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Radical Musicology and Popular Music

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today's show featured excerpts from the songs listed and linked below. Bill talks with Brad Duncan about how these songs relate the experience of everyday peoples' struggles with economic forces. Mighty Sparrow "Capitalism Gone Mad", 1983 Hoyt Axton "Boney Fingers", 1974 G... Read more

Reclaiming Factories from Massachusetts to Argentina

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Factories across the United States have been closing up shops for decades.  Less common, however, is worker initiated factory takeovers.  Today’s show will span from Argentina where workers occupied factories and established cooperative control all the way to Massachusetts ... Read more

Financial Training Pays Off

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 A new study by Portland State University's Regional Research Institute says a program that teaches financial skills to lower-income Oregonians is paying off. It helps participants reach savings goals to fund a major purchase. KBOO’s Dan Johnson, in collaboration ... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 12/02/10 - The Arrest of Mohamed Osman Mohamud

Airs at: Thu, 12/02/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
What's the fallout from the Mohamed Osman Mohamud incident? The Nov. 26 arrest of 19 year-old Mohamed Osman Mohamud for allegedly attempting to detonate a bomb during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Pioneer Courthouse Square raises troubling legal, political, social... Read more

Steven Johnson on "Where Good Ideas Come From"

Airs at: Fri, 10/08/2010 at 12:00am
Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher speaks with writer Steven Johnson, bestselling author of "Everything Bad Is Good for You." They discuss his new book, "Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation," which looks at what sparks our great ideas?  He also shed... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 11/25/10 - Open Lines

Airs at: Thu, 11/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
This week Dave hosted open lines.  Callers discussed various topics; from police issues to the TSA, to things they give thanks for. 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/voicesf... Read more

Positively Revolting on 11-26-10: Micah White from Adbusters

Airs at: Fri, 11/26/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Micah White from Adbusters join us where we talk about culture 
jamming, Buy Nothing Day, and Carnivalesque Rebellion Week. At the end of November, there is a week held aside for Carnivalesque Rebellion, which features Buy Nothing Day.  This is an international week of res... Read more

GM's Bailout

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick Talks with Jane Slaughter, co-founder of Labor Notes a Workers Movement journal. Bill and Jane talk about the General Motors bailout, the new contracts that cut new employee wages literally in half, and the potential to create a green industry in mass-transit ... Read more

A Maintenance vs. Manufacturing Economy

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Ken Ingham is a writer, and in the early '90s responded to NPR's MarketPlace Report challenge to suggest ways to kick-start the economy. Ken's brief response was about building a maintenance economy through market mechanisms. In this essay that he wrote later, he expands t... Read more

Positively Revolting on 11-19-10: Mike Bonanno of the Yes Men

Airs at: Fri, 11/19/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Continuing Positively Revolting's "The Spirit of Rebellion" series, this edition features guest features Mike Bonanno of the Yes Men! At the end of November, there is a week held aside for Carnivalesque Rebellion, which features Buy Nothing Day.  This is an international we... Read more