Government/Politics

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Amy Goodman: Exception to the Rulers

Airs at: Fri, 05/19/2017 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 1,400 public television and radio stations worldwide. This is a talk she gave in Beaverton, Oregon on May 13, 2017. The Nieman Foun... Read more

Nader!

Airs at: Tue, 05/23/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Abe & Joe welcome former Green Party Presidential candidate Ralph Nader during KBOO's Spring Membership Drive. In Breaking Through Power, Nader draws from a lifetime waging—and often winning—David vs. Goliath battles against big corporations and the United States governmen... Read more

Police Scientist: Michael A. Wood Jr.

Airs at: Fri, 05/19/2017 at 10:00am - 11:30am
  In 2015, former Baltimore Policeman Michael A. Wood Jr. took to Twitter to publicly blow the whistle on the corruption and abuse that he witnessed during his career. "Jacking up and illegally searching thousands of people with no legal justification" "Placing people in... Read more

Shaun King on Voices from the Edge

Airs at: Thu, 05/18/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  The writer and activist joins Jo Ann on KBOO.  Shaun King offers an articulate and historically grounded take on the most pressing problems of the day. This generation has its own challenges—challenges for which we need real and applicable solutions. Instead of wondering... Read more

In The News

Airs at: Wed, 05/17/2017 at 11:15am - Sun, 05/21/2017 at 11:15am
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Christian college (Montreat College) in N.C. requiring staff to sign a "Community Life Covenant" pledge.  The Keisha Knight Pulliam and Ed Hartwell saga continues.  Former Trump campaign chair Tim Nolan (Kentucky) arrested for child sex trafficking.  Bill O'Reilly fired fro... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 15, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this membership drive edition of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. Nick Buxton talks about his book on how corporations and the military are dealing with climate change. 2. Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken, our Left and the Law experts, review the good, the bad... Read more

Moral Imperatives: Chris Hedges

Airs at: Wed, 05/17/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  As we get closer to Chris Hedges' Portland visit we present an encore of this speech recorded Helena, MT on March 11, 2015. What are individuals to do when faced with a moral imperative? And society at large? Philosophers since ancient times have been wrestling with this... Read more

DOING TIME LIKE A SPY: John Kiriakou on Air Cascadia

Airs at: Wed, 05/17/2017 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Air Cascadia
  This 30 minute special episode of Air Cascadia features the former CIA analyst and Case Officer who was the first U.S. government official to confirm the use of water boarding on captured Al Qaeda members.  He was also the first CIA Officer to be convicted for passing cl... Read more

Firing James Comey

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The West Wing produced yet another scene of paranoia and incompetence last week, this time around Trump's abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey. Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker talk about this most recent drama and what's at stake for progressives as we mobilize in the mid... Read more

Firing James Comey

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The West Wing produced yet another scene of paraoia and incompentence last week, this time around Trump's abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey. Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker talk about this most recent drama and what's at stake for progressives as we mobilize in the mid... Read more