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July Four Ironies

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The fourth of July in the United States is not just a holiday when white people celebrate killing each other over land that wasn't theirs. It's about a document; it's about the contradictions and possibilities in the language of freedom and equality. The fourth of July i... Read more

Bart Ehrman on How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior

Airs at: Fri, 07/01/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Host John Shuck speaks with Bart Ehrman, the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, about his latest book, Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior.... Read more

Remembering Stonewall

Airs at: Wed, 06/29/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Each June we rebroadcast the 1989 radio documentary "Remembering Stonewall," by David Isay. This documentary, broadcast on the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, is the first documentary -- in any medium -- about the riots. Hearing the voices of participants, from ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 27, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes these segments: Desiree Hellegers speaks with activists from the recent Vancouver, WA oil train blockade Denise reads commentary on Brexit as Global Rebellion Laurie Mercier talks with an historian and an ... Read more

Documenting the O.J. Simpson Case

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker talk about two television series produced this year on the O. J. Simpson murder case--the drama The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and the documentary mini-series O.J.: Made in America. Jan and Mike take up the question of why... Read more

Birth Control History

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier speaks to Michael Helquist about the upcoming June 29 Birth Control Brigade in downtown Portland. Michael Helquist is the author of  MARIE EQUI Radical Politics & Outlaw Passions. The event will commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the arrests of nurse... Read more

Julian Carrillo

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
On A Diferent Nature we will listen to music by Mexican composer Julian Carrillo. Read more

Documentaries From the Streets of Portland

Airs at: Thu, 06/23/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  Jenn Chavez talks with Ibrahim Mubarek about the Clinton Street Theater's upcoming documentary screening Right 2 Survive: Breaking the Chains, a series of short films about the rise of the grassroots homeless advocacy group Right 2 Survive. And S.W. Conser asks comedy w... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Bomb Ass Pussy joins the Bread and Roses conversation; they are transplants from Los Angeles, transplants from drag, transplants from another planet of fierce queer creatures- the trioBomb Ass Pussy tells stories of queer identity and celebration through hip hop. Their musi... Read more

What Is More Important Than Fame? Liberation!

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
So many of our Master Teachers are leaving this earth- people who created art which stood for creativity and positivity; people who recognized that organization was a tool to getting free; people who achieved massive fame and made a conscious decision to commit 'class suici... Read more