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Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 12:00pm - 12:30pm
The Women's International News Gathering Service brings us a special Angela Davis's talk to the Birkbeck School of Law, University of London, "Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Closures and Continuities." Read more

#METOO IN #PDXMUSIC

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Host Heather McCoy talks to  Olivia Awbrey about her recent article in Vortex magazine titled "#metoo in #pdxmusic" Read more

Women's Strike and Reproductive Justice

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Jan Haaken talks with feminist activists about the International Women's Strike  (with Portland events starting 4pm 3/8 in 'Pioneer' Courthouse Square),  and particularly about one of the strike demands: Reproductive Justice.  Guests include organizers from the Internati... Read more

The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee borrowed $100 from her brother to run a "Numbers" racket out of her tattered apartment on Delaware Street, in o... Read more

Flashpoints 03/06/2019

Airs at: Wed, 03/06/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
Today on Flashpoints: Today an organizer from Gaza's great return march visits us as Palestinians continue to fight for their rights and demand life and dignity. Also excerpts of the documentary film, The Occupation of the American Mind  Read more

Medical Cannabis in the US and the UK

Airs at: Sun, 03/10/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, medical cannabis in the US and the UK. We talk with the president and co-founder of Patients Out of Time, Mary Lynn Mathre, RN, MSN, CARN, about their national clinical conference coming up April 11-13 in Tampa, Florida; and we hear a UK govern... Read more

It Takes A Village To Bring Life To People ft. Ronnie a.k.a. BeSpeak

Airs at: Tue, 03/05/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 03/31/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
Happy Tuesday Folx! Y’all know what it is.. we have a new episode!! We have a VERY special guest this week. @ronnie_aka_bespeak stopped by the studio and schooled us on how to be a creator in pdx, discussing his music and incredible ability to lift up his community. Take no... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 25

Airs at: Wed, 03/06/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
Kris Gowen Interview | Vicky Mazzone - One Nation Under Song: My Karaoke Journey Through Grief, Joy and America Another Read Through, 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland OR  March 8th.  NOTE: this event starts at 6 p.m., not 7 p.m. as previously stated.  Kris will be readin... Read more

International Film and Animation

Airs at: Thu, 02/28/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  The Portland International Film Festival is a venue for showcasing not just visiting directors but local filmmakers as well.  We're joined by two celebrated Portland documentarians: Irene Taylor Brodsky, the director of Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, and ... Read more

The Heather McCoy Show on 02/28/19

Airs at: Thu, 02/28/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  The Heather McCoy Show
  Heather will discuss the recent reports of attacks on LGBTQ people with Portland Mercury reporter Blair Stenvick.  Then she welcomes organizers behind the event Our Streets! A Community Safety Day.  Lastly she welcomes Liz Martinez from Freedom for Immigrants to discuss ... Read more