More Talk Radio is off today. Instead we will hear a special program featuring a talk by Ellen Hodgson Brown, founder of the Public Banking Institute and author of The Web of Debt. Ellen Brown spoke on "The Public Option in Banking" an event sponsored by Portland Fellowship of Reconciliation and the First Unitarian Church of Portland's Economic Justice and Peace Action Groups at the First Unitarian Church on October 25th.

This program was produced by KBOO volunteer Mel Reslor.

 Short interview with Glenn Greenwald, Guardian (UK) columnist and author of "With Liberty and Justice for Some," on the danger of acquiescing to President Obama's self-declared power to order targeted assassinations. From the series Between the Lines http://www.btlonline.org/2012/121221-btl.html

Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams

Rebroadcast of program originally aired on 3/7/2011
Until World War II, Odessa was one of Europe's great multicultural cities, a place of optimism and light. For nearly a century its colorful street life inspired poets and writers like Alexander Pushkin, Mark Twain and Isaac Babel. It was also a major center of Jewish culture, and by 1941 Odessa had 200,000 Jews living within its bounds—over a third of its population. But by the end of the war there were only 48 Jews left. Many had perished in a gruesome—but still largely unknown—episode of the Holocaust.

Health and Health Care Forum with Roberta Hall

Roberta attended the coal-to-China transport public meeting on December 6th at the Ambridge Event Center in Portland on December 6th and recorded interviews and comments, including an interview with Santa Claus, who opposes the coal shipment of course. She also spoke with veteran activist Lloyd Marbet, and recorded comments from physician and professor Martin Donohoe as well as others who oppose coal exports in the Pacific Northwest. 

Many listeners may be taking the day before Christmas off from work, but we're at the studio and putting on a show. Mister Christmas will be sitting in with Fortunato and they will be presenting some lovely and not so serious  holiday songs. There will also be some excerpts from Gremlin Time's recent holiday presentation of "The Father Christmas Letters" by J.R.R. Tolkien. So tune us in while you're putting up the tree, wrapping those presents, and having another cup of egg nog.

SCROOGE OF THE YEAR --  Sound bites from Jobs with Justice Scrooge of the Year Award party.  Host Jamie Partridge brings this year's nominees -- Walmart, General Motors, Metro Council, Portland Business Alliance, Representative Darrell Issa, Sheriff Dan Staton, and Sherry Hall and the Clackamas County Elections Department.

Patty Katz with Gretchen Vala, OregonCure

 Dr. Zomb finds himself in the conflicted position of hosting A Different Nature on Christmas Eve of all nights!   Tune in to find out if he can manage to uncurl from his holiday depression induced fetal position in time to drag himself down to the air room to fill your night with a joyful noise .   Until 10 pm anyway...