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Richard Wolff on the current state of the economy

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

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Host Lisa Loving interviews renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor, Richard Wolff about the current state of the economy including the global economy's role in the political changes we're seeing in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and now Jordan. Wolff is author of... Read more

Paul Pierson: "How Washington Made the Rich Richer--And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class"

Airs at: Wed, 12/29/2010 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Paul Pierson, co-author of Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class, was in Portland at the end of November and spoke with host Stephanie Potter. In an innovative historical departure Pierson and his co-author, J... Read more

Per Fagereng speaks with historian Alfred McCoy

Airs at: Thu, 12/16/2010 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per Fagereng speaks with historian Alfred McCoy about his article “The Decline and Fall of the American Empire, Four Scenarios for the End of the American Century by 2025” McCoy says the demise of the United States as the global superpower could come far more quickl... Read more

More Talk Radio on 12/13/10

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod interview James Kloppenberg about his book "Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition." Intellectual historian Kloppenberg says the influences that have shaped Obama's distinctive worldview, include Nietzsche and... Read more

Stephen Zunes on Foreign Policy

Airs at: Wed, 12/15/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Talk Radio

Host Lisa Loving speaks with professor and analyst Stephen Zunes about his article, "Richard Holbrooke Represented the Worst of the Foreign Policy Establishment." A previous version of the article is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-zunes/holbrooke-insensitive-cho_... Read more

Political Perspectives on 12/12/20

Airs at: Sun, 12/12/2010 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Per Fagereng interviews Joshua Holland about his new book, THE FIFTEEN BIGGEST LIES ABOUT THE ECONOMY (AND EVERYTHING ELSE THE RIGHT DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT TAXES, JOBS, AND CORPORATE AMERICA). Joshua Holland exposes the most repeated, most publicized lies of t... Read more

More Talk Radio on 11/08/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/08/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with labor organizer, writer and radical theorist John Cronan Jr. He will be speaking at Laughing Horse Books on Thursday, November 11th at 6PM with activist and student orgainzer Casey Asprooth-Jackson. John Cronan is a restaur... Read more

Whistleblower Jesselyn Radack Blows her Whistle

Airs at: Wed, 11/10/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Hosted by Lisa Loving. Today's guest is Whistleblower, Jesselyn Radack, from the Government Accountability Project, in to talk about Blowing Whistles on Corruption and Corporate Control of our Government. CD-2079 Read more

Denis C. Theriault, News Editor of the Portland Mercury, on election results.

Airs at: Wed, 11/03/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Host Lisa Loving speaks with Denis C. Theriault, News Editor of the Portland Mercury, about election results. CD-1987 Read more

Robert Scheer on his latest book: "The Great American Stickup"

Airs at: Fri, 10/22/2010 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Per Fagereng hosts. The guest is veteran journalist Robert Scheer, editor in chief of Truthdig. They will discuss Scheer’s latest book, “The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street” (Nation Books), ... Read more