Political Perspectives

Host Roberta Hall's guests are Leah Bolger and Bart Bolger, who founded the Linus Pauling Chapter of Veterans for Peace and are active in national VFP. Leah served as national president of VFP. They discuss why they are involved in an ad campaign to publicize the importance... Read more

Host Doug McVay speaks with Molly Gill, Molly Gill, Government Affairs Counsel for Families Against Mandatory Minimums.  Molly Gill is FAMM’s government affairs counsel. She works with federal legislators, affected family members, and other criminal justice stakeholders to... Read more

We speak with James W. Russell about the upcoming retirement crisis. He is the author of SOCIAL INSECURITY: 401(k)s and the Retirement Crisis. A retirement crisis is looming. In 2008, as the 401(k) fallout rippled across the country, horrified holders watched 25 percent of ... Read more

Economist Richard Wolff returns to continue a discussion about Greece, austerity and German dominance in Europe..Other possible topics include: Puerto Rico, how to build an economy from the ground up, the role of cheap energy in an economy, the significance of capitalists l... Read more

Host Doug McVay speaks with Johann Hari about his best-selling book "Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs." It is now 100 years since drugs were first banned in the United States. On the eve of this centenary, journalist Johann Hari set off on an ... Read more

As North America roasts, and Iran hits 163 degrees F, 74 C. - shocking climate news behind the scenes in this hour long interview of Alex Smith originally broadcast on KWMR Community Radio, Marin County California, July 27, 2015.  Read more

Host Doug McVay spoke with Inge Fryklund, Board Member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, (LEAP), about LEAP, the development of the War on Drugs and the movement for the legalization of drugs. Inge Fryklund was a Chicago prosecutor, where she served as Supervisor of t... Read more

Mike Farrell, best known as Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt in the popular TV series M.A.S.H., addressed a large crowd in Oregon, speaking out against the death penalty, at the annual meeting and banquet staged by Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, (OADP), on June 12th,... Read more

Host Per Fagereng speaks with economist Richard Wolff about Greece, Europe, austerity, and neoliberalism. Richard Wolff teaches at the New School in New York. The New York Times called him “America’s most prominent Marxist economist.” He is the author of numerous books inc... Read more

Scientists' reports about global warming are becoming more and more pessimistic. Will rising sea levels, drought, crop failure and water wars become so severe that humanity's existence itself is threatened? Co-hosts Peter Phillips & Julie Andrzejewski speak first with David... Read more