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"Focus on North Africa: A Second Roundtable on the Middle East"

Airs at: Fri, 07/08/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Host Goudarz Eghtedari presents a panel discussion on "Focus on North Africa: A Second Roundtable on the Middle East." recorded recently at Portland State University and featuring Lindsay Benstead, Assistant Professor of Political Science in the School of Government at ... Read more

Alternative Radio on 07/26/11

Airs at: Tue, 07/26/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Stephen Bezruchka - Dying Younger Than We Should (lecture) Over and over U.S. citizens are told, "We have the best health care system in the world." That would be great if it were true but the facts, baldly stated, don’t support the claim. Not only is it far and away the mo... Read more

Radiozine on 07/21/11

Airs at: Thu, 07/21/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher interviews Sarah Sobieraj, author of Soundbitten: The Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism. Sobieraj explores the dynamics and costs of media obsession by activist groups.  She says the pervasive mediatization of politics has jeopardi... Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 07/04/11

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Scholar, author, and activist Ward Churchill on "War, Genocide and Politics" When a small activist group decided to invite controversial professor Ward Churchill to speak in Grand Junction CO on Memorial Day, they ignited a firestorm of opposition. The local paper called fo... Read more

Talk Radio on 06/24/11

Airs at: Fri, 06/24/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
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. Waha... Read more

Social Security: Beyond the Doom and Gloom

Airs at: Thu, 05/26/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Host Celeste Carey interviews Max Richtman, Executive VP/Acting CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. Richtman says, “It’s important that Americans understand the [just-released] 2011 Trustees Report which confirms that Social Security and ... Read more

Avel Gordley talks about her memoir "Remembering the Power of Words"

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Hosts Patricia Welch, O.B. Hill and Emma Jackson Ford speak with former Oregon State Senator Avel Gordley about her memoir Remembering the Power of Words. Avel Gordly is the first African American woman elected to the Oregon State Senate. Remembering the Power of Words is t... Read more

Abe & Joe discuss the Federal Budget

Airs at: Tue, 04/19/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor. today, we'll discuss the Federal Budget. CD-1829 Read more

William Pepper on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng speaks with William Pepper, an American lawyer who practices international human rights law, about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4th, 1968. Pepper was present at Martin Luther King's April 4, 1967 Riverside Church speech in which Ki... Read more

Talk Radio on 02/25/11

Airs at: Fri, 02/25/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Host Per Fagereng speaks with David Lindorff, founding editor of the online alternative newspaper ThisCantBeHappening! http://www.ThisCantBeHappening.net Lindorff recently wrote the piece "U.S. Caught in The Big Lie: ThisCantBeHappening! was Correct in Exposing Raymond Davi... Read more