Civil Liberties

Voices from the Edge 02-17-11

Airs at: Thu, 02/17/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Jo Ann and Dave talked about the Metro Council seat, the federal public media funding, Joint Terrorism Task Force, and other current Portland Topics. Open Lines with KBOO listeners. The conversation doesn't end when the program does. You can join in additional discuss... Read more

Press**Watch: let's destroy plutocracy

Read this: http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations/org/FDTD.pdf It's a 100-page pamphlet that the Egyptians used. It's written by an American. let's go! Read more

Žižek on Egypt and Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Philosopher and social critic Slavoj Žižek has been following events in Egypt with an eye to their historical signficance. In this commentary, read by the Old Mole's Joe Clement, Žižek analyzes the Egyptian revolution's commitment to universal democratic values and soc... Read more

Trenette Wilson from UrbanGirlz.org talks about Teen Dating Violence

Airs at: Wed, 02/16/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's guest is Trenette Wilson, CEO and founder of Urban Girlz.org, in to talk about Violence in Teenaged Relationships, and Domestic Violence in general. Today's show was very insightful, with plenty of callers offering Resources for the Battere... Read more

History of Prisons

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

In honor of Black History month, our show briefly reviewed the history of the Prison System in the U.S. Brenda Escobar, our engineer helped by presenting some of the facts we found in our research. After you listen to this show, we hope you’ll use the web to learn even m... Read more

Friends of Prison Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 01/31/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

For tonight's special one hour membership show, we bring you some excerpts of friends that have visited Prison Pipeline. Read more

Burma Today; the Interview with author Edith Mirante

Airs at: Thu, 02/10/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Deeper Look

Burma Today is home to arguably the world's tightest contolled dictatorship! Last November, just days after the much disputed National Elections were held, the Military Dictatorship of what it calls Myanmar released Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Ky. In January the newly ... Read more

Voices from the Edge 02-10-11 Rethinking Psychiatry

Airs at: Thu, 02/10/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Rethinking psychiatry: a conversation with Robert Whitaker about a more compassionate mental health system Our treatment of those in emotional distress manifests itself everyday. Too many Oregonians struggling with mental health issues can be found heavily medicated and... Read more

bo brown

Airs at: Wed, 02/02/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Circle A Radio

On this episode, we feature excerpts of a 2-hour interview we did with Rita “Bo” Brown. Bo Brown is most well known to us as a member of The George Jackson Brigade, a Seattle based revolutionary group. To learn more about the George Jackson Brigade in general, we recomm... Read more

Panel discussion and call-in with the two organizers of "Rethinking Psychiatric Care, Moving Mental Health Recovery Forward"

Airs at: Mon, 02/07/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey host a panel discussion and call-in with two organizers of "Rethinking Psychiatric Care,: Moving Mental Health Recovery Forward." Will Hall is a Portland therapist and national leader in "peer recovery." He also hosts Madness Radio. Mar... Read more