KBOO's Jennifer Kemp spoke with a representative from US Pirg who explains the phenomenon of large corporations creating off shore tax havens to avoid paying US taxes. He explains that large corporations have gotten little resistence from Congress for their reluctance to pay taxes because they have such a strong lobbying presence. He also elaborates on what actions US Pirg is taking to protest corporate tax evasion.

Alan Wieder talks with Marcia Meyers, founder of Rethinking Psychiatry. They discuss the organization and it's mission to educate people about the diversity of ways to deal with emotional disturbances, as well as interrogate the money-making and exploitive motivations behind mainstream psychiatry. They also talk about the up-coming Rethinking Psychiatry Film Festival, which will feature Old Mole Jan Haaken's own documentary, "MindZone: therapists behind the front lines".

Alan Wieder analyzes racism and crypto-apartheid in Israeli soccer as symptomatic of racism in Israeli society directed against Arabs. He takes as his starting point AC Milan player Kevin-Prince Boateng recent gesture of disgust with Israeli fan's racist chants, reverberations of solidarity by Jerusalem and regional leaders, and goes on to consider the racist history of Israeli Soccer. He also raises the question of Israel's intensifying ethnocentrism.

Hasan Salaam is a poet, musician and political activist.  Thanks to a strong mom and grandmother, this emcee has a lot more on his mind than beats.  Don Merrill talked with Hasan Salaam as he was touring through the Pacific Northwest, and in advance of a series of presentations by him to several Oregon colleges and universites.