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Francisco Aguirre - in sanctuary at Augustana Lutheran Church

Airs at: Fri, 09/26/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A Portland community leader facing deportation has spent the last seven days in sanctuary at a local church. Francisco Aguirre from the Voz worker rights center headed to the Augustana Lutheran church with a group of his supporters after ICE agents showed up at his door. He... Read more

Karamatzoh Père

Airs at: Mon, 09/01/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Audio Comix
Welcome to another exciting episode of the 1930s radio play, The Brothers Karamatzoh – the story of a mediocre comedy team from New York City.  The Karamatzoh Brothers are to the Ritz Brothers what the Ritz Brothers are to the Marx Brothers.  And, if you've never heard of t... Read more

ALEC Influence on Immigration-related legislation in Oregon

Airs at: Wed, 08/20/2014 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Smart ALEC Oregon
Originally aired August 20. 2014 The fifth piece looks at three of ALEC’s task forces; Civil Justice, Public Safety and Elections, and the Justice Performance Project and how together, these task forces have compelled ALEC supporters in the Oregon legislature to introduce ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for 18 August 2014

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts this episode, with segments on police violence in Honduras, Ferguson, and Palestine, and on a local non-profit nourishing bodies and communities in Portland. Musical selections: Sound of da Police by KRS One; Call the Cops by Rob Hustle ft. Liv; Tired ... Read more

Dana Frank on Honduras

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks about Honduras with historian Dana Frank, who teaches at UC Santa Cruz, and has published a number of books on labor history, Latin America, and economic nationalism, as well as many articles in journals including the Nation, Foreign Affairs, and Politico... Read more

Kurdish-Americans React to Situation in Iraq

Airs at: Thu, 08/07/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Kurdish separatists in the northeast of the country are fighting to maintain their de facto independence in the face of assaults from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria or ISIS. For analysis of the current situation in Iraqi Kurdistan and the reaction of Kurds in the Unite... Read more

APA Compass: Alex Tizon, author of Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self

Airs at: Fri, 08/01/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Pulitzer Prize winner, Alex Tizon, explores and punctures stereotypes of the Asian-American male identity in his book, "Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self". APA Compass promotes social justice, features APA arts and culture, and challenges how APAs are represent... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 16 June 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this show about the tensions between possible futures--either ruled by military and corporate power or else organized as cooperative community. We hear these segments: Joseph DeFilipppis: Beyond Marriage Equality Checking in on Border Checkpoints Bill R... Read more

Checking in on Border Checkpoints

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Sophie Smith of People Helping People about their work with No More Deaths providing aid to migrants near the Us-Mexico border, and monitoring US Border Patrol Interior Checkpoints. They discuss the militarization of the border through the 1990s Oper... Read more

19 May 2014 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode, which includes a discussion of the fight for the $15/hour minimum wage in Portland and beyond, a report on economics students around the world demanding alternatives to failed neoclassical orthodoxies, a review of a memoir of life in the West,... Read more