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Susan Engel on How Educating for Happiness (Not Money) Would Transform our Schools

Airs at: Wed, 11/23/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
  In her latest book, psychologist and educator Susan Engel describes how educational goals have become dominated by a fixation on earnings potential and she demonstrates how this economic framework has had a profound impact not only on the way we think about education but... Read more

KitchenShare, Presidential Food Policy, LetUmEat

Airs at: Wed, 11/16/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
The robustness of the sharing economy is something that makes Portland special. I'll be talking with Robin Koch about KitchenShare, an organization that lends kitchen tools to Portland residents. There are a lot of questions about what to expect during a Donald Trump presi... Read more

Right 2 Survive PDX on Voices From the Edge

Airs at: Thu, 11/17/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Jo Ann interviews Ibrahim Mubarak from Right to Survive on the status of their relocation and the City of Portland's plans to assist with the effort. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 14, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this election special edition of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. A conversation about how to understand the white working class Trump supporter 2. Bill Resnick interviews Joseph Schwartz about what the Left can and must do in response to the Trump ... Read more

KBOO Is Hiring A Station Manager

KBOO Community Radio is seeking a station manager. For the past three years, our esteemed Monica Beemer has helped KBOO move forward in positive directions. Monica is now stepping down, and KBOO is looking for qualified candidates who are interested in continuing Monica's a... Read more

Radiozine: Building Bridges

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Well Mourn, Then We'll Analyze and then We'll Organize: An Election Post-Mortem with Gerald Horne, Chair of the History and African-American Studies Department at the University of Houston and prolific author of more than 30 books and 100 scholarly papers on struggles ag... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 14

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge will host as the Moles review the election and discuss the work ahead for the Left. Contributor Jack Johnson offers a look at the reasoning of some Trump supporters. Clayton considers where Trump voters were coming from and how the Left might improve... Read more

Electorallism v. Democracy

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Mole Joe Clement and his guest, Curtis Hansoni, discuss the differences between electing our rulers from a small list of pre-approved candidates and governing ourselves. They argue that only the latter is really democracy. Read more

Secretaries of State discuss their Voting Processes

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2016 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Between Us
Don Merrill talked with Secretaries of State of nearly a dozen states to see how they felt about their individual voting processes in advance of the 2016 election.  He discusses their comments with C. Norman Turrill, president of League of Women Voters of Oregon. Read more

Secretaries of State evaluate their Voting Process

Produced for:  Between Us
Don Merrill talks with C. Normal Turrill, president of the League of Women Voters, Oregon about the state of voting on the eve of the 2016 election.  He also talks with Secretaries of States or their representatives from nearly half-a-dozen states across the country. Read more