Wednesday Talk Radio

Resisting the wars--how do we do it? How have others done it in the past? Host Lisa Loving is live in Studio Two with author Rosalie Riegle of the War Resisters League on her books Doing Time for Peace: Resistance, Family, and Community  and 'Crossing the Line: Nonviolent R... Read more

Neighbors for Clean Air have waged a struggle for years over air quality standards linked to traffic and industrial pollution in Portland. Our guests are Marty Peveto and Love Canal activist Lois Gibbs on air toxics in your neighborhood.Where do you live and what is in your... Read more

How do you invest in the community around you? The McKenzie River Gathering Foundation takes contributions and then gives out grants to progressive social change groups across the state. Artists too! We are spending the hour with MRG executive director Sharon Gary-Smith and... Read more

Host Lisa Loving speaks with Henry Jenkins and Sam Ford about their book "Spreadable Media:CREATING VALUE AND MEANING IN A NETWORKED CULTURE," which argues: If it doesn’t spread, it’s dead.Their book challenges some of the prevailing metaphors and frameworks used to describ... Read more

Host Lisa Loving interviews Martin Lee, author of "Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational and Scientific", a panoramic, character-driven narrative that explains why marijuana affects so many aspects of American life, "Smoke Signals" chronicles ... Read more

Lisa Loving welcomes Clint Werner, author of Marijuana, Gateway to Health. In this recently published book, Werner presents the science that supports cannabis as a potent medicine in treating cancer, Alzheimer's, and other diseases. He also takes a hard look at the history ... Read more

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The Northeast Portland Black Working Group is coming together again to plan new community actions and projects. Our guest for the hour is Ahjamu Umi, talking about this offshoot of Occupy, what its members have been doing for the past year and a half, and how you can get in... Read more

Our guests today are sisters who lost their father to colorectal cancer and have now dedicated their lives to making sure you don't lose your own life to this very treatable disease.We are with Michell and Larisha Baker of the Steve Baker Colorectal Cancer Alliance, where t... Read more

Tickets are still available for 'Alien Boy,' the documentary about the police killing of James Chasse now showing at Cinema 21. We are live in Studio Two with the film's producer, Jason Renaud. Did you know James Chasse? Give us a call, 503-281-8187 Read more