Wednesday Talk Radio

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Airs at: Wed, 06/25/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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Paul Roland

Produced by:

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Every Wednesday from 8:00 am - 9:00 am

News & commentary on local, national and international issues - we invite your calls at 503-231-8187

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Environment/Climate, Activism

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Special Guest Ralph Nader on his new book and the current state of U.S. politics

Airs at: Wed, 05/13/2015 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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Join host Paul Roland, this week featuring long-time activist, organizer, political reformer and Third Party proponent Ralph Nader. Nader's new book, just out on Seven Stories Press, is Return to Sender, a long series of letters to Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Oba... Read more

Guest Chris Hedges on his new book: "Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt"

Airs at: Wed, 05/06/2015 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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From seminarian to New York Times journalist to one of the leading social critics on the left to (just last year) ordained Presbyterian minister, Chris Hedges remains as provocative and insightful as ever with his twefth book: "Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative o... Read more

Guest Chris Hedges on his new book: "Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt"

Airs at: Wed, 05/06/2015 at 12:00am

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From seminarian to New York Times journalist to one of the leading social critics on the left to (just last year) ordained Presbyterian minister, Chris Hedges remains as provocative and insightful as ever with his twefth book: "Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative o... Read more

May Day topic: Let's talk about police unions!

Airs at: Wed, 04/29/2015 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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Violent, too-often lethal and racist police behavior continues to be in the public spotlight with the recent outrage in Baltimore. Although public discussion of the role of police unions in protecting cops from both internal discipline and criminal prosecution has increa... Read more

"Why the Mountain": a struggle for autonomy, dignity and tradition on Mauna Kea in Hawaii

Airs at: Wed, 04/22/2015 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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Native Hawaiian protestors have halted construction of a massive 18-story telescope on their sacred, life-giving Mauna Kea. While the protest is about stopping the continued desecration and damage to a mountain central to their culture, beliefs and traditions, it is also... Read more

WATER WARS: Local communities fight back against Nestle water bottling plants

Airs at: Wed, 04/15/2015 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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A six-year battle to keep Nestle out of Cascadia and the Columbia Gorge is heating up again as the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has agreed to trade its water rights at Oxbow Springs, which could pave the way for a Nestle bottled water plant in Cascade Locks, ju... Read more

WATER WARS: Local communities fight back against Nestle water bottling plants

Airs at: Wed, 04/15/2015 at 12:00am

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A six-year battle to keep Nestle out of Cascadia and the Columbia Gorge is heating up again as the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has agreed to trade its water rights at Oxbow Springs, which could pave the way for a Nestle bottled water plant in Cascade Locks, ju... Read more