Housing/Homelessness

KBOO News In Depth: Carolina Pfister

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2018 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

All of us can agree on the importance of home in our lives, but what do we mean by “home”? And, once we settle on that home, how do we fit in as part of a larger community? If there’s no community, how do we make one? These are important questions for those who’ve come to... Read more

Wimby Tenant Union Action

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier talks with Margot Black of Portland Tenants’ United and with Mercy Strongheart of the Wimby Tenants Union about the Nov. 26th press conference at Wimbledon Square and Gardens to demand a rent abatement for ongoing livability issues, and about organizing... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 26, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts this episode and we hear these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Johanna Bozuma about making PG&E in CA a publically-owned and responsibly-run utility. Laurie talks with Margot Black of Portland Tenants’ United and with Mercy Strongheart with t... Read more

Right 2 Survive in Southeast

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken talks with activists from Right 2 Survive including Sandra Comstock and Jeff Liddicoat, about the campaign for a village in SE Portland, resistance to the enhanced surveillance district in Portland’s central eastside (also known as a homeless exclusion dis... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 19, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick and Larry Klineman talk about local and national immigration politics, including the defeat of Measure 105. Larry Bowlden reviews Barbara Kingsolver's latest novel, Unsheltered. Joe shares special audio and music ab... Read more

Climate Change, Conflict, and Refugees

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Thom Becker reads from an article entitled “Climate Change Is Increasing Regional Conflict and Creating Millions of Refugees Across the Globe” By Steve Trent for the online news page, AlterNet. Photo: Syrian refugee camp in Suruc, Turkey (September 7, 2017) Photo Credit... Read more

Positive Charge!

Airs at: Wed, 11/14/2018 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: The RadioActivist

We are inundated by news of hate and intolerance in our newsfeeds, on the radio, and on TV on a daily basis. How can we deal with all this bad stuff without feeling helpless, depressed, and outraged? Two years ago, a group of women representing different religions, se... Read more

Corvallis Renters Crisis - Affordability, Availability, Questionable Practices Part 2

Airs at: Fri, 11/09/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Valley Views

Andrea Haverkamp is a PhD student in Environmental Engineering and Queer Studies at Oregon State University. Her personal mission is to advance social justice and gender equity in engineering. She is the host of Labour Wave, a radical, leftist working class podcast in ... Read more