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Yves Engler on "Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay"

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Yves Engler, co-author of Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay spoke at Laughing Horse Books on June 21st. He and his co-author Bianca Mugyenyi documented an anthropolicical tour of the land of Homo Automomotivis and argue f... Read more

A Recap on the State of the Union after 235 Years... Wherefore Art Thou, Liberty?

Airs at: Tue, 07/05/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor; Joe Uris is *still* on vacation... Today, Abe looks at Liberty, or what's left of it, in light of the Independence Day celebrations.     Read more

Denise Morris and Mark Brenner: We Can Do Better Than The American Dream

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Van Jones reclaim the American Dream movement kicks off tomorrow. Denise and Mark Brenner - the director Labor Notes - talk about the struggle the labor movement has ha d engaging American working-class history. Mark and Denise emphasize that the labor-movement doesn't hav... Read more

Jane Collins: welfare and the working-poor

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill and Jane talk about the relationship between welfare and the working-poor, paying special attention to working-mothers in Jane's research. Jane says she and her colleagues have wanted to know how the relationship between government, families and business has changed t... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 4th

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear:   1. Bill Resnick conclude his talk with Thomas Doyle about Church Sex-Abuse and revolutionizing the Church. 2. Bill talks with Jane Collins about welfare and the working-poor. 3. Joe talks with Jessica Chanay about the threat facing food-stamp... Read more

Walmart plans 17 new stores "to suck out the best of Portland," + hot particles from Fukushima & U.S. Austerity measures

Airs at: Thu, 06/30/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know." Special one-hour show. Austerity measures happening here in U.S. Air  filters could indicate we're all breathing 5 hot particles/day from plumes from Fukushima.  Products shipped from Japan setting off radiation ... Read more

Gentrification in Northeast Portland

Airs at: Wed, 06/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Host Lisa Loving’s guests are Imani Muhammad of the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, and The Oregonian's Nikole Hannah-Jones, talking about a special event: Just the Facts, featuring Oregonian reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones in a community conversation on her research ab... Read more

Afghanistan Present and Future; Talk Radio

Airs at: Fri, 06/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng interviews Professor Zaher Wahab and journalist Gareth Porter about Afghanistan, Obama's announcement about troops there, and the future of the country. Zaher Wahab is Professor of Education at Lewis and Clark College and a native of Afghanistan. Dr. Wa... Read more

Twisted American Exceptionalism Leads to Criminal Behavior on a Global Scale

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
When we anthropomorphize nation-states and endow them with unmitigated self-expression we have a succinct definition of American exceptionalism, which is one part nationalism and another chauvanistic individualism. Tom Becker reads an article from Alter-Net that explores th... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 27th

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts today's Old Mole and we hear:   Laurie Mercier and Rob Weissman talk about public investment and public goods. Movie Moles, Joe Clement and Denise Morris, discuss The Tree of Life. Bill and Thomas Doyle talk about connecting 1960s free-love ... Read more