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Navy Vet Jonathan Hutto on Current Events and the Marine Corps Social Media Scandal

Airs at: Fri, 03/17/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Marvin and Angie interview returning guest Jonathan Hutto, author of "Anti-War Soldier." He will share his take on the current administration, and the recently-exposed social media scandal among the Marine Corps and other branches of the military. Music provided by Marvin Read more

The growing case for a Universal Basic Income

Airs at: Wed, 03/22/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
Offering to everyone, free of any conditions, an income that would provide for a basic living, is an idea that has been gaining momentum all over the world. Why is it being supported?  How would it work? Where is it happening? Tune in to hear from Jenna Van Draanen who work... Read more

People versus Chevron in Richmond

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with with Steve Early about his new book about Richmond, California: Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City. They’ll discuss how the Progressive Alliance has worked over the years to get a majority on the city council, and... Read more

No, sir, I will not yield!

Airs at: Tue, 03/14/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
  Joe welcomes Portland State University History Professor David A. Horowitz to KBOO to put this whole thing in perspective.  Where do we stand when looking through the long lens of U.S. history?  Have we been here before or is this uncharted territory?  Show up fed and we... Read more

An Indigenous Economic Model: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Airs at: Tue, 03/14/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The existing economic system in most countries is a kind of state capitalism. It produces enormous inequalities. Its extraction practices are environmentally destructive. Perhaps indigenous models provide a viable alternative. Chief Seattle was a Susquamish chief in what... Read more

Conflict is Not Abuse, on Preference Radio, March 14th

Airs at: Tue, 03/14/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
.   In 2016, author Sarah Schulman released her book 'Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair,' in which she attempts to re-work understandings of the difference between conflict and abuse, and how communities should be ca... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Sun, 03/12/2017 at 12:00pm - Sun, 03/19/2017 at 12:00pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Jeff Sessions lying to Congress under oath!  Oscars 2017 breakdown.  Can men get "the baby blues"?  Join us as we discuss these topics and more. Read more

Unlocking Measure 57

Airs at: Mon, 03/20/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James interviews Julia Yoshimoto, an attorney with Oregon Justice Resource Center, about her new report, Unlocking Measure 57, which explains how the development of Oregon criminal laws over the last few decades has widened the net of defendants who receive manda... Read more

Left of Center a Podcast

Airs at: Fri, 03/10/2017 at 5:00pm - Sat, 03/10/2018 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Left of Center
With the critical issues we're faced with today it's difficult to know which crisis do we attact first? Each has there individual merit, each requires a resolve to press forward and sometimes at tthe end of the day, we ask ourselves if anyone is listening, are we making an ... Read more

Left of Center a Podcast

Airs at: Fri, 03/10/2017 at 12:00pm - Sun, 12/10/2017 at 12:00pm
Our voices are quickly but quietly being heard but we cannot stop. We must urge our representatives in Washington to fight vigorously to oppose HR 610, a bill that would set in motion the destruction of our public  school system around the country. This bill would also rest... Read more