Wednesday Talk Radio

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Airs at: Wed, 12/25/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Hosted by:

Paul Roland

Produced by:

KBOO

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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

Topic tags:

Environment/Climate, Activism

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Program status:

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The "Shelter to Housing Continuum" proposal, and other topics

Airs at: Wed, 03/17/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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Interior nominee Haaland faces hostility in cofirmation hearings

Airs at: Wed, 03/10/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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New approaches to people in mental-emotional crisis, with Kevin Fitts and Janie Gullickson

Airs at: Wed, 03/03/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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From a recent Willamette Week article, Oregon Considers a New Approach to People in Mental Crisis Oregon House Bill 2980 would provide funding for three "peer respite centers"—short-term, homelike facilities for people experiencing mental health crises. Currently, p... Read more

Texas arrogance meets the polar vortex, with disastrous results

Airs at: Wed, 02/24/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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Today's guest, Mitch Jones, mjones@fwwatch.org, is policy director of Food & Water Watch, which recently released a statement on the Texas power debacle: “The climate change-supercharged deep freeze covering Texas has left millions without power and water. The failure of... Read more

What would a socialist Portland (or wherever you live) look like?

Airs at: Wed, 02/17/2021 at 9:00am

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Wednesday Talk Radio on 02/17/21

Airs at: Wed, 02/17/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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Deb Haaland will face many challenges if confirmed as Interior Secretary

Airs at: Wed, 02/10/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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Why we need a "White History Month"

Airs at: Wed, 02/03/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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Now, before you jump to conclusions, hear me out! I (host Paul Roland) got the idea for this show after I came across a stimulating article ("Why I Teach White History Month in February") by an African-American activist and writer from Chicago. Diallo Kenyatta (who I tri... Read more

The fight for Hazelnut Grove Village

Airs at: Wed, 01/27/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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On Monday, January 18, the City of Portland gave notice that it would cut off services within a month to the five-year-old self-governing Hazelnut Grove tiny house village of formerly houseless people, and that the remaining 10 or so residents would have to move. The inn... Read more