Community Building

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Starbucks Workers on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 11/24/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Starbucks baristas are on an open-ended nationwide strike for living wages, safe staffing, and respect.  Aspen Maxwell and Maggie Bolden, Portland-area Starbucks Workers United rank-and-file organizers, detail the conditions, their commitment and the years-long battles f... Read more

Genius Box: "Two licks from the center of the bootlick-pop"

Airs at: Fri, 11/21/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Genius Box
  Althea, Eliza and Reed, these tyrants in their ivory volunteer radio tower! Anyway. Guys, Portland City Council passed the AI rental price fixing ban. At long last! Price fixing, while still illegal, is verrrrrry alluring to the powers that be, so they gotta be reined ... Read more

Radio Tales for the Road

Airs at: Mon, 11/24/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As we tumble toward autocracy, we still don’t know exactly what’s in store, yet it has become clear what we should fear, and that we need to muster a movement that will stand up to everything hurtling toward us. But on today’s Locus Focus, I want to go back in time and t... Read more

The Battle (Grounds) Come To Winner's Bias

Airs at: Tue, 11/18/2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Winner's Bias
James and Nate welcome Steve Coker, owner of Battle Grounds Gaming Cafe in the Hollywood District. They talk about running a board game cafe, the booming board game scene in Portland, board game garage sales, and yes, if food and beverage and board games mix. Read more

Voices of the Ironfront Episode 1

Airs at: Thu, 11/13/2025 at 2:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Voices of the Iron Front
Voices of the Ironfront is a fierce, uncompromising dive into the world of modern antifascism. Each episode breaks open the machinery of hate groups, white-supremacist movements, and far-right organizing in the United States while highlighting the communities fighting ba... Read more

Genius Box: "A problem well-stated is half-solved"

Airs at: Fri, 11/14/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Genius Box
  Reed is back! Thank goodness.  Things to pay attention to this week: Portland City Councilor Angelita Morillo's amendment to move $ away from the Impact Reduction Program homeless sweeps fails. There's a PPA ballot measure to reroute PCEF money to... wait for it... h... Read more

Lacey joins All My Greatest Teachers Showed Me Love

Airs at: Wed, 11/05/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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From Protest to Resistance

Airs at: Mon, 11/17/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
It is heartening that over 7 million people participated in the last No Kings demonstrations and that they are happening in countless places across the country, in red and blue communities, rural, suburban and urban. But after the exhilaration of these marches and rallie... Read more

Genius Box: Lateral Thinking with special guest Eliza Y.

Airs at: Fri, 11/07/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Genius Box
  Dick Cheney is dead, but we're here, still alive and talking to you.  Althea and Eliza talk some of the latest goings-on, like the government shutdown, the Triple D celebrity death trifecta, the special election and more.  Then, we talk to callers about LATERAL THINKI... Read more

Let Francisco Stay

Airs at: Mon, 11/10/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Francisco Aguirre is an influential leader in the immigrant rights and labor movements. A long-time Portland resident, he fled El Salvador to escape the military's extreme violence against him and his family. In 2014, ICE agents came to Francisco’s home and tried to arre... Read more