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Ariko Iso: Breaking Barriers

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Ariko Iso is Oregon State University Football's head athletic trainer. Though the Beavers' season has sadly come to an end, Iso will stay busy working with student-athletes in the off-season. Iso was the first and only female athletic trainer to work in the NFL, leaving a n... Read more

The Spiritual War on the Uterus in Rick Perry’s Texas and Beyond

Airs at: Wed, 11/30/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Lisa Loving hosts a discussion of the "Spiritual War on the Uterus in Rick Perry’s Texas." She'll speak with journalist Sarah Posner about the religious crusade against abortion in the Lone Star State. Posner details the shift in religious efforts against abortion in Texas... Read more

An Evening with Lidia Yuknavitch, Author of 'The Chronology of Water'

Airs at: Fri, 11/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses hosts Leigh Anne Kranz, Delphine Criszensco and Ashley Thirstrup interview Lidia Yuknavitch, a local writer, teacher, activist and feminist. She is the author of three works of short fiction and literary criticism.  She is an Instructor of English and Women’... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise hosts this episode of the Old Mole in which she interviews Portland sociologist and activist Johanna Brenner about reclaiming the idea of welfare.   Also on the show: Bill Resnick talks with Portland writer Kristian Williams about the function of policing in class so... Read more

What is Welfare?

Airs at: Mon, 11/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Host Denise Morris talks with Johnanna Brenner about welfare -- its history and meaning.  Is welfare something to be demeaned, as it is when we call the subsidies and tax breaks for corporations "welfare for the rich"? Doesn't that play into the right-wing idea that welfare... Read more

Book Mole: "The Little Bride"

Airs at: Mon, 11/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Larry Bowlden reviews The Little Bride, a first novel by Anna Solomon about a mail order bride coming from Odessa to live in a sod house on the prairie in the 19th Century. Read more

This Thanksgiving, Abe and Joe give thanks for an awakened American people.

Airs at: Tue, 11/22/2011 at 12:00am
  This Thanksgiving, there is so much to be thankful for, even in this time of hungry ghosts. The American people have awakened, and a Movement is afoot. Abe and Joe give thanks for the Occupaction, and take your calls. A Listener recommended reading From Dictatorship to De... Read more

Women on War Part 2

Airs at: Fri, 11/18/2011 at 12:00am
Today's show features Part 2 of "Woman on War," a panel discussion from the Veterans' Voice archive. This program was initially broadcast in the early 90's. Carolyn Mills interviews women who have been affected by war. Read more

Dispatches from the War on Sex: Mississippi's 'personhood' initiative

Airs at: Tue, 11/08/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Voters in Mississippi will decide tomorrow on a 'personhood' initiative which, if passed, would confer legal personhood upon a fertilized ovum. This would of course render abortion illegal, and any other act that interfered with said ovum... Read more

An interview with Punk Pioneer and Hero, Alice Bag

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Life During Wartime
Alicia Velasquez was known as Alice Bag in the late 70's when she was one of the main figures in the Los Angeles first wave punk scene. Her new book Violence Girl was just released on Feral House Books. She will be in Portland this Thursday November Third at Green Noise Rec... Read more