Government/Politics

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Victoria Baranetsky of Reveal News: Uncovering the Secret Landlords Buying Up Our Cities

Airs at: Wed, 01/15/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Recently fellow public radio program "Reveal" has found that 30 percent of California's residential real estate purchases in major cities are being made by shell companies in cash. The situation appears to be very similar in Portland, as we’ve been covering for the... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 13, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts the Old Mole today and we hear: Green Jobs: Bill Resnick interviews Sam Gindin, who for fifty years has worked to build radical unions. Politics and Secularism: Readings on atheism, morality and politics. Reproductive Rights: Jan Haaken interviews Andra C... Read more

14 TRIPP-P 4Jan2020

Airs at: Sat, 01/04/2020 at 11:45pm - Fri, 12/31/2027 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
This podcast episode features guest Sara Rudolph. Sara is a community volunteer and member of Portland Assembly, which she describes as "a network trying to connect like-minded people together." Sara talks about some of the collaborations and outreach that she and Portla... Read more

Andy Worthington On Guantanamo Bay

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
On today's episode Linda Olson-Osterlund will be disscussing Guantanamo Bay with Andy Worthington, call in with your questions! Andy is a writer, campaigner, investigative journalist and commentator. He is internationally recognized as an authority on Guantánamo and the “... Read more

Criminal Justice Reform Moves Forward In NY

Airs at: Wed, 01/08/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
Criminal justice reform and social justice are moving forward in New York state. The state of New York's Joint Senate Task Force on Opioids, Addiction, and Overdose Prevention has been holding a series of hearings around the state to hear from stakeholders on strategies... Read more

Secretary of State candidate Mark Hass on voter misinformation, redistricting and how the office can help those in need

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Mark Hass is currently an Oregon State Senator from District 14, in Washington County. Hass is known for being the tax expert in the State Senate, and was architect of the recently passed Student Success Act, which establishes a corporate activity tax to fund grades K... Read more

U.S. airstrike on Iranian military leader brings Portlanders out to a "No War in Iran" rally

Airs at: Fri, 01/03/2020 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Friday evening, Portlanders gathered in Terry Schrunk Plaza outside City Hall, demonstrating against a potential war with Iran. The rally began at 5, organized by the Democratic Socialists of America. KBOO's Theresa Mitchell was on the scene to update our anchors on the... Read more

Cultural Evolution, Political Revolution

Airs at: Wed, 01/01/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies we speak with Hawaii ophthalmologist and medical cannabis advocate Dr. Clifton Otto, plus an April 2016 interview with journalist and drug policy reformer Phil Smith. Read more

Death on the Streets

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Desiree Hellegers covers the Portland Homeless Persons Memorial Day Vigil on December 21st and the very real life and death stakes in the upcoming City Council vote on a 22.5 million dollar five year contract to sweep the city's houseless encampments. Joshua Rainey P... Read more

A New Coast

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Communities and countries around the world are now declaring that we are in a climate emergency. Most of these declarations focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the more comprehensive resolutions also call for a just transition, meaning that frontline communiti... Read more