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Old Mole Variety Hour for August 8, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Sharon Grant hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: City Charter: The Portland Charter Commission — responsible to evaluate and make recommendations for changes in the structures and operations of Portland city government — has develo... Read more

20 - Season II Finale with Miss Ketty Lester

Airs at: Fri, 09/02/2022 at 3:00am - 5:30am

Produced for: The Ghost of Hollywood

Join Us for episode 20 as Poxy & Ragan sit down with the legendary Miss Ketty Lester to discuss her acting & singing career! Well known for her 1962 hit single, ‘Love Letters’, Ketty would go on to star in movies such as Up Tight, Blacula, House Party III, & Uptown Satur... Read more

Round-table: Hosts' Summer Favorites

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

History, humor, romance: These and other genres make the recommended list. Sit back, relax, sip whatever you like and ENJOY............1 Read more

Healing Through Hope

Airs at: Mon, 07/11/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli interviews Bo Brinson with Brown Hope, Criminon and many other community projects supporting communities of color, formerly incarcerated, houseless and people in recovery and transition. For more information: www.brownhope.org/www.criminon.com Read more

In Memoriam, Delores Loann Winston

Airs at: Mon, 06/20/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Desiree Hellegers memorializes — and we hear excerpts of archival audio of—Delores Loann Winston, a formerly homeless activist with Seattle's WHEEL-Women in Black , and a teenage volunteer in the 1970s with Seattle's Black Panther Breakfast program, who died in May, and who... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 20, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 06/20/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Juneteenth: Sarah Chivers brings audio from Vancouver's Juneteenth celebration, featuring emcee Karen Morrison, a community organizer with Free Hot Soup Vancouver and coordinator of Odyssey World International. Big Pharma and Covid Vaccines: Bill Resnick discusses Big Ph... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 13, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Juneteenth: Sarah Chivers speaks with Karen Morrison, a Black leader and educator in Vancouver with the non-profit "Odyssey World International Education Services." She is coord... Read more

Juneteenth

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Sarah Chivers speaks with Karen Morrison, a Black leader and educator in Vancouver with the non-profit "Odyssey World International Education Services." She is coordinating with the City of Vancouver to host an event on Juneteenth (June 17th, 1-7pm at Esther Short Park in V... Read more

SuperButch - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Portland alt-comics heavyweights Barry Deutsch (Hereville) and Becky Hawkins (French Toast Comix) have teamed up to create SuperButch, the adventures of a lesbian superhero and the citizens whose lives she transforms. Set in the 1940's when many gay Americans led double... Read more

Wider Window Poetry celebrating Black American Poets

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for: Wider Window Poetry