Radio Tacoma Highlights for November 2-9, 2020
On November 3rd, beginning at 5pm, KTAH, KTQA, and VT Radio Universal will team up to simulcast live election results from across the nation, as well as interviews with candidates, politicians, and local voters. You can tune in to this dual language English and Spanish broadcast on the Tacoma dial at KTAH 101.9 FM and KTQA 95.3 FM, or listen online at radiotacoma.org, ktqa.org, or vtradiouniversal.com.
Don’t forget to vote!
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Radio Tacoma Highlights for November 2-9, 2020
This week features live election coverage together with KTQA and VT Radio Universal on Tuesday Nov. 3rd starting at 5pm
- Sound Poetry: M-S 8am & 8pm David Gilmour interviews poet Joy Ladin, an American poet and the David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University. She is the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution. Her website: https://joyladin.wordpress.com/
- Locus Focus: Airs at 11am daily Ezra Cohen is a fifteen year old student at the Portland Waldorf School and a passionate birder. On this episode of Locus Focus, we listen to a conversation I recorded with Ezra as we stood on the viewing platform in Oaks Bottom in late October and talked about the importance of being connected with nature, especially in this season of pandemic and social and political chaos. And while we were talking who should walk by but Portland’s renowned urban naturalist Mike Houck, who had heard about Ezra and was excited to meet him and joined our conversation. To find out more about Ezra’s bird walks in Oaks Bottom or to get involved in helping him restart Friends of Oaks Bottom you can contact Ezra at ezralevweinercohen@gmail.com.
- The Regenerative Paradox Podcast S-F 2 PM The Regenerative Paradox Podcast is your resource for all things regeneration! Join Ashley Sloan and Arianna Thornton-West, Co-Founders of Paradoxum Consulting as they dive into what regenerative business is and how it will benefit your business, community and the world.
- David Rovics STThS 9-10 PM We spend the hour with social movement and MIddle East scholar, Professor Stephen Zunes, talking about the US election, uprisings around the world, and other subjects.
- Paw’d Defiance: Ashley Walker is Enough In this episode of the podcast, we discuss identity, perfectionism, and higher education with UW Tacoma Academic Advisor Ashley Walker. A self-described, “multi-racial, mother of two,” Walker holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from UW Tacoma. Her success wasn’t easy. Walker had to overcome societal expectations and lingering self-doubt to get to where she is today.
- Climate Talk: This week John talks about “Fun Facts.” For notes to Climate Talk, click here. Airs at 10am daily
- We do the Work: Interview with Gordon Zurn and Les Leopold about inequality. Airs 1pm and 5pm daily
- WSIP: SMWF 9-10am Town Hall with 6th district Congressman Derek Kilmer, who joins us for a wide-ranging discussion, touching on concerns about the upcoming election, COVID safety and relief, the climate, and what Democrats may be able to achieve in a post-Trump America.
TThS 9-10am Town Hall with 1st district Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, who joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about her ongoing work on COVID relief and tech privacy, her thoughts on the election, and what may be possible in a Democratic Washington, DC.
- Science Magazine airs at 6:00 am and pm MWF Taking the politicians out of tough policy decisions, the works of Charles Turner, and the science of cooking
For the complete weekly schedule go to http://radiotacoma.org/test-schedule/