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Dorothy Height

Airs at: Wed, 10/25/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we revisit a rare, in-studio interview with Dorothy Height, recorded before her death. Ms. Height died April 20, 2010 at the age of 98 after a lifetime spent fighting for racial justice and human rights. She was at the forefront of the civil rights battle for six ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick speaks with Jag Davies about how to end nearly all the damage of drug abuse. Some countries and many localities are decriminalizing in whole or in part. Hear how they did it. Larry Bowlden reviews the novel The Last Bus to Wisdom by working class author Ivan Do... Read more

Defeating Trumpism

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Defeating Trumpism requires building a movement: commentary by Bill Resnick Read more

Jag Davies

Bill Resnick speaks with Jag Davies of the Drug Policy Alliance about how many localities and some countries are decriminalizing drug abuse and how they did it, in an effort to mitigate the harmful effects of substance abuse. For more on drug policy visit Drug Policy Allian... Read more

Building Resilience in a Post-Carbon Society: Richard Heinberg

Airs at: Tue, 10/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  David Suzuki, the renowned Canadian environmental activist, author and broadcaster, says, “If you fly over a forest and look down, you'll see every green tree and plant reaching to the heavens to absorb the ultimate energy source: sunlight. What a contrast when you look ... Read more

RESCUING THE ISOLATED AND DISPLACED

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  Most of the world simply has no health care... vast tracts of land and vast populations of people don't have doctors - or at best must make great efforts to reach medical care. In addition, masses of displaced people and refugees - over 100,000,000 at last count - desper... Read more

#MeToo

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Celeste and Cecil discuss the #metoo campaign. From the NYT: In 1997, Tarana Burke sat across from a 13-year-old girl who had been sexually abused. The young girl was explaining her experience, and it left Ms. Burke speechless. That moment is where the Me Too campaign ... Read more

Mindfulness in Education and Economics (ENCORE)

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
What if we brought mindfulness to schools and Buddhism to economics?   Clair Brown teaches at Cal Berkely and is the author of Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science.  Caverly Morgan is the founder of Peace in Schools, the first for credit high sc... Read more

Eagle Creek Fire Seven Weeks Later

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This past week a fifteen year old boy from Vancouver, WA was charged with five misdemeanor counts for starting the Eagle Creek Fire on September 2. Now that the fire is mostly contained and the alleged culprit will be brought to trial, attention is focusing on post-fire rec... Read more

October 20 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 10/20/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 10/27/2017 at 5:00pm
  Still over 100 events listed (though only 30, maybe, on the podcast). Updated on Wednesday, October 25. Click on the links for more details. Thanks so very much for listening and reading, and thank you, KBOO members & contributors, for your support. It allows this blogca... Read more