Faith/Religion/Spirituality

interview with Marion Dawan on Islam

Airs at: Wed, 12/03/2008 at 4:00pm

Produced for: guess who's coming to radio??!!

the conversation with Ms. Dawan is finally being posted... She is a wonderful spirit, as well as a local, Portland-based community activist. Here, we speak on Islam. Read more

Index of leading asshattery indicators

I love Harper's Index. For those of you not familiar with it, Harper's Index appears near the front of every edition of Harper's magazine. It presents a sort of snapshot of current affairs by way of assembling a bunch of seemingly obscure, but ultimately telling, statistic... Read more

Diane Wilson

Airs at: Mon, 12/29/2008 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Diane Wilson talks with host Marianne Barisonek about her book "Holy Roller: Growing Up in the Church of Knock Down, Drag Out; or, How I Quit Loving a Blue-Eyed Jesus" Read more

Gender & Religion Part II

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2008 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Gender Blender

This episode of Gender Blender addressed religion/spirituality and gender. During this second half of the two part 1 hour show, hosts Rebecca Nay and Jacob Anderson-Minshall were joined in studio by Reverend Nathan Meckley, Senior Pastor at Portland Oregon's MCC, and Revere... Read more

Religion & Gender Part I

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2008 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Gender Blender

This episode of Gender Blender addressed religion/spirituality and gender. Hosts Rebecca Nay and Jacob Anderson-Minshall were joined in studio by Reverend Nathan Meckley, Senior Pastor at Portland Oregon’s MCC, and Reverend Dr. Frodo Okulam, from Sister Spirit (sisperspiri... Read more

The Decider

Apropos of my post below, Obama is planning to review the plethora of onerous executive orders issued by President Bush: President-elect Barack Obama is poised to move swiftly to reverse actions that President Bush took using executive authority, and his transition team is... Read more

End of the Republican era

The always-excellent Sidney Blumenthal, writing in the Guardian: Today's election is poised to end the Republican era in American politics - an era that began in reaction to Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, the Vietnam war and the civil rights revolution, was pioneered by Ri... Read more

Ugly

As Election Day approaches, and as an Obama victory looks more probable, the McCain campaign is serving as the focus of an untrammeled and vitriolic collective id. Lots of these people are just scared shitless that a black man might sit in the White House. Watch the video.... Read more

Interview: Frederick Lane on the Supreme Court and the Election

Airs at: Wed, 10/15/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Frederick Lane, author of the book The Court and the Cross: The Religious Right's Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court, and host Linda Olson-Osterlund discuss the November election, Sarah Palin and the effect the outcome of the election will have on America's future. For mo... Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: Jewell Parker Rhodes discusses "Yellow Moon"

Airs at: Thu, 07/06/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Last month we interviewed Kelly McWilliams, author of Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay. She credited her mother's example as a great influence on her writing. We interviewed her mother, author Jewell Parker Rhodes, 15 years ago, so we're delighted to rebroadcast our 2008 ... Read more