald Trump, from evangelical Christians (comparing Trump’s actions to Christ’s words in the Bible), to members of the two main political parties, to the press, to uninvolved citizens. It dis... Read more

Rev. Mark Knutson on Proposed Oregon Assault Rifle Ban

Airs at: Wed, 01/23/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
This week on The RadioActivist, our guest is Rev. Mark Knutson of the Augustana Lutheran Church. He’ll be speaking on the Lift Every Voice Oregon Interfaith Campaign Vigil and Rally Sunday, Jan. 27, in support of two new bills in the state legislature to ban assault rifle s... Read more

Green New Deal: a Green Party vision

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Howie Hawkins, New York gubinatorial candidate for the Green party, about the renewed political agitation for a Green New Deal within and without the party. Read more

Buscando America on 01/08/19

Airs at: Tue, 01/08/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
El EZLN cumplió 25 años de levantamiento armado y en su acto de conmemoración  mandaron una advertencia respecto a la construcción de mega proyectos al gobierno de Andrés Manuel López Obrador. En esta emisión recordamos también la guerra de El Salvador en la década de los a... Read more

Safe Consumption Spaces in Denver

Airs at: Sun, 01/06/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century, we hear portions of a debate in the Denver City Council on a measure to establish a safe consumption space in the city of Denver. Read more

Parliament Debates Legalization

Airs at: Sun, 12/30/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The UK Parliament's House of Commons debates marijuana legalization; plus, Ngaio Bealum on equity in the cannabis industry. Read more

Intersex issues, Candy Royalle, Portland Lesbian Choir, & Santa Bear

Airs at: Tue, 12/25/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We'll be listening to the syndicated program Making Contact. Today's program is on intersex issues, both medical and personal, and gender identity concerns. We'll hear a poetry clip from Candy Royalle, Australian queer poet and artist who died earlier this year. You can re... Read more

Safe Consumption Spaces at the Oregon Legislature

Airs at: Sun, 12/23/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The Oregon Legislature's House Health Care Committee hears testimony regarding safe consumption spaces, and an interview with the Drug Policy Alliance's Ira Glasser. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 17, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this episode, which includes: Overproduction and Overdevelopment in China: Bill Resnick and Richard Smith talk about China's over-productive economy Ecopoetry: Frann Michel comments on the political significance of poetry and shares some poetry about clim... Read more