Recent Audio

Host Karen James speaks with Hunter, a Portland attorney, whose wife was found dead on October 20, 2023, at their Portland residence. An autopsy conducted by the Multnomah County Medical Examiner revealed suspicious circumstances and further investigation led to the Novembe... Read more

Join us as we speak with Portland Association of Teachers' Molly Katzman and Suzanna Kassouf about Portland Public Schools targeting educators for teaching about and displaying student work and their own statements related to Israel and Palestine and the current genocide. Read more

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation is one of the most polluted places on the planet. Its legacy from nearly a half-century of Plutonium production has left a toxic stew of radioactive and chemical waste that will remain hazardous for tens of thousands of years. But while the U... Read more

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Libraries – Grammar Schools for the Commons: Joe Clement shares commentary and news on the political significance of libraries, examining the material context of social attacks ... Read more

Desiree Hellegers and Julian Ankney, Nimiipuu director of Native Programs at Washington State University Vancouver talk about WSU’s 5th annual SJCon social justice conference coming up on April 19 and 20, which is virtual, free, and open to the public. This year is focused ... Read more

Joe Clement shares commentary and news on the political significance of libraries, examining the material context of social attacks on them and the utopian potential of their sharing ethos.  We hear audio from Mariame Kabe on the podcast Death Panel speaking to how librarie... Read more

In its 13th year, the International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF), which is based in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, comes to Portland as part of its multi-city US tour.  From Hiroshima, the Manhattan Project, Fukushima and everything in between, where Oppenheimer dared not go, these... Read more

  April 8 is eclipse day in North America. With that in mind, this episode of Folk Espresso is titled “Circle of the Sun.” It’s a program loaded with songs and tunes of the sun, the moon, shadows, light, circles, and eclipse. Join host Jonathan Lay for a fresh batch of f... Read more

Beth Kurland is a clinical psychologist with three decades of experience. Beth is a TEDx and public speaker, a mind-body coach, and author of three award-winning books: Dancing on The Tightrope, The Transformative Power of Ten Minutes; and Gifts of the Rain Puddle: Poems, M... Read more

On the latest episode "Lemons" The Parsing Sound crew takes the listener on an audio journey about the transformative power of perspective and the resilience of the human spirit. It's an empowering reminder that no matter how sour your situation, you have the ingredients to... Read more