The Radical Songbook Podcast: Recent Episodes
KPOV Community Radio
The Radical Songbook podcast, with host Michael Funke, features interviews and conversations with social activists about the work they are doing in Central Oregon and beyond. All content originally aired on 88.9fm, KPOV, as part of The Radical Songbook program, Fridays from 10am to noon.
A conversation with Gretchen Bennett, the Salem, Oregon liaison with that city's Community Police Review Board about how the board works.
Bill Fletcher Jr. discusses the 1921 destruction and massacre of Tulsa's Black community by a white mob and explains why this history is important to understanding racism today.
Beatrice Olivo is a radiation therapist at St. Charles Medical Center who was on the bargaining committee for the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals and helped to negotiate the first union contract for 150 medical techs at the Bend hospital. She reflects on what it took to win a union contract and is optimistic about the future of work at St. Charles.
Ron Verzuh is an active member of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association and author of a new book titled "Working Oregon: A Labor History Chronology," which takes a long look at the history of working people and their unions in Oregon.
A conversation with Central Oregon activist Dalton Miller-Jones about Paul Robeson and the Black Freedom Struggle.
Bruce Barthol talks about his musical career from Country Joe and the Fish to the San Francisco Mime Troupe and beyond.
Retired union editor Dave Elsila talks about coming of age in Detroit while being spied on by the government for his political activities.
A conversation with Jordan Perry, a tech worker at St. Charles Medical Center, and Sam Potter, organizer for the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, about the fight for a first union contract at the Bend, Oregon, hospital.
A conversation with Amber Keyser, board member at Indivisible Bend, on the need to protect the vote and defend democracy against the threat of a coup by Doanld Trump.
A conversation with Kerstin Arias about what the Central Oregon Diversity Project is doing for our community.
A conversation with Bend community member Lauralei Garrity about how white people can challenge and combat white supremacy.
A conversation with Erika McCalpine, Business Professor at Oregon State University-Cascades, about racism and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Six Black residents of Central Oregon speak out about racism, police brutality, the Black Lives Matter movement and what needs to change if the U.S. is to move forward. Plus songs of social significance for this time.
Interview with Toni Gilpin, author of "The Long Deep Grudge," about the militant Farm Equipment Workers union.
Filmmakers Jesse Locke and Amy Doherty talk about the film "7 Hills," which is about a skateboard park in Amman, Jordan, which serves as a gathering place for the community.
Shelly Smith of the City of Bend and Erin Rook of Allyship in Action on DEI work and homelessness in Bend.
Katie Condit, Executive Director, and Whitney Swander, Director of Data and Evaluation, talk about the work of Better Together Central Oregon.
A conversation with Bend Bulletin Editor Gerry O'Brien about the newspaper and the state of journalism today.
Abenaki Tribe member and Lula Wiles performer Malo Obomsawin talks about allyship with Native People and Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land."
Summit High School freshman Andrew Skidmore talks about the climate crisis and why he is a climate activist.
Deschutes Co. District Attorney John Hummel and Adam Foss, Executive Director of Prosecutor Impact, discuss the work they are doing with staff in the DA's office
Director Bill Lichtenstein talks about his film "WBCN and the American Revolution," a documentary playing at BendFilm.
Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, talks about worker power, labor solidarity and building the labor movement.
Bev Vazquez and Richard Hall of Democratic Socialists of Central Oregon talk about socialist ideas and activism.
Dalton Miller-Jones, Beth Hoover and seven local high school students talk about racsim in the schools and restorative justice.
Freddie Finney-Jordet, 17-year-old Central Oregon activist, talks about the climate crisis and protest to demand action and social justice.
Megan Perkins and Cindy Brennen talk about Embrace Bend, the new Not in Our Town affiliate in Central Oregon.
The crisis in capitalism and the rise of fascism with political economist Romir Chatterjee.
Olivia Knox, a 15-year-old sophomore at Bend High School, talks about songwriting and plays five original songs including her song "Warrior" which she performed to kick off the Bend Women's March on January 19.
St. Charles nurses Jennifer Groshong, Heather Bristol and Jackie Howe talk about union bargaining at St. Charles hospital in Bend and why they need a better contract that provides more staffing for patient safety.
Nancy Boever of Indivisible Bend and Sid Snyder of The Vocal Seniority talk about moving forward politically in 2019.
Interviews with six Bend Lapine high school students and four facilitators who participated in the October 11, 2018 town hall on race.
Bend, Oregon resident Marion Davidson talks about her experiences in Mississippi as a volunteer in Freedom Summer
A conversation with film director V. Scott Balcerek and harmonica player Adam Gussow about their film Satan and Adam, which had its Oregon premiere at the 2018 BendFilm Festival.
Conversation with Phil Philiben and Roget Riolla about a new organization--Veterans of Central Oregon.
Political satirist Will Durst riffs about Trump, Indiana Gold, and rolling joints while driving.
Jacob Foster and Thomas Tsuneta talk about the contract victory for workers at Cascade East Transit in Central Oregon
The Radical Songbook celebrates the 200th birthday of Karl Marx and addresses his relevancy today.
Two Bend High School students--Heather Barclay and Autumn Awbrey--and parent Angela Chisum--talk about the April 20 student walk-out and gun control.
Tim Palmer, author of Wild and Scenic Rivers: An American Legacy, and Gail Snyder, executive director of the Coaliton for the Deschutes, talk with host Michael Funke about ongoing efforts to protect and restore the Deschutes River in Central Oregon.
Two Bend High School students--Emma Smith & Lauren Hough--talk about the need for more gun control to make schools and students safe. Angela Chisum talks about the Facebook group she organized to support students.
Donavan Adderley talks about his son Deshaun, bullying, suicide, and racism in Bend, Oregon
Anyssa Bohanan talks with Michael Funke on the Radical Songbook about her experiences as an African-American resident of Bend, Oregon.