American Standoff

This week, host Jacqueline Keeler returns from visiting Yellowstone National Park, the birthplace of her ancestor Lone Dog, a Sicangu Lakota chief. Although the show normally looks at the American political standoff, in this episode she will examine Native American relat... Read more

Putin's declaration yesterday that "those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the weathervane can turn and point towards them," the threat of a nuclear catastrophe looms again. Here in Portland, Oregon, we live downstream from the Hanford Nuclea... Read more

  From climate change to armed insurrection, how has the media done? Has it provided more than just the much-derided practice of "bothsideism?" And what role do journalistic norms of objectivity, often interpreted by editors and reporters, giving at least two sides to ... Read more

In this episode we will take a look at not only how election deniers are faring in primaries (which we’ve previously covered on this show) but how the framework of denialism is playing out. Both for it’s adherents and in polling of American voters. Read more

  American Standoff, live in-station, with host Jackeline Keeler.  In this episode, we will take a look at how Trump's Big Lie is gaining ground in Arizona, a battleground state that host Keeler has covered and which includes a large part of the Navajo Nation, of which s... Read more

  In this episode of AMERICAN STANDOFF, host Jacqueline Keeler will take a look at how Trump's candidates are doing and what damage they could do in the 2024 presidential election.  Across battleground states that were decisive in Biden's 2020 win, candidates denying t... Read more

After Tuesday's blowout, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has come out still fighting Trump and rebadged her campaign page under the tagline of "The Great Task," quoting from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before ... Read more

Despite the raid on Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, the former president's endorsed candidates have been faring well. In this episode of AMERICAN STANDOFF, host Jacqueline Keeler will examine whether the raid will fan the flames of support of his voters. The YouTuber known as... Read more