Wednesday Talk Radio

Ehrenreich has done it again! The author of "Nickel and Dimed," "Bright-Sided" and many others now offers us her fresh and unique take on the medical establishment, the "wellness industry," and our peculiar attidudes to death and dying. Her prose is as always succinct an... Read more

The supposed or  actual recent gas-bombing in Syria was the reason for the US-French-British missile attack in response. Did it happen? If so, who did carry it out? How can we know? Does our guest Idrees Ahmad (who in Dec. 2016 wrote a scathing criticism of fellow journa... Read more

This spring, three Indigenous female playwrights will present their work on Oregon’s top stages at the same time: Manahatta, by Mary Kathryn Nagle (Cherokee) is on stage at Oregon Shakespeare Festival Mar. 28 - Oct. 27; The Thanksgiving Play, by Larissa FastHorse (Sicang... Read more

    Opening song: "Just Another Holy Man," by Floyd Red Crow Westerman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC3rfZ_1ZLA On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., host Paul Roland talks with listeners about ongoing actions and movements of res... Read more

Every second Wednesday co-host Jacqueline Keeler has written a lengthy article (just published by YES! Magazine) on Native American author Sherman Alexie, his role in the Native American literary world (and beyond), and how the revelations about his behavior with women ... Read more

  Guest Carey Gillam is a long-time investigative journalist and currently Research Director with U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit organization working for transparency and accountability in our nation’s food system. Her most recent book is Whitewash: The Story of a Weed... Read more

  What happens in the Arctic has an out-sized impact on the overall global climate. And right now, it's looking very, very bad.  December of last year was the warmest on record in  the Arctic, and 2018 has already set a string of records for lowest levels of Arctic sea ... Read more

    On March 14, the one-month anniversary of the Stoneman Douglas H.S. shooting in Florida, students, teachers, school administrators, parents and allies will take part in a #NATIONALSCHOOLWALKOUT for 17 minutes at 10am across every time zone. https://www.actionnetw... Read more