Government/Politics

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Old Mole Variety Hour for April 8, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel hosts the show which includes: Media Landscape: Frann Michel reflects on the state of contemporary media. Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State: Bill Resnick interviews Norman Solomon about the US warfare state of today. When God ... Read more

More Talk Radio on 04/15/19

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Cecil and Celeste talk to George Crandall author of Fixing Your City. Read more

The Plot to Attack Iran: A Conversation with Dan Kovalik

Airs at: Fri, 04/12/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Beloved Community

On the next Beloved Community (Friday, April 12th - 9 am Pacific), John Shuck speaks with University of Pittsburgh Law Professor, Daniel Kovalik about the war drums beating against Iran. We discuss his myth-dispelling book about Iran, The Plot to Attack Iran: How the CIA... Read more

Martin Luther King and the Deep State

Airs at: Thu, 04/04/2019 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per Fegerang takes a look at Martin Luther King and the Deep State Read more

Understanding the City of Portland budget process

Airs at: Thu, 04/04/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Host Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty talks about understanding the city of Portland budget process. Call or email your questions to Voices from the Edge from 8-9am. 503-231-8187. Read more

It Takes A Village To Be Un-Tethered

Airs at: Tue, 04/02/2019 at 12:00am - Tue, 04/30/2019 at 12:00am

Produced for: Village Vibes Podcast

This is a special episode because it’s just US... ᴼⁿᶜᵉ ᵘᵖᵒⁿ ᵃ ᵗᶦᵐᵉ, ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ʷᵃˢ ᵃ ᵍᶦʳˡ We’re talking about Jordan Peele and Lupita Nyong’o’s blinding talents, the one downfall to Beyoncé, and PLANET EARTH!!!! Tune in, have a laugh, think a thot, and remember #ittakesavillage Read more

FDA Schedules Public Hearing On Cannabis

Airs at: Sun, 04/07/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century: The FDA has announced that it plans to hold a public hearing on cannabis and cannabis derivatives; FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, is questioned by a Senate subcommittee about CBD; plus we hear interviews with Gretchen Burns Bergman from A New PAT... Read more

018 The Death Penalty: Thou Shalt Not Kill

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am

Produced for: Prescription for Justice

This episode covers the history of the death penalty, statistics on its implementation, racial disparities in its use, and numerous errors and exonerations. My guest Ron Steiner, immediate past Board Chair or Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, and I discus... Read more

Portland's Sacrifice Zones

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

A “Sacrifice Zone” is a place where dangerous pollution, waste and “undesirable impacts” of urban living is deposited, creating a myth that the land is not valuable and that no one of importance lives there. In the years, since Lewis and Clark, made their way up the Willame... Read more

William Arkin , Journalist and Author resigns his Post at NBC and the "Trump Circus"

Airs at: Fri, 03/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

KBOO's Linda Olson-Osterlund interviews William Arkin, NBC Journalist and author of " Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State" left his post at NBC in January and left behind a letter for his colleges now called "the perpetual War" letter. The lette... Read more