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Hallelujah I'm a Wobbly

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The song Utah Phillips is singing here is "Hallelujah I'm a Bum," probably written by a Wobbly (a member of the Industrial Workers of the World) in the early 20th Century. Joe reads the preamble to the IWW constitution. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour March 7th

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today's show, hosted by Joe Clement, features interviews about teachers struggling against the businessizing of education, single-payer healthcare in Oregon, neoliberalism and gay marriage, and a Well Read Red about  the connection between the war against women and labor st... Read more

More Talk Radio on 03/07/11

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
How are women and families doing in the current economy? Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Joan Entmacher, Vice President of Family Economic Security at the National Women’s Law Center about current economic issues for women. The Center recently posted the a... Read more

Voices from the Edge 03-03-11 True Crime: Fact and Fiction about Oregon's Crime Rate

Airs at: Thu, 03/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  True Crime: Fact and Fiction about Oregon's Crime Rate Turn on the local news and most likely the lead story will be about crime. Its the rare elected official who won't suggest crime is overwhelming our public safety resources. Its little wonder that the maj... Read more

State Bank of Oregon Community Forum

Airs at: Wed, 03/02/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
State Bank of Oregon Community Forum A public forum on the Oregon State Bank and a proposal to create a publicly owned bank modeled after the highly successful Bank of North Dakota was held on February 1st. Forum speakers were Barbara Dudley, Co-Chair of the Oregon Working... Read more

David Cobb talks about the Republicrat/Demublican stalemate plaguing American Politics

Airs at: Wed, 03/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by: Lisa Loving Can the United States break out of the Republicrat/Demublican stalemate? Congress this week is fighting to come up with a temporary budget solution to keep open the government's doors while the two parties in power struggle over their competing polit... Read more

Queer Culture Radio

Airs at: Tue, 03/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
On tonights radio: Laughs without Liquor, KateBornstein and Sassafrass Lowery and Kestryl Cael. LAUGHS WITHOUT LIQUOR with Felon O'Reilly, Amy Dresner & Ian Harvie Friday, March 4 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm   Q Center 4115 N Mississippi Ave Portland, OR An unlikely group of frie... Read more

We marvel at the outbreak of democracy in the American Midwest.

Airs at: Tue, 03/01/2011 at 12:00am
 It's kinda nice when we remember we're strong. The extraordinary pro-worker demonstrations that started in Wisconsin two weeks ago -- and have since spread -- give lie to the conventional wisdom that the labor movement is dead. Wisconsin's new governor, Scott Walker, made ... Read more

Voices from the Edge 02-24-11 Wisconsin Protests

Airs at: Thu, 02/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Dave Mazza hosted this week's Voices from the Edge about the ongoing 2011 Wisconsin Protests.  Open lines with KBOO Listeners. The conversation doesn't end when the program does. You can join in additional discussion of the week's issue on our blog at kboo.fm/voicesfromth... Read more

Ruth Conniff, Political Editor at The Progressive, on the Situation in Wisconsin

Airs at: Wed, 02/23/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Hosted by Crystal Leighty Today's guest is Ruth Conniff, Political Editor at the Madison-base magazine, The Progressive.  We'll be talking about the current Political Issues gripping Wisconsin and the nation. Ruth Conniff covers national politics for The Progressive and is... Read more