Economy

25ey_thank_you_1678_x_281_0.pngnewsletter_web_banner.png

Disarm PSU takes over University President's office hours

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Over a hundred Portland State University students gathered in the South Park Blocks this afternoon. The students then marched into the office hours of the PSU President, Wim Wiewel. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg was there, and brings us this report: Read more

Big Man Little World: The Heroic Adventures of Christopher Columbus

Airs at: Mon, 10/05/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Celebrate Columbus Day with the UBU HOUR's loving tribute of this great explorer, the radio drama BIG MAN LITTLE WORLD. This stirring historical radio drama recounts Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of some islands off of Asia, which he knew could become the fabled Wester... Read more

First Day of Retail Pot Sales in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Today was the first day of legal retail pot sales in Oregon, and spirits were high at dispensaries across the Portland area. In this piece, KBOO reporter Jim Thompson speaks with customers lines up outside Shango's, a dispensary in Hillsboro, followed by KBOO reporter Doug ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 28, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode on documentaries, dictatorships, the Middle East, and Marx. These are the individual segments:  Bill Resnick talks with Ismael Hossein-zadeh about events in the Middle East. Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris discuss the new documentary ... Read more

Fear of Marx

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from Why the US Press is Afraid of Marx (and Jeremy Corbyn) by Conor Lynch in Counterpunch.   In Marx’s analysis, widespread inequality and economic instability (and to a lesser degree environmental degradation) are inherent in the capitalist system, and... Read more

Ismael Hossein-zadeh on Middle East Politics

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Ismael Hossein-zadeh about events in the Middle East. Hossein-zadeh is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Drake University and an expert on Middle East issues. He describes the legacy of the cold war, when "Arab socialism" was supported by the USSR w... Read more

Communities fight back against corporate water takeovers

Airs at: Fri, 09/25/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On Wednesday evening in Hood River, the Local Water Alliance launched the Hood River County Water Protection Measure, a ballot initiative that would ban corporate water bottling facilities in the county. A large crowd filled the Springhouse Cellar Winery to hear speakers, wa... Read more

Taking on a corporate behemoth

Airs at: Sun, 09/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Guest Aurora del Val of Local Water Alliance announces new ballot measure to ban commercial water bottling facilities in Hood River County, which was launched Wednesday, September 23 in Hood River. Nestle is one of the biggest food and beverage companies in the world, and ... Read more

Labor Day's Radical Roots

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reflects on Labor Day's radical roots. All too often pitted against celebrations of International Workers Day, Labor Day was born of the same international-tending workers movement that also gave birth to May Day. To help tell this story, Joe reads from Eugene R... Read more

Movie Moles: What Happened Miss Simone?

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In the second of two reviews this episode, movie moles Denise Morris and Frann Michel discuss What Happened Miss Simone?, directed by Liz Garbus, about African American pianist and singer Nina Simone.  Like Amy, the film draws on a rich archive of materials, including Simon... Read more