The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

For months, Abe and Joe have spotlighted the surge of violent, nationalist and eliminationist rhetoric emanating from the right. We have seen such things as guns at political rallies, questions about the president's citizenship, an anti-socialist revival and a dramatic incr... Read more

Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris It's no secret that for progressives, the Obama administration has been a mixed bag. A number of landmark accomplishments seem diminished in light of what they might have been, had the President and his Congressional majority had the back... Read more

With Joe on vacation, Abe reflects on the wreckage of another year gone by, and looks forward to the year to come. But it's not all about the host, oh no! Listeners will have the chance to comment about which events from 2010 they thought were the most significant, and what... Read more

 What should the government be able to keep secret? Were the WikiLeaks a good thing?  The release of secret U.S. State Department diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks has prompted a draconian response, ranging from calls for founder Julian Assange's assassination to repeated at... Read more

 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris. Join Abe and Joe as we mourn the death of the New Deal. President Obama's  tax cut "compromise" spells out, in painful detail, the final death of the idea of liberalism as a governing philosophy. Obama was elected at the head of a popul... Read more

 Host Joe Uris invites concerned NE Portland Neighborhood Activists Susan Prows and Steve Cole in to talk about Cell Phone Towers in Portland.  Many city residents are opposed to the towers, and to the less-than-transparent methods being used to place them. See RespectPDX.o... Read more

 Today, Host Joe Uris talks with Adele Stan, co-editor for the new book from AlterNet, Dangerous Brew: Exposing The Tea Party's Agenda to Take Over America.   This book features in-depth AlterNet coverage and investigative reporting, as well as the voices of more than a do... Read more

 With Joe away, Abe tackles the Pope's reversal on condom use and the state of modern sexual politics  In a stunning reversal of decades of dogma, Pope Benedict has declared that condoms can be used to control the transmission of HIV under certain circumstances. Specifical... Read more

Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris As the populist wave that swept President Obama into office gives way to Business as Usual, Americans are waking up to the realities of life in a Plutocracy. Both Frank Rich in the New York Times and Chris Hedges on Alternet reflect on th... Read more

 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris The story of the 2010 midterms -- depending on your perspective -- is one of opportunity lost. President Obama and the Democrats were swept into office in 2008 on a wave of populist optimism, with all their stars aligned. The country see... Read more