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Well Read Red: Economic Growth Does Not Mitigate Poverty or Inequality

Airs at: Wed, 09/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Well Read Red, Tom Becker, draws on two articles* to connect the ideology of economic growth with growing poverty/unemployment and growing concentration of wealth. *Dave Lindorf's "Obama's Rose-Colored Glasses: Growth Has Little To Do With Jobs or Reducing Poverty" *David ... Read more

Decentralized Energy

Airs at: Wed, 09/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick talks with Koyla Abramsky about the social forces shaping the development of new energy resources and the direction that collective action vs. corporate interests can take this development. Kolya is a former secretariat of the World Wind Energy Institute. He is... Read more

Promises Made--That Will be Kept

Promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep. When I ran for the KBOO Board in 2000, and recently was voted unanimously to serve on the present KBOO Board, I made promises that I intended and still intend to keep. My platform then in 2000 was the same as the recent one in... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour September 13th

Airs at: Tue, 09/14/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts today's show which looks at  legal complicity in the drug-war, de-centralized energy production, why the rich are faring so well during the crisis, and the new Michael Cera film, "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World." Below are links to individual segments (forth... Read more

The Importance of Voting the Mid-Terms - and - How ELSE can we deal with our Current Government Mess?

Airs at: Tue, 09/14/2010 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris.  Abe Proctor is on Vacation. Today, Joe offers up to following conundrum:  Mid-Term Elections are Extremely Important, yet they are traditionally some of the least attended.  Why are they so important, and How can we fix that?!? Barring The Vote, what ot... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 09/09/2010

Airs at: Thu, 09/09/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
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Uganda, Ground Zero for the Anti-Gay Wars; Interview with Jeff Sharlet

Airs at: Thu, 09/09/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
In Uganda an anti-homosexual bill has been poised to pass in Parliament. The bill would execute a gay person for engaging in repeated homosexual acts. It would put anyone in jail for 3 years for failure to report suspicions of homosexuality to the Police. Learn how American... Read more

Joe has SEVEN Topics on the table today. It's Topic Roulette on Talk Radio.

Airs at: Tue, 09/07/2010 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris.  (Abe Proctor is MIA today, but should be back next week.) Joe brought in SEVEN Topics for Discussion today, as follows:   1.  Nestle Corp wants to build a Bottled Water Plant in the Gorge.   2. We've hit Peak Oil; why can't Republicans let go of "Drill, ... Read more

Labor Day Special

Airs at: Mon, 09/06/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Toby Green from the Laborers Union was the Prison Pipeline guest for our Labor Day program. Ruth and Toby discussed the prison work programs and the union jobs that some programs replace. We asked the question, “Is the Oregon prison work program “slave labor?” Read more

Voices from the Edge: Will Portland's new police chief fire the officer responsible for fatally shooting Aaron Campbell?

Airs at: Thu, 09/02/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Will Portland's new police chief fire the officer responsible for fatally shooting Aaron Campbell? The city's independent review board recommended that action, but will Chief Reese - as well as his boss, Mayor Sam Adams - oppose the Portland Police Association? This week on... Read more