The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

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Every Tuesday from 8:00am to 9:00am. Retired October 2020

 

Call-in talk radio covering politics, history, and the state of the zeitgeist, with a liberal dose of listener comments.

 

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Climate Change, Copenhagen, and an (almost) World Editorial

Airs at: Tue, 12/08/2009 at 12:00am
 As the Copenhagen talks begin, Abe and Joe talk climate change.  Hosted by: Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   As the Copenhagen Climate Conference gets under way, the lack of commitment from the United States to taking any concrete steps toward abating climate change looms larg... Read more

Vietnam Redux: The Perpetual State of War in These Here United States

Airs at: Tue, 12/01/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor Vietnam Redux -- Abe and Joe examine President Obama's fateful decision to escalate the War in Afghanistan. Like LBJ before him in Vietnam, President Obama plans to escalate the War in Afghanistan.  Abe and Joe examine the lessons of hi... Read more

Jerry Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog on the Sad State of the Health Care Debacle

Airs at: Tue, 11/24/2009 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris  Jerry Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog joins Abe and Joe for a perusal of the health care legislation that has emerged from the House and that which should shortly be produced by the Senate.  Surprise -- the insurance industry is going to g... Read more

John Perkins and Hoodwinked Live in Studio

Airs at: Tue, 11/17/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Author and former "economic hit man" John Perkins joins Abe and Joe for a look behind the mirror at the coporations who have made America into history's first truly global empire. Perkins examines why global financial markets collapsed, ... Read more

Wake Up and Smell The Boot Polish

Airs at: Tue, 11/10/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Today, Joe is by himself, and he opens the show with a reading of an article from August of 1993 that was printed in a small independent rag called PDXS.  The article was entitled "Wake Up And Smell The Boot Polish," and warned us of a pe... Read more

The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show on 11/03/09

Airs at: Tue, 11/03/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Nearly a year after his election (but, in fairness, not yet a year into his first term), Barack Obama is an enigma. Thankfully, he has abandoned the rapacious aggression and naked nationalism of the Bush years, but on critical issues like warrantless surveillance and detent... Read more

Let's Measure Obama's Performance to date...

Airs at: Tue, 11/03/2009 at 12:00am
 Obama's grade thus far? A mixed bag.Hosted by: Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Nearly a year after his election (but, in fairness, not yet a year into his first term), Barack Obama is an enigma. Thankfully, he has abandoned the rapacious aggression and naked nationalism of the Bu... Read more

A Rousing Discussion on our Environment and Global Warming

Airs at: Tue, 10/27/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Today, Joe and Abe had more than one topic to bring to the table, but once they got started on Global Warming and the Environment, the calls came streaming in.  A caller recommended The Alliance for Democracy as good reading. Read more

Vietnamistan (Afghanistan) plus Flu Vaccinations

Airs at: Tue, 10/20/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   Today's topics are: Vietnamistan: the morass that is Afghanistan The ongoing health care drama, with a vaccine twist   Read more

Wars, wars, and more wars... How many do we need at once?

Airs at: Tue, 10/13/2009 at 12:00am
 The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe UrisToday's topic, besides the KBOO Pledge Drive, is all about the multitude of wars we are currently involved in.  This very day, we're fighting and bombing 3 different countries, one of which owns Nuclear Weap... Read more