Indigenous

Hawaiian Sovereignty

Airs at: Wed, 01/07/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Circle A Radio

Queen Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands. She was deposed by opposition forces who called themselves the Committee of Safety, with the help of the U.S. Marines. On January 17, 1893, Queen lileo kulani yielded her authority: . . . Now to avo... Read more

Leonardo Cerda

Airs at: Mon, 11/24/2008 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Leonardo Cerda is an Ecuadorian youth climate, energy and sustainability activist. He is part of an organization called FAOICIN that is running a campaign to promote sustainable projects as an alternative for communities, associations, and other indigenous social actors t... Read more

The new poll tax

The great Rachel Maddow on the modern poll tax: (still working on embedding video. Watch it anyway, foo!) (H/T, Pandagon) -A Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 13, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 10/12/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This program, hosted by Tom Becker, deals with better ways to repair the economy, making Portland Sweat Free (no purchases of city uniforms produced by sweatshop labor), the Winter Soldier Project in Portland where Iraq veterans testify about the impact of the war on ... Read more

Who Was Columbus?

Airs at: Sun, 10/12/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

In commemoration of Columbus Day, Tom Becker unearths the history of what the great navigator actually did in the Americas. Read more

Disappearing Rice Paddies

Airs at: Sun, 08/31/2008 at 5:00pm

Special Labor Day Documentary: Disappearing Rice PaddiesHalf the world's population depends on rice for their staple food, and it is one of the most politically sensitive of agricultural commodities. In South-East Asia, where people have farmed rice paddies for thousands of... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 7, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 07/06/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Hosted by Luz María Gordillo, this show is about LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) life and culture. Bill Resnick inteviews historian Estelle Freedman about the meaning of the sexual revolution. The Movie Moles review D.E.B.S., a lesbian-spy spoof. Luz Ma... Read more

Adelina Anthony

Airs at: Sun, 07/06/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Adelina Anthony is a Xicana-Indigena lesbian multi-disciplinary artist who has won many awards for her work addressing colonization, feminism, trauma, memory, gender, race/ethnicity, sexuality, in/migration, health, land/environment, and other issues affecting the lesbian/... Read more

Hunger Striker Broken Feather Speaks Against LNG Terminals

Airs at: Thu, 06/19/2008 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

After the National Environmental Regulatory Commission approved plans to build natural gas pipelines in Oregon, the opposition has become more heated. Local activist Broken Feather just ended a hunger strike outside the Portland office of Northwest Natural Gas. KBOO’s Chri... Read more

Patenting the Climate Genes

Airs at: Tue, 05/27/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: People Rise Up

Hope Shand, Research Director for the ETC Group and I discuss their new report describing efforts by the ag-biotech industry to patent 'climate-ready' genes which would theoretically allow our most common agricultural crops to continue thriving in the warm future confronting... Read more