Listen Up NW

This program features different perspectives on the impact of global economics on climate change. Doctor David Suzuki of British Columbia compares the "eco" in ecology and economics; a Greenpeace co-founder talks about what we can do to help stop climate change, and an activist with strong roots in defending forests talks about why she's taken her fight to climate change.

This week, a look at some of the women who fought hard for women's rights and how women's roles continue to evolve. Anne Marie Roke brings us a new take on the suffragettes and Jessica Hawkinson fights fires side-by-side with her father and brothers. She shares her unique perspective about working on the fire line.

A look at how the "greening of jobs" is going in the Northwest. We revisit Van Jones'  testimony before a Congressional committee on energy independence and global warming and check in on Washington State efforts to ensure that green job opportunities benefit those who need them.

What do soldiers and their families go through after they come home from war?  Evan Kanter, a Washington physician, explains post traumatic stress disorder. A Veterans Resource Center on Whidbey Island is providing help to veterans making the transition from war to civilian life and Richard Lawson, a veteran who turned uniform into an expression of his complex emotions after his service.

This week a look at some unusual local competitions and a discussion of the impact of sports on our communities. You’ll hear a roller derby practice session in Idaho. You’ll visit a practice session of “Rollo,” which is adults playing polo on kiddie bicycles. Plus, soccer is more than a game to some refugees and a commentary about sports and social justice.

An interview with leaders of several groups in the Pacific Northwest who are speaking out against the war in light of President Obama’s decision not to pull U.S. forces out of Iraq immediately.

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This week, we take to the streets of Portland to ask people if they think certain jobs are gender specific. Then, you’ll hear the experiences of a Portland bus driver who transitioned to a woman. Finally, a look at how being transgendered influences earnings.

This week, we look at two local farming operations in British Columbia. Take a walk with “Seaweed Lady” Diane Bernard along the seashore to learn about harvesting seaweed off the coast of Vancouver Island and tour a small-scale organic dairy and hear about the challenges of running a sustainable farm and cheese making facility.

Hear a tattoo artist as she works with clients to bring their inner selves to the surface of their skin. An Alaska teen ponders the tattoo she'd like and what it may mean to her mom and a report on The Guerilla Girls who take on the names of dead women artists and appear in public wearing gorilla masks.

LISTEN UP! NORTHWEST THIS WEEK: Politics & Sports, Dave Zirin speaks on the good & bad of prganized sports. A collaboratively produced radio magazine featuring stories of communities in action throughout the Northwest. Each broadcast highlights the work of skilled community radio producers and artists from our region, including Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon.

A critical look at the Olympic Games and their effect on Vancouver and BC communities. Indigenous groups are protesting the construction of Olympic venues on unceded territory. Planned protests are running into strict message control exercised by Olympics organizers and the media. And the Vancouver Olympics will bring out the largest military and police presence on Canada's west coast since the end of the World War II. Some wonder what will happen to these security systems once the Olympics end.

This week we look at how arts, music and strategic thinking transform the lives of students and teachers alike. From Seattle we learn about the Young Playwrights Program and Festival giving youth the chance to write plays and see them performed. Also, the nationally recognized Garfield Jazz Program is profiled and the Village Free School in Portland offers students the opportunity to create their own program and enter into contracts for performance with educators.

How would things be different if, like corporations, nature had the same rights as humans? Cormac Cullinan talks about the rights of wildlife, forests and rivers. Also, share the polar ice with 13 polar bears feasting on whale carcasses and nature writer Richard Nelson and Alaskan Native Larry Merculieff, who has spent half his life in the Pribilov Islands, explains how wildlife and humans in Northern Alaska are feeling the effects of global warming and, How would it affect environmental policy if wildlife, forests and rivers had rights of their own?

This week, a special encore presentation of a documentary report on hate crimes in Seattle and what some are doing to stop the rising trend.  (Seattle Crisis Resource Directory).

Spiritual Headdress: The Hijab and the Sikh Turban

In this edition of Listen Up! Northwest, we hear the perspectives and experiences of two Portland women who wear the Sikh turban and one who wears the hijab.