Political Perspectives

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Every Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

News and views on current politics.

Different hosts each week bring a variety of guests and topics.

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James Hoggan: Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming

Airs at: Wed, 11/11/2009 at 12:00am
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Climate Change Series, Part 2.        Kathleen Stephenson interviews James Hoggan, author of Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming.  He is chair of the David Suzuki Foundation and the Canadian chapter of Al Gore’s The Climate Project.  Read more

Political Perspectives on 11/04/09

Airs at: Wed, 11/04/2009 at 9:30am - 10:00am
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'On the 11th hour of the 11th day of November'- Jay Thiemeyer hostsDan Shea, local activist with Vets for Peace, will provide an update on vets actions in this area for the upcoming Armistice day. We will be remembering with him those who have died and continue to die for w... Read more

Political Perspectives on 11/04/09

Airs at: Wed, 11/04/2009 at 9:00am - 9:30am
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In this first of a three-part series on the climate crisis, Stephanie Potter interviews naturalist Richard Albertson, author of The Sky is the Limit-- A Brief and Easy Explanation of Climate Change for Present and Future Voters.  Albertson's book speaks directly to citizens... Read more

Climate Crisis: Going Against Terrible Odds to Set Things Right

Airs at: Wed, 11/04/2009 at 12:00am
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Stephanie Potter interviews naturalist Richard Albertson, whose book The Sky is the Limit--A Brief and Easy Explanation of Climate Change for Present and Future Voters, speaks directly to citizens--he tells how climate change works and goes on to the "inescapable conclusion... Read more

Political Perspectives on 10/30/09

Airs at: Fri, 10/30/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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David Barsamian spoke at a KBOO Benefit event on October 1st in Portland, in conjunction with the Econvergence.  David Barsamian is the host of Alternative Radio, which airs every Tuesday at 9 am on KBOO.  During this talk, Barsamian talks mainly about the situation in Afgh... Read more

Political Perspectives on 10/28/09

Airs at: Wed, 10/28/2009 at 9:00am - 9:30am
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Guests include Terry Hurst, a Mestizo Institute of Culture and Art (MICA) board member, husband to renowned Salt Lake City artist Ruby Chacón, and father to Salt Lake City musician, Orion Chacón-Hurst. He volunteered to ride across the country on his bicycle to raise money ... Read more

Political Perspectives on 10/21/09

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Guests include LJ Turner, a rancher whose livelihood, for more than 40 years, has been threatened by coal mining. He will be speaking at Pioneer Square at noon as part of a rally to help end the use of coal in Oregon. And Jenka Soderberg speaks with Karen Coulter of the Blu... Read more

Oregon's Use of Coal Devastating to Powder River Basin Rancher

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2009 at 12:00am
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Kathleen Stephenson's guests include LJ Turner, a rancher whose livelihood, for more than 40 years, has been threatened by the water depletion and strip mining that result from coal extraction.    Also present,  Robin Everett, an organizer with the Sierra Club's Move Beyond... Read more

Karen Coulter: Logging in Deschutes Forest near Bend

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2009 at 12:00am
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KBOO's Jenka Soderberg speaks with Karen Coulter of the Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project, discussing a proposed logging plan in the Pringle Falls Experimental Forest, southwest of Bend in Central Oregon.  The Forest Service says this land must be logged because of the pi... Read more

Political Perspectives on 10/14/09

Airs at: Wed, 10/14/2009 at 9:15am - 10:00am
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Host Jay Thiemeyer speaks with local progressive filmmaker Tom Chamberlain about his new film "Why Kerala, Grampa, a 90 minute documentary film about activism in one of the most progressive communities on the planet. Chamberlain went to the small Indian state of Kerala, wi... Read more