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Interview with IPR Director Constantin Severe

Airs at: Thu, 12/19/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO's Sam Bouman interviews Constantin Severe, Director of the Independent Police Review Division of the City Auditor's Office about the role of the IPR in police disciplinary procedures and the reforms to the IPR. The City Council was set to vote on the reforms yesterday,... Read more

APA Compass: Simon Tam on The Slants' trademark case

Airs at: Fri, 12/06/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Musician Simon Tam describes his ongoing legal action to trademark his band's name, "The Slants."  The US Patent and Trademark Office denied his applications on the grounds that the word is offensive, though approved hundred of other trademarks containing the same word. In... Read more

Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Decrease Middle-Class Wages, Report Says

Airs at: Thu, 12/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Center for Economic and Policy Research released a report saying that the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal between 18 Pacific Rim countries will likely lead to decreases in middle-class wages in the US. Genevieve McDaniel spoke to Mark Weisbrot of the Center today. Read more

Oregon Community Media

  Sporadically occurring collaborative effort of over 20 community radio stations in Oregon   Oregon Community Media: Independent community radio and media working in collaboration to better serve Oregon. OCM is composed of over 20 local and independent community broad... Read more

Mental Health, Disabilities and the Affordable Care Act

Airs at: Mon, 11/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Bob Joondepth, Director of Disabilities Rights Oregon, about the promises and pitfalls of the Affordable Care Act for those with mental health needs. They talk about the nuts and bolts of services people may receive, but also raise political questions ... Read more

Thomas Linzey speech at Community Rights PDX anti-GMO campaign event in Portland, Sept. 2013

Airs at: Fri, 10/18/2013 at 12:00am
The speaker is one of the main proponents of a growing movement to curtail the "rights" and destructive practices of corporations at a local, grassroots level. Linzey started the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund in Pennsylvania working for clients trying to stop f... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour October 28 2013

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this Old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick talks with Fight for $15 labor activist, Trisha Kahle, about the movement and its political contexts   Larry Bowlden reviews Portland-area author Whitney Otto's "Eight Girls Taking Pictures".   Well-re... Read more

Well-read Red: Class War, Bourgeois Strategy, and Obamacare

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge brings us the Well-read Red. Today he considers resistance to the Affordable Care Act and the strategically mysterious though potentially disastrous empowerment of the radical right by capitalists. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour October 14th

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this episode, which is about a third shorter than usual because of membership drive. We have taken the pitching segments out, but we encourage you to click the "donate today" button in the upper right hand corner and become a member today if you are not al... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 26 August 2013

Airs at: Tue, 08/27/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which addresses popular deceptions and misconceptions about Social Security, money in politics, safety and policing, and climate change.Bill Resnick talks with Max Richtman about Social SecurityClayton Morgareidge reads from an... Read more