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Private gains, public losses. Abe and Joe look at Portland's biogas boondoggle.

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Tue, 03/13/2012

Hosted by Joe Uris

We appologize for the technical difficulties with our Air Signal this morning. If you missed today's show, you can listen to it here.

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The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show on 03/13/12

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Tue, 03/13/2012 - 8:00am - 9:00am

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Private gains, public losses. Abe and Joe look at Portland's biogas boondoggle.

Why not take our food waste and turn it into a source of energy? That's the idea behind biogas, and the impetus for a proposed new biogas plant in the Cully neighborhood. There's just one hitch to the plan: the company that wants to build the plant, Columbia Biogas, is asking the city of Portland to back its loan -- a scheme that could cost the city as much as $900,000 per year for 20 years. Abe and Joe take a look at this latest attempt to privatize gains and socialize losses.

The Digital Divide on 03/09/12

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The Digital Divide

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Fri, 03/09/2012 - 11:00am - 12:00pm

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digital inventors and artists from Suspect Devices and Winifred Gallagher

In this episode of The Digital Divide we bring you electronic and digital inventors and artists from Suspect Devices. They'll tell us about their upcoming projects, and will answer the question burning in all of our minds, "What is a DorkBot?"

Mary Fetch and Kerry Ayers Palanuk from TriMet talk about our Public Transport System.

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The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

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Tue, 02/28/2012

Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris

Government agencies everywhere are struggling to do more with less, and TriMet is no exception. Abe and Joe are joined in studio by TriMet's Mary Fetch and Kerry Ayers Palanuk to discuss the transit agency's forthcoming service cuts and rate increases.

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Listener calls on smart phones, apps and personal privacy.

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Mon, 02/27/2012

Listener calls on smart phones, apps and personal privacy.

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Steve Hallett and John Wright, authors of "Life Without Oil: Why We Must Shift to a New Energy Future."

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Thu, 02/16/2012

Theresa Mitchell of Presswatch and Per Fagereng of Fight the Empire join forces for this special program looking at "Life Without Oil." Their guests are Steve Hallett and John Wright, authors of "

Life Without Oil: Why We Must Shift to a New Energy Future

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Sounds of Awareness on 02/27/12

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Sounds of Awareness

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Mon, 02/27/2012 - 11:00am - 11:30am

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Access to the voting booth by people with disabilities

The race for The White House is heating up. Four years ago Sounds of Awareness broadcast a program on access to the voting booth by people with disabilities. Though some of the names have been changed since then to protect the innocent, we felt that now would be a good time to revisit this vital topic.

The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show on 02/28/12

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Abe and Joe discuss PDX transit with Mary Fetch and Kerry Ayers Palanuk of TriMet.

Government agencies everywhere are struggling to do more with less, and TriMet is no exception. Abe and Joe are joined in studio by TriMet's Mary Fetch and Kerry Ayers Palanuk to discuss the transit agency's forthcoming service cuts and rate increases.

Coltan and The Congo

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Wed, 02/15/2012

Tonight we talk about conflict minerals, the historic exploitation of Congo and the role that Western nations
and multi-national corporations continue to play in the exploitation of the resources of Africa.

We hear from many people, including Aaron Hall, from the enough Project, Kambale musavuli, spokes person from Friends of the Congo,Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu (recorded before the senate committee on foreign relations on May 13th, 2009), and more.

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Drone Bombers: or warfare as hobby

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Mon, 02/20/2012

Tom Becker reads "War By Drones and Special Forces: inviting the big pay-back", by Dave Lindorff. In it Dave argues that drone technology has made it easier to swallow the prospect for war, while unwittingly giving other countries not only the incentive, but a renewed tactic to retaliate against the American empire.