Government/Politics

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Health Care for All Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Oregon is poised to become the first state in the union to enact a single payer health care plan. In June of this year, the Universal Health Plan Governance Board for the State of Oregon will present for public input the first draft of its comprehensive plan. The fina... Read more

Eugenics Logic

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The current federal government has slashed resources for public health and for people with disabilities, and in doing so has suggested that vulnerable people are social burdens, "waste" to be cut.  In her article "The Eugenics Logic Behind Running a Government Like a ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 14, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Health, care for all or for some? Hosted by Frann Michel, this episode of the Old Mole includes these segments: Healthcare for ALL Oregon:  Oregon is poised to become the first state in the union to enact a single payer health care plan. In June of this year, the Uni... Read more

26 TRIPP-P Dec2024 with Conor Carroll

Airs at: Sat, 12/14/2024 at 12:15am - Sun, 12/31/2028 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
In December 2024, TRIPP-P spoke the owner and operator of Show Your Work, LLC, Conor Carroll about elections, campaigning and politics in the local Portland metro area.   Have a listen! Read more

Tony (naschio) Johnson and Rachel Cushman of the Chinook Indian Nation

Airs at: Thu, 04/03/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The guests are Tony Johnson and Rachel Cushman of the Chinook Indian Nation. They’ve had big victories in the past few months but they're still agitating to regain the federal recognition that was revoked by former President George W Bush. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 7, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Rule of the billionaires: Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which is a re-broadcast of a show from Against the Grain. The rich have not been so powerful and mind-bogglingly wealthy since the Gilded Age of the late 19th century. Yet their grip on society ha... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 04/01/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
"Embrace Russia, Contain China? A Fool's Errand" Read more

Cow Poop Won't Solve the Climate Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Concentrated Animal Feed Operations have been around for a few decades. Basically concentration camps for cattle, pigs and chickens, these factory farms not only torture animals but also are major polluters and a principal emitter of greenhouse gases. But in recent years... Read more

Overdose Deaths, Opioid Testing and Autopsies

Airs at: Tue, 04/01/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
According to newly published research, opioid testing information was unavailable in half of injury death investigations in the US in 2021 and in only about one in ten unintentional overdose death investigations that were conducted that year. This at a time when the aut... Read more

PSJ Legislative Priorities

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Shannon Wight, Deputy Director, Partnership for Safety & Justice  and Cleo Tung, Program officer, NW Health Foundation about legislative priorities and PSJ’s Advocacy Day on April 16th in Salem, Oregon: SB 477-Justice Reinvestment Equity Pro... Read more