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The Hottest Places in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on July 10. 2023 On June 28, 2021, Portland State Geography Professor Vivek Shandas drove around Portland on this hottest day ever recorded in the city, measuring the temperatures of the pavement in various neighborhoods around town. And w... Read more

Multnomah County vs. Big Oil, with John Wasiutynski

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on July 17, 2023 Last June Multnomah County filed suit against several of the largest fossil fuel and coal-producing corporations to hold them accountable for damages from the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome, one of the deadliest and most... Read more

Listen to Youth

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on June 16, 2023 In recent years it’s becoming more and more obvious that youth are the real leaders of the climate movement. And for good reason, because they are the ones that are going to live with the climate mess that previous generat... Read more

Why Good People Do Bad Things

Airs at: Sun, 08/06/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
James Hollis, Ph. D., was a teacher of Humanities for 26 years in various colleges and universities before retraining as a Jungian analyst at the Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland. He is a licensed Jungian analyst who has spent many years in private practice . Dr. H... Read more

The Gap: Thousands and Thousands of Micro-irrationalities

Airs at: Fri, 07/28/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea hit you with a news! roundup! First, the DOJ is suing Texas over an illegal "floating border" in the Rio Grande. It's basically a drowning device. Just when you think Abbott won't go lower, he starts digging. Then, on to th... Read more

Jackie Wirz of Donate Life NW

Airs at: Thu, 07/27/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Donate NW Executive Director Jackie Wirz talks about how to help people in need of organ donors in our region.  Read more

Saving Lives With Safer Supply

Airs at: Wed, 07/26/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Saving Lives With Safer Supply. The National Safer Supply Community of Practice released a new community report entitled Prescription For Safety: A Study of Safer Opioid Supply Programs in Ontario. We hear from some of the report's co-authors... Read more

Portland International Raceway's Lethal Pollution

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Because of its toxicity, the sale of leaded gasoline in passenger cars was banned by the EPA in 1996. But its use was still allowed for “off-road” vehicles, such as farm machinery, marine engines and race cars. There are more than a dozen major race tracks around the Uni... Read more

The Gap: Charter Change Meddling Interview with Robin Ye and The Best and Worst of Portland

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea interview Robin Ye, one of the former charter commissioners in Portland that brought you Measure 26-228.  If you’re someone who follows City Hall politics, this week has been a real rollercoaster. Last fall, voters passed r... Read more

Blair Bobier on Ranked Choice Voting

Airs at: Thu, 07/20/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Our guest this week is attorney Blair Bobier of Oregon Ranked Choice Voting. They got the state legislature to put RCV on the ballot! How did ORC do it and how does it affect you? Read more