Faith/Religion/Spirituality

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Protecting Potential Victims of Priest Abuse in Oregon

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
      With the recent retirement of high level members of the Catholic Church, and a spate of convictions and lawsuits of the priests in Oregon, the issue of sexual impropriety has returned to the spotlight.  Don Merrill talked with Tim Lemmon, president of the St. Lo... Read more

Arbaeen, The Walk: A Conversation with Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli

Airs at: Wed, 10/17/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  15 - 20 million people participate in the annual pilgrimage to Karbala, Iraq to visit the shrine of 7th century martyr, Imam Husayn. Yet few in the West know about it. Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli has written the first book about Arbaeen in English. It is called Arbaeen: ... Read more

Portlanders Protest Pinkwashing of Israeli Military

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    The first transgender officer in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) visited Portland last week, and his appearance was greeted by protesters opposed to the pinkwashing (using a positive association with the LGBTQIA+ community to distract from bad behavior) of the Isr... Read more

Orson, meet Phil and David

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
This Morning on The VPJP we will bring you the orginal 1938 Radio broadcast of Orson Wells'  "War Of The Worlds". Following that we will feature Phil Proctor and David Ossman (of The Firesign Theatre)  speaking last month at  the Library of Congress. Read more

Jonah and the Whale

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 7:00am - 7:15am
Jonah and the Whale by Joel Glick featuring the Tikkun Olam Committee of P'nai Or of Portland: Cathy Zheutlin Yehudah Winter Hilda Welch Helen Tevlin Lynn Taylor Joanie Levine Joel Glick Sound effects by Joan Glebow "God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You" comp... Read more

Protest Planned for Ehud Barak Visit to Portland

Airs at: Wed, 10/10/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  COALITION OF ACTIVIST GROUPS PLANS DEMONSTRATION TO CONFRONT FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER   This Sunday, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will be in Portland to speak at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. A coalition of local activist and human rights g... Read more

Trauma to Truth

Airs at: Fri, 10/12/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
  Author Cinda Stevens Lonsway of "I Know Now - A Woman's Healing - Violence to Victory - Trauma to Truth" shares a story of survival, sacred healing and profound awakening.  Her story can save lives, enable healing and bring aobut spiritual enligtenment. Read more

Chris Hedges: Rise Up & Resist

Airs at: Tue, 10/09/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  When is enough enough? In the face of evil what does it take for people to move from passivity to active resistance? Throughout history there have been instances of people defying tyranny. Fighting back no matter what the odds. An example comes from Nazi Germany, ofte... Read more

Husayn and the Pilgrimage to Arbaeen

Airs at: Fri, 10/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
    Imam Muhsen Al-Dhalimy is the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Portland on the corner of Denney and Hall in Beaverton. The Islamic Center of Portland is the only Shia Mosque in the Portland Metro.  Imam Al-Dhalimy was born in Iraq and made the pilgrimage t... Read more

Israeli pinkwashing propaganda returns to Portland; and LGBTQ perspectives on Uhuru solidarity with African liberation.

Airs at: Tue, 10/09/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
To 'celebrate' National Coming Out Day, A Wider Bridge and the Oregon Jewish Museum are bringing trans former Israeli Defense Force soldier Ofer Erez to Portland for a conversation. According to the Oregon Jewish Museum: "At a time when some of our own decision makers ar... Read more