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Gaining Ground Farming Doc

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Elaine Velazquez and Barbara Bernstein about their new documentary: Gaining Ground tells the stories of two rural farms in Oregon and an urban farm in inner city Richmond, California, resisting the systems of agribusiness and changing their farming pra... Read more

Black Man in a White Coat by Damon Tweedy

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Black Man in a White Coat examines the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. As Tweedy transforms from student to practicing physician, he discovers how often race influences h... Read more

One Fish, Two Fish, Fetus Fetish

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2015 at 12:00am
Jan Haaken talks with Katie Gentile about the controversy over Planned Parenthood clinics and the sale of fetal tissue and and what this controversy really is all about. Gentile is professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Gender Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Ju... Read more

Drought Prompts Action at All Levels of Government

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The town of Banks, Oregon, located in western Washington County northwest of Hillsboro, recently implemented water use restrictions on businesses, partly in response to drought conditions across the state. For more on Oregon’s driest year in decades and government responses ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 27, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 07/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts the show and we learn about how agroecology can help save the planet and feed the people; about the life of early Chinese immigrants to Canada; why socialism, far from being boring, will unleash human creativity; and about the history and politics of parole... Read more

The Promise of Agroecology

Airs at: Mon, 07/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Mole Bill Resnick talks with Frédéric Mousseau about agroecology: farming, ecology, and food. Mousseau is the Policy Director at the Oakland Institute where he coordinates the Institute’s research and advocacy activities on land investment, food security and agriculture... Read more

Karin Lazarus Interview

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Coloradan Karin Lazarus had a brainstorm in 2009, start a bakery with pastries that are infused with marijuana.  In 2013, NY Magazine called her, "the Queen of the Munchies" and said she's "brought a pastry chef’s savvy to the world of pot brownies"  Her new cookbook, calle... Read more

Voices for the Animals

  Every 4th Friday of the month from 10a -10:30am "Voices for the Animals" is a monthly half-hour program that tackles the issues around animal rights and welfare. Host Michele Coppola features interviews and news with front-line activists and advocates who are working to... Read more

Oregon Legislature Considers Aerial Pesticide Regulations

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
In Salem today, Oregon legislators considered a bill that will regulate the use of aerial herbicides which are sprayed from planes and helicopters in the state. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke to Steve Peddery of Oregon Wild for more. Read more

Oregon Senate Hears Testimony on Right to Rest

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Today, the Oregon Senate Committee on Human Services and Early Childhood held a public hearing on the Right to Rest bill, which would override local bans on camping, sleeping on sidewalks, and sleeping in cars by people experiencing homelessness. Read more