Cecil and Celeste welcome your calls. This program is open to local, national and international issues ranging from poverty in Portland to politics in Africa.
Join Celeste and Cecil for a discussion about the nature and role of
integrity in our personal, social, and political lives. All of us are
confronted with insincerity in our workplace, double dealing by our political
allies, and dishonesty by people closest to us. How do...
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What is the soundtrack of your life? What movies and television shows had a
lasting impact on you? Celeste and Cecil invite your calls to talk about how
television, movies, and music influence you and your circle. Join us in a
discussion about the role of traditional an...
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Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with scholar and activist
Akinyele Umoja about his book We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the
Mississippi Freedom Movement. The notion that the civil rights movement in
the southern United States was a nonviolent movement...
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Join us Monday at 8am when our guest will be Evgeny Morozov, author of "To
Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism". Mr.
Morozov, author of the well received "The Net Delusion", considers our
inordinate love affair with "technological solution...
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Why do people react differently to panhandlers? A recent article by Alyssa
Figueroa reflected on people's various responses to panhandlers. Join us as
we discuss Ms. Figueroa's article. Are you a panhandler? Do you give to all
those who ask? Share your views by calli...
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Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Robert Bullard, the Dean of
the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern
University. Robert Bullard is often described as the father of environmental
justice. He is the author of seventeen bo...
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Hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey speak with Stephen John Hartnett
about his book EXECUTING DEMOCRACY: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT & THE MAKING
OF AMERICA.Even the most ardent death penalty supporter doesn’t claim
that capital punishment is a deterrent to crime. We know that ...
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Rules of Engagement: Gender-Sensitivity in Society. Women continue to battle
sexism . At a recent fundraiser President Obama stated that California
Attorney General Kamala Harris was "brilliant," "dedicated," "tough," and
"exactly what you'd want in anybody who is admini...
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Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with long-time racial justice,
labor and international activist Bill Fletcher Jr. about his new book
"They're Bankrupting Us! (And 20 Other Myths about Unions)." Fletcher debunks
the most well-known myths about labor, provides ...
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