Government/Politics

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The FBI and the Weather Underground

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Arthur Eckstein spent years reading declassified documents from the FBI about its investigation into the radical 1970's revolutionary group the Weather Underground. He joins us for the hour to talk about what he found and to retell this story that includes bombings of th... Read more

How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Lawyers, translators, donations, protest... from Slate.com: If you’re horrified by news of families being separated at the borders, here’s a bit of news you can use. First, the policy: It helps to be incredibly clear on what the law is, and what has and has not changed... Read more

Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities

Airs at: Wed, 06/13/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, a special one-hour interview with MIT professor of history, Craig S. Wilder. We discuss his book, "Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities." Professor Wilder reveals the all to hidden relationship between some of the countr... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 4, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Old Mole, with these segments: 1. Joe Clement talks with IWW organizer Marianne Lebatt about solidarity unionism and taking direct action in the workplace. 2. Janet Bauer from the Oregon Center for Public Policy talks with Laurie Me... Read more

Unprecedented Crime: Peter Carter and Climate Science Denial

Airs at: Tue, 06/12/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Dr. Peter Carter is founder of the Climate Emergency Institute.  He has served as an expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change’s fifth climate change assessment in 2014. He has also presented on the implications of global climate change on food se... Read more

Can the Democratic Party Live Up to its Name?

Airs at: Tue, 06/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Humorist Will Rogers used to quip: "I'm not a member of any organized political party. I'm a Democrat." We can all have a good chuckle at that. But the deep problems with politics in the U.S. are too serious to laugh at. The Democratic Party has in recent decades abandon... Read more

1% for Clean Energy

Airs at: Tue, 06/12/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
  Joe welcomes promoters of the Clean Energy Fund to KBOO to discuss the proposed 1% tax on large corporations.  Call in and join the conversation at (503) 231-8187. Read more

Ending American Patriotism

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker reads from Sam Hassleby’s article “These Should Be the End Times for American Patriotism”. It appeared in Aeon Magazine.   image via https://pixabay.com/en/america-usa-flag-american-old-3005258/ Read more

Funding Reproductive Justice

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The Trump administration is pushing for a rule that will bar recipients of federal family planning funding from educating women about abortion options, a move that would allow the government to partially “defund” Planned Parenthood. Jan Haaken talks with Laura Swerdlow, ... Read more

Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  A revelatory and necessary read on one of the most destructive wars of our time . . . In great personal detail, Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple poignantly capture the tumultuous life in Syria before, after, and during the war—from inside one young man’s consciousness.”... Read more