Government/Politics

FDA Schedules Public Hearing On Cannabis

Airs at: Sun, 04/07/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century: The FDA has announced that it plans to hold a public hearing on cannabis and cannabis derivatives; FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, is questioned by a Senate subcommittee about CBD; plus we hear interviews with Gretchen Burns Bergman from A New PAT... Read more

018 The Death Penalty: Thou Shalt Not Kill

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am

Produced for: Prescription for Justice

This episode covers the history of the death penalty, statistics on its implementation, racial disparities in its use, and numerous errors and exonerations. My guest Ron Steiner, immediate past Board Chair or Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, and I discus... Read more

Portland's Sacrifice Zones

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

A “Sacrifice Zone” is a place where dangerous pollution, waste and “undesirable impacts” of urban living is deposited, creating a myth that the land is not valuable and that no one of importance lives there. In the years, since Lewis and Clark, made their way up the Willame... Read more

William Arkin , Journalist and Author resigns his Post at NBC and the "Trump Circus"

Airs at: Fri, 03/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

KBOO's Linda Olson-Osterlund interviews William Arkin, NBC Journalist and author of " Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State" left his post at NBC in January and left behind a letter for his colleges now called "the perpetual War" letter. The lette... Read more

The Non-Violent Path of Cesar Chavez

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Radiozine airs episode "The Non-Violent Path of Cesar Chavez" from Making Contact. Cesar Chavez has made it to the big screen. Millions of people are now learning about the legendary farmworker organizer. But where did Chavez get his organizing philosophies? This week, Pa... Read more

Left & the Law: Trump Administration and the Courts

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker consider the Mueller Report and provide a midterm assessment of Trump and the courts. (Spoiler alert! He has been doing very badly, but appointing lots of judges.) Public domain official portrait of DJT via wikimedia and photoshop. Read more

Harm Reduction Moving Forward In Philly

Airs at: Sun, 03/31/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century we talk about about overdose, harm reduction, pain policies, and opioids with Abraham Gutman, opinion writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour on 3/25/19

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/26/2019 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Holy Crowley Hour

We’ve featured a wide variety of podcasts on The Holy Crowley Hour over the past 25 episodes, and 4 1/2 years. Science fiction, horror, fantasy, mystery, drama, and even a little comedy. Of course, a little comedy is about all you’ve come to expect, and love, from us. You’... Read more

Lighting A Candle

Airs at: Wed, 03/20/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Free Culture Radio

This week, exclusive audio from the 62nd annual session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, featuring interventions from representatives of Switzerland, the UN's Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, and the International Network of People Who Use Drugs. Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Roger McNamee

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: News In Depth

In a New Yorker profile of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg last September, Evan Osnos writes: “If Facebook were a country, it would have the largest population on earth. More than 2.2 billion people, about a third of humanity, log in at least once a month. That user base h... Read more