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Housing Post-Incarceration

Airs at: Tue, 11/01/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Tin Can Phone
  Season 2, Episode 5 -- Tin Can PhoneMichael, Blue, and Queaz are live at Holy Beans Coffee in Portland talking about what it's like finding a house post incarceration.           Read more

The Gap: Undertaking Measures and Ruminations on Fear and Bravery

Airs at: Fri, 10/28/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss the four statewide ballot measures on the Oregon ballot. Measure 111, to require the state to ensure affordable healthcare access. Measure 112 to remove the Constitutional language allowing slavery as a punishment for ... Read more

Full Interview | Co-Chairs of the Police Accountability Commission

Airs at: Tue, 10/25/2022 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  This is the full interview with PAC Co-Chairs Faythe Aiken, Lovisa Lloyd and Seemab Hussaini. It was recorded Sunday, October 23, and the edited air date version (with more background information) can be found here.   ### Read more

October 25, 2022 | Interview with Police Accountability Commission Co-Chairs

Airs at: Tue, 10/25/2022 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  This month we spoke with the co-chairs of the Portland Police Accountability Commission's fact-finding phase. The PAC is a 20-member all-volunteer group that is tasked with creating the new police accountability system demanded by voters in 2020. The fact-finding phase i... Read more

Stopping Zenith Energy and NEXT

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Until a few weeks ago it looked likely that Portland would be able to shut down Zenith Energy's oil train operations in NW Portland. But then, without any public notice, Portland City Commissioner Dan Ryan abruptly changed course and approved the land use compatibility stat... Read more

Mother of Color

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Dawn Jones Redstone is a filmmaker who believes in mentoring creative people from underrepresented communities.  Her short films, including Sista in the Brotherhood and We Have Our Ways, have tackled pressing social issues while offering opportunities for women of color ... Read more

Portland Book Festival 2022 Preview

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
It’s been a long, hellishly hot and smoky summer here in Portland. But it seems like fall has finally arrived. Along with the rain and cooler temperatures, we look forward, as we do every year, to the big holidays – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Sukkot – and a few che... Read more

The Gap: Questioning WWeek's Election Endorsements and Acknowledging the Win Column

Airs at: Fri, 10/21/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea spend some time questioning Willamette Week's election endorsements. The criticism of Jo Ann Hardesty seems to boil down to that "she's mean," while the Willy excuses Rene Gonzalez's flouting of campaign finance law as a "stum... Read more

Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee on 10/16/22

Airs at: Sun, 10/16/2022 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee
  Today, October 16th is Oscar Wilde's birthday, as well as Marie Antoinette's. Here's what the former said of the latter:   "To the thinker, the most tragic fact in the whole of the French Revolution is not that Marie Antoinette was killed for being a queen, but that th... Read more

The Gap: Local News Roundup - the Return of Striketober, and valuing the Third Place

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea run through some local news items on the way to reconvening STRIKETOBER baby! Importantly, Measure 110, that decriminalized drug possession was analyzed and researchers didn't find evidence connecting the decriminalization to ... Read more