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The Ghost of Tom Joad

Airs at: Sat, 09/29/2018 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
  The Boss is back on Swing 'n" Country. My friend Rudy joins me in the air room as we take a trip to the country with Bruce Springsteen. Although known as a rock and roller the Boss can twang it up with the best of them. Tune in Saturday from 6 - 9 a.m.  Read more

Homophobia, White Supremacy, and the Oregon Citizens' Alliance

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers speaks with activist Catherine Stauffer about the climate of homophobic and white supremacist terror in Oregon in the early 1990s, about Stauffer's historic role in infiltrating the Oregon Citizen's Alliance and in the protracted lawsuit that bankrupted th... Read more

Speeches from 2018 Petaluma Progressive Festival

Airs at: Wed, 09/26/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  The Project Censored Show presents some of the speeches from the 2018 Petaluma Progressive Festival. Speakers at this year's event addressed issues from immigration to housing to climate change and nuclear disarmament.  The Petaluma Progressives are a local, grassroots, ... Read more

9/11 Unmasked, Part 4: Fran Shure and the Problem of the Media

Airs at: Tue, 09/25/2018 at 12:00am
  This is the fourth of my four-part series on the 9/11 Consensus Panel, whose work was released in book form on September 11th, 2018. [Note: Amazon, as of September 25th, now reports the book as "Temporarily out of stock" even as the publisher says Amazon has many copies ... Read more

Afghanistan, Iraq, & Yemen: Finding Hope in Countries Devastated by U.S. Policy

Airs at: Wed, 09/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Join peace activist Kathy Kelly and host Lisa Loving for an hour on colonialism and nonviolence in the face of war, this Wednesday morning at 9. Back in the 1990s, Kathy was founder of Voices in the Wilderness, where she traveled with local activist Dan Handelman of Peac... Read more

LGBT Books to Prisoners, and author Robert Glück

Airs at: Tue, 09/25/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
Today's Preference:    We'll be spending time today with Cabell Gathman (PhD, Sociology), an organizer of LGBT Books to Prisoners. LGBT Books to Prisoners is "a donation-funded, volunteer-run organization based in Madison, WI that sends books and other educational materia... Read more

#DisarmPSU Rally

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A rally and march was hosted today at Portland State University. The outcry comes after Jason Washington, a black man, was gunned down by PSU police officers James Dewey and Shawn McKenzie in late June. The mission of the event was to bring justice for Washington and preven... Read more

Save Money on Text Books! How? Open Educational Resources - Check it Out

Airs at: Fri, 09/28/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Did you know that any student at any university or community college in Oregon could significantly cut their textbook expenses?  I didn’t until I interviewed Meggi Wright, the Open Educational Resources Librarian at Lane Community College in Eugene.  Meggi and I chat about ... Read more

Reducing Harm, Saving Lives: California Assembly Bill 186

Airs at: Sun, 09/23/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies we look at California's Assembly Bill 186, which would allow the city and county of San Francisco to establish a supervised consumption facility that would prevent drug overdose deaths. Governor Jerry Brown has until September 30 to sign the mea... Read more

"Fight for $15 " Embraces #MeToo Movement in Striking McDonalds

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Annelise Orleck, Professor of History, Dartmouth College and author of  WE ARE ALL FAST-FOOD WORKERS NOW:  The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages" Emboldened by the #MeToo movement, McDonalds workers staged a one-day strike at restaurants in 10 cities to pressure manag... Read more