Environment/Climate

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The Latest Crisis at Hanford

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On May 9 of this year, an extremely radioactive tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state partially collapsed. The tunnel is part of the PUREX facility (Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant), which was used to manufacture plutonium for nuclear weapons. The... Read more

Marc Bekoff on The Animal's Agenda

Airs at: Wed, 06/28/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
  We humans pride ourselves on our singular intelligence and sensitivity, but each day brings new stories about the the intelligence and depth of feeling experienced by other animals. The Animals' Agenda  makes a strong case that it is past time we use what we know about i... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 19, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick is our host for this edition of the Mole which includes these segments: 1. Tom Athanasiou talks with Bill Resnick about policies and movements necessary to deal with climate change. 2. Jovanka Beckles explains how the Richmond Progressive Alliance won in Rich... Read more

Saving Ourselves, Saving the Earth

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Tom Athanasiou, author of Divided Planet, about what's happening, and what needs to happen, to challenge climate change. After Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Accords, will the international "community," particularly China and England, take me... Read more

Noam Chomsky on Neoliberalism: An Accounting

Airs at: Tue, 06/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Neoliberalism is an odd term when you think about it. It is hardly new and it is not particularly liberal. It has been a great economic success story-for the 1%. The detritus of neoliberalism litters the landscape from smashed unions to shredded safety nets, and deregula... Read more

Victoria Stoppiello on "This Side of Sand Island"

Airs at: Thu, 06/22/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Former KBOO Station Manager Victoria Stoppiello discusses her collection of essays, This Side of Sand Island: Reflections on Fish, Finns and Finding out about Family on the Lower Columbia with host Kathleen Stephenson. Victoria originally wrote the essays for the coastal... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 19, 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick will host this edition of the Old Mole and we will hear about -- Climate justice: why we can only save ourselves if we save the planet How the Richmond Progressive Alliance won political power in that California city Reflections on U.S. history and prospects... Read more

The F-Word: Gar Alperovitz on Creating Another World

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Gar Alperovitz discusses his new free handbook, Principals of a Pluralist Commonwealth" and outlines the possibilities of local, collective and co-op ownership that can be a model for a real democracy and not a future economy that is corporate capitalism, fascism or tota... Read more

THE DEATH & LIFE OF THE GREAT LAKES, Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior―hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreadin... Read more

Former Army and Air Force Veteran Speaks about Drone Warfare Program

Airs at: Fri, 06/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Marvin and Angie interview Army and Air Force veteran Lisa Ling, who worked within the US's drone program. She was featured in the new documentary "National Bird," a film by Sonia Kennebeck. The documentary is available now on Netflix. http://nationalbirdfilm.com Read more