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"Gray Haired Ladies" to face arrest at White House as part of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline action

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Guest host Stephanie Potter interviews Barbara Ford and Marilee Dea who are going as part of a contingent of "Gray Haired Ladies" to Washington DC to protest  the Keystone XL Pipeline,  a proposed 1,700 mile pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to refineries ... Read more

The American Muslim Woman, Who is She?

Airs at: Thu, 08/11/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for A Deeper Look
The American Muslim Women. If she wears Hijab is she submissive? Can you be a Muslim and a Feminist? Corvallis based, feminist & blogger Fatemeh Fakhraie joins host, Linda Olson-Osterlund, to talk about the book I Speak For Myself : American Women on Being Muslim. 40 very d... Read more

To "Steel"

Hello, Steel Please understand that, due to recent circumstances in my life, I am reluctant to give out my personal phone number.  I did try calling you back twice.  Please feel free to leave details by email here.  Shusli Read more

Book Mole: Love Child

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2011 at 12:00am
Larry Bowlden reviews South African author, Sheila Kohler's "Love Child". "Try to imagine yourself at 17 madly in love with a boy not much older than you, but knowing that because he is Jewish, and you the daughter of a not wealthy but nevertheless haughty authoritarian fat... Read more

We discuss The Debt Ceiling Debacle and a recent Advance in Women's Health Legislation

Airs at: Tue, 08/09/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is on Summer Vacation. Even in these days of shadow, we manage somehow to lurch toward enlightenment. Amid the unfolding debt debacle -- and the first-ever downgrade of U.S. credit -- the Dept. of Health and Human Services announced that al... Read more

Homefront 911: Military Family Monologues

Airs at: Fri, 08/05/2011 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Radiozine
Host Marvin Simmons of Northwest Veterans for Peace spoke with Stacy Bannerman, creator and producer of "Homefront 911: Military Family Monologues," a project of the Sanctuary for Veterans and Families. Also on the program are Tamara Rosenleaf, who wrote two of the monologu... Read more

Portland author Martha Shelley discusses "The Throne in the Heart of the Sea"

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Between The Covers
Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Portlander Martha Shelley, feminist, gay activist and author, about her The Throne in the Heart of the Sea and about her decades-long interest in Jezebel, a Phoenician princess who became the Queen of Israel. Martha Shelley is a prolifi... Read more

Between the Covers on 08/18/11

Airs at: Thu, 08/18/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Between The Covers
Host Jennifer Kemp speaks with Jessica K.Taft, author of Rebel Girls: Youth Activism and Social Change across the Americas. Rebel Girls explores how teenage girls construct activist identities, rejecting and redefining girlhood and claiming political authority for youth in ... Read more

How Proposed Budget Cuts Impact Women

Airs at: Mon, 07/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for More Talk Radio
Join Celeste and Cecil, and their guest, Tim Casey of the Women's Legal Education and Defense Fund, in a discussion on how the proposed federal budget cuts will impact women. Last week the New York Times reported : "President Obama stepped up pressure on Congressional Repu... Read more

Conservatism: the gnawing fear that someone, somewhere, might be having a good time.

Airs at: Tue, 07/19/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is still on vacation.   In the 2010 elections, the GOP snatched up statehouses and state legislatures across the country. Predictably, an onslaught of regressive legislation has ensued -- againstwomen, against minorities, against the envi... Read more