http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/communityradio en-us A community radio collaboration from Reclaim the Media Reclaim the Media Each week Listen Up! Northwest shares stories of communities in action from some of the region's best grassroots radio producers. Produced by Reclaim the Media for the Northwest Community Radio Network. Reclaim the Media and the Northwest Community Radio Network present Listen Up! Northwest Reclaim the Media info@reclaimthemedia.org we look at Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation in Canada. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 99 - SLAPPs in Canada Listen to the sounds of the Boreal Forest. Richard Nelson shares his experiences on one summer day in Alaska's Brooks Range. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 98 - Boreal Forest We feature people dealing with bullying in schools. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 97 - Bullying in Schools We listen to interviews of indigenous activists who attended the United States Social Forum in Detroit in June. Fri, 9 Jul 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 96 - Indigenous Groups Represent: US Social Forum 2010 Stories on Aging that aren't usually covered in our media. Fri, 1 Jul 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 95 - Aging Hear an interview with a legal scholar and the author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. The book makes the case that the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary form of racial control. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 94 - Michelle Alexander Listen to stories and perspectives on native food traditions as told by a group of First Nations Youth of Vancouver Island. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 93 - Vancouver Island First Nations Youth and Food Traditions We look at the craft of some people in our community. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 92 - Protest for Social Change We look at the craft of some people in our community. Fri, 03 Jun 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 91 - Northwest People And Their Craft Listen to the possible cause and effect of honeybee hive collapses this past winter on Vancouver Island. Includes an interview with the provincial apiculturist and a honeybee farmer. Fri, 28 May 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 90 - Vancouver Island Honeybee Hives in Crisis We listen to experiences of those in our region who have gone through the foster care system, a foster parent and people who work to help youth in foster care. Fri, 21 May 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 89 - Foster Families We dig into the national debate over "open Internet" policies and network neutrality. How are communiity needs for fair access being met by today's Internet providers? What changes need to be made to achieve true digital justice? Fri, 07 May 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 88 - Digital Justice We look at how our cultural values are inherently linked to climate change. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 87 - Our Culture and Climate Change We look at some of the women who fought hard for women's rights and how women's roles continue to evolve. Fri, 22 Apr 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 86 - Women Then and Now When President Barack Obama took office, he touted "Green Jobs" as a way for the U.S. to create more employment opportunities while simultaneously making businesses, homes and the national electrical grid more energy efficient. We look at how the "greening of jobs" is going in the Northwest. Fri, 15 Apr 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 85 - Green Collar Jobs We consider what soldiers and their families go through after they come home from war. Fri, 09 Apr 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 84 - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder We look at some unusual local competitions and discuss the impact of sports on our communities. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 83 - Sports in Our Communities The possible cause and effect of honeybee hive collapses this past winter on Vancouver Island. Includes an interview with the provincial apiculturist and a honeybee farmer. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 82 - The Iraq Invasion - 7 Years On we look at two local farming operations in British Columbia. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 81 - Gender and the Workplace we look at two local farming operations in British Columbia. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 80 - Small Scale Food Businesses in BC Sail aboard the US ice breaker Healy with a crew of scientists investigating climate change in the Bering Sea. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 79 - The Bering Sea and Climate Change Studies Stories on how we choose to express ourselves Fri, 26 Feb 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 78 - Personal Expression Dave Zirin speaks on the good and bad of organized sports. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 77 - Sports and Politics A critical look at the Olympic Games and their effect on Vancouver and BC communities. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 76 - Olympics What happens when you kick organic farming up a notch to biodynamic farming. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 75 - Biodynamic Farming A look at how arts, music and strategic thinking transform the lives of students and teachers alike. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 8:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 74 - Quality of Life in Schools Stories about elders who live among us. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 73 - Elders We take a look at SeattleÕs WTO demonstrations, 10 years on. We look at Lessons learned and how the protest influenced social movements today. Fri, 03 Dec 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 72 - WTO Plus Ten Years Our addiction to lush lifestyles and then at what life might be like with an electric vehicle. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 71 - Electric Cars and Afluenza Issues around transportation alternatives in our region. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 70 - Transportation Alternatives We explore how we define home. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 69 - There's No Place Like Home Both sides of the genetically modified foods debate between conservative agribusiness and anti-GMO advocates. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 68 - Biotechnology Salish Sound perspectives on Northwest waterways. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 67 - Water Kevin Bales on The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking in America Today. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 66 - Post-carbon Transportation Northwest perspectives on healthcare. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 65 - Healthcare Kevin Bales on The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking in America Today. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 64 - The Slave Next Door Experiences of Hmong veterans who fought in the CIA's Secret War in Laos, and how the Hmong people arrived in the Pacific Northwest. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 63: The Hmong and the Secret War Nature writer Richard Nelson takes us to Denali National Park to observe gray wolves at the foot of Mount McKinley Fri, 25 Sept 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 62 - Wolves issues facing young people growing up in Alaska, with several pieces from the Alaska Teen Media Institute in Anchorage. Fri, 18 Sept 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 61 - Growing up in Alaska This week, we look at how journalism is affected by business and politics and the challenges that journalists face to do their job well." Fri, 11 Sept 2009 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 60 - Journalism This week's program takes several looks at the impact of global economics on climate change. Fri, 4 Sept 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 59 - Global Economics and Climate Change Taking out the trash is nothing like it was fifty years ago. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 58- Trash This week, a special feature on hate crimes in Seattle and what some are doing to stop the rising trend. Fri, 7 Aug 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 57 - Hate crimes This week, a special edition on the closure of prison farms in Alberta and other Canadian provinces Fri, 31 Jul 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 56 - Canadian prison farms Race, racism and cultural appropriation Fri, 24 Jul 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 55 - Considering whitemess In the last three decades, 94% of African-American homicide victims were murdered by other African-Americans. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 54 - Black on Black Violence We travel with nature writer Richard Nelson as he observes killer whales in their natural habitat. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 53 - Killer Whales Fri, 26 Jun 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 52 - Crime and Violence Fri, 19 Jun 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 51 - Native Americans Today Asian American women discuss the pain of facing comments on a daily basis, which are loaded with presumptions or stereotypes about their identity and ethnicity Fri, 12 Jun 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 50 - A Thousand Paper Cuts Fri, 5 Jun 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 49 - Language Fri, 23 May 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 48 - Spirituality We talk taxes, interviewing an anonymous war resister, one of many refusing to fund militarism with their tax dollars. Fri, 16 May 2009 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 47 - Taxes A look at the separation of church and state with a discussion between an atheist, a Christian pastor, and a practicing Muslim. Fri, 8 May 2009 8:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 46 - Church and State This week, we hear from one Mexican immigrant arrested by ICE in the Bellingham raids last February. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 45 - Immigrant rights Perspectives of women who wear the turban and the hijab. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 44 - the Hijab and the Sikh Turban A new take on locally-delivered produce. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 43 - Canada's local grain CSA Ravens, in the natural world, and in myths and stories. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 42 - Ravens How some northwest folks are being affected by the financial crisis. Thu, 27 Mar 2009 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 41 - Faces of the Financial Crisis Discussions about women and media. Thu, 20 Mar 2009 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 40 - Media and Women The outlook for small farms in Canada Thu, 13 Mar 2009 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 39 - Small farms in Canada Stories about regional small businesses. Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 38 - Small Business Urban farms in Portland, Oregon. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 37 - Portland's Urban Farms A story on media and its impacts on children. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 36 - Children and media A program on the controversy surrounding salmon farming practices in British Columbia. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 35 - BC Salmon Farming Stories on how people with disabilities are working to make more media work for them. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 34 - Media and Disability Stories about the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 33 - Inauguration Stories shared by youth about their experiences growing up gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT). Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 32 - Queer Youth A single story on the effect of abusive relationships among intimate partners and family. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 31 - Teen Dating Violence Stories on health issues in the Northwest, and what some people are doing to take better care of themselves. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 30 - Health Stories about work and labor issues. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 29 - Labor and Work A single story on the Fur Seals in the Pribilof Islands of Northern Alaska. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 28 - Fur Seals on the Bering Sea A single story about the impact that global warming has on one small coastal town in Alaska. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 27 - Global Warming and Kivalina, Alaska Stories about the need for the media to be accountable for the information they provide. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 26 - Media Accountability Stories about the need for more diversity in our media. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 25 - Media Diversity Stories about educational institutions and approaches to learning. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 23 - Education and Learning People's relationship with our environment. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 22 - Changing our environment War. Thu, 7 Nov 2008 20:00:00 PST Listen Up! Northwest program 21 - War Stories about the civil rights struggle in the northwest. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 20 - Civil Rights Wildlife and people. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 19 - Wildlife and People Northwest families. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 18 - Families Northwest stories of people displaced. Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 17 - People displaced Gaps in access to healthy food. Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 16 - Access to Healthy Food Life behind bars in the Northwest. Thu, 25 Sept 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 15 - Prisons Gow gender colors our personal, social and work experiences. Thu, 11 Sept 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 14 - Gender and sex Stories on trash, garbage, waste and stuff. Thu, 11 Sept 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 13 - Trash, Waste and Stuff Stories on media and its role in our community and our democracy. Thu, 4 Sept 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 12 - Media Stories on cycling safety in the Northwest. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 11 - Cycling Stories on Northwest wildlife and the rights of nature. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 10 - Wildlife Stories on our region's Japanese American experience before and after World War II. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 9 - Japanese American Experience Stories on the arts bringing northwest communities together. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 8 - Arts Bring Us Together Stories of small-scale farming in the northwest: the benefits and the challenges. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 7 - Small-Scale Farming Stories from around the world, brought home by northwest radialistas. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 6 - International Stories Food: growing it, eating it, and thinking about its role in our region's past and future. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 5 - Food NW people making changes to some of our most basic governing and social service systems. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 4 - Systemic Change Issues of motherhood and birthing Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:00:00 PDT Listen Up! Northwest program 3 - Motherhood and Birthing