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Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this episode of The Mole, featuring a discussion of desertification and music about water from Satori Men's Chorus, as well as an interview with the author of Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and t... Read more

Encroaching Deserts

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Burkhard Bilger about his New Yorker article "The Great Oasis": What can be done to halt the encroachment of deserts on land where people live and food is grown? They emphasize the effective grassroots movements that are most successful. Read more

OREGON'S CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD - Celebrating Director Bob Jenks' 20th anniversary

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
This year Oregon's Citizens' Utility Board is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their executive director Bob Jenks' tenure at the helm of CUB. CUB itself has been around since 1984 but many Oregonians probably don't know how much they owe this advocacy group. In its t... Read more

Steve Hallett and John Wright, authors of "Life Without Oil: Why We Must Shift to a New Energy Future."

Airs at: Thu, 02/16/2012 at 12:00am
Theresa Mitchell of Presswatch and Per Fagereng of Fight the Empire join forces for this special program looking at "Life Without Oil." Their guests are Steve Hallett and John Wright, authors of " Life Without Oil: Why We Must Shift to a New Energy Future ." Richard Heinbe... Read more

Interview with Chris Martenson, "Where is our economy going?"

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
Chris Martenson looked at the facts and was greatly alarmed. He left his job at a top corporation to do more research, and produced a video seminar called The Crash Course. Now The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and the Environment  has bee... Read more

The Camino De Santiago -- Finding Your Way

Airs at: Wed, 02/22/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Recovery Zone
The Camino de Santiago is an 1100 year old pilgrimage with routes throughout Europe that end at Santiago de Compostela in Northwest Spain.  Thousands of people walk, bicycle or go by horseback every year. Host Stephanie Potter speaks with film maker Lydia Smith, whose first... Read more

WEIGHING THE PLIGHTS OF TWO ENDANGERED POPULATIONS: Marbled Murrelets and Oregon Timber Counties

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
In the 1990s the spotted owl became the icon for environmentalists' struggle to save the remaining old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. But the spotted owl is not the only specie that needs old growth forests to survive. Twenty years ago the Marbled Murrelet was ... Read more

Getting to No Monsanto - from chemical weapons to your kitchen table

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2012 at 12:00am
This podcast includes three interviews with Oregon residents who have stories to tell about Monsanto Chemical Corporation. It was originally broadcast over the air on KBOO.fm in Portland, Oregon on Friday, February 10th 2012 at 1:00 p.m. It was part of the all-day public af... Read more

Monsanto and You - from chemical weapons to your kitchen table

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2012 at 12:00am
This program was originally broadcast over the air on KBOO.fm in Portland, Oregon on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. It was part of the all-day public affairs fund drive special on challenging corporate power. Your community radio station is standing up against corpo... Read more

Ben Gotschall; Nebraska Rancher on the Fight to Stop The Keystone XL Pipeline

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2012 at 12:00am
Ben Gotschall 4th generation Nebraskan cattle rancher and Energy Director for Bold Nebraska talks about the fight to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline. This pipeline would cross the fragile Ogalalla Aquifer threatening the water supply and environment of much of Nebraska. This ... Read more