Government/Politics

Special Programming: Public Affairs EconVergence on 10/07/09

Airs at: Wed, 10/07/2009 at 7:00am - 8:00pm

Produced for: Special Programming: Public Affairs

On Wednesday October 7th, join us for a Special News and Public Affairs Day! We’ll bring you a recording of Noam Chomsky’s October 2nd appearance in Portland, as well as other featured speakers from the EconVergence. You’ll also hear from Cornell West, Carl Dix, and other ... Read more

More Talk Radio on 09/28/09

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

The guest is Sara Robinson, of the Campaign for America’s Future and the Cognitive Policy Works. Read more

Positively Revolting on 09/04/09

Airs at: Fri, 09/04/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Host Ani talks with Jeff Kipilman, a local activist, about his recent trip to Palestine. Tune in to find out the latest news and information that is hard to find in US corporate owned media, and hear one person's eye witness report. We'll discuss the importance of inter... Read more

Flo Kennedy

Airs at: Wed, 08/19/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Circle A Radio

Whe Flo Kennedy died at the age of 84 on December 22, 2000, the progressive movement lost a fiery dedicated and outspoken lawyer; civil rights activist; lecturer and writer. For nearly 50 years, Flo was a prominent activist in the Black, gay rights and feminist movements. ... Read more

It Takes A Village

The name of the new show, by veteran KBOO programmer, Shaheed Haamid It Takes A Village is from an old African proverb that recognizes the diversity, differences and unity needed to make a community work. It Takes A Village will attempt to examine some of the current politi... Read more

Radiozine on 07/16/09

Airs at: Thu, 07/16/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Chris Hedges' new book Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle argues that we are now living in a dichotomous society split between the literate minority, a group able to see past illusion towards truth, and the other, a majority "retreating fro... Read more

More Talk Radio on 07/03/09

Airs at: Fri, 07/03/2009 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Per Fagereng speaks with Norman Solomon about the State Budget Crises, with a focus on California. How is war spending gutting our State coffers? Norman Solomon is a nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics. He has been writing the weekly "Media Beat" column s... Read more

Presswatch on 06/11/09

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2009 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Presswatch

This morning on PressWatch, what would single-payer health care really look like? And did the Japanese government just try to smuggle $134 billion in US bonds to beat the collapse? CD-1392 Read more

A Deeper Look

Linda Olson-Osterlund hosts this half hour interview show focusing on challenging social and political issues of our World today. Guests will include authors and activists writing and organizing around these issues. Tune in to get behind the headlines. Read more

Howard Zinn: The Great Depression and our modern economic meltdown

Airs at: Wed, 05/06/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Circle A Radio

The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn starting in most places in 1929 and ending in the 1930s or early 1940s depending on the country. It was the largest economic depression in the 20th century, and is used in the 21st century as an example of how far the w... Read more