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Jerry Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog on the Sad State of the Health Care Debacle

Airs at: Tue, 11/24/2009 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris  Jerry Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog joins Abe and Joe for a perusal of the health care legislation that has emerged from the House and that which should shortly be produced by the Senate.  Surprise -- the insurance industry is going to g... Read more

The Yes Men Fix The World

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
 Host Linda Olson Osterlund speaks with one of the Yes Men. The Yes Men often pose as powerful people as a form of protest.  Their new movie “The Yes Men Fix the World” is showing at Cinema 21 this week. Read more

Voices from the Edge on 11/19/09

Airs at: Thu, 11/19/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
Building new community journalism Like their national counterparts, our local media is in a tailspin. The Oregonian is cutting more than 60 reporters from its newsroom. Television and radio news has been reduced to weather reports and traffic accidents. Developments on the... Read more

Brandi Tuck from the Goose Hollow Family Center talks about Homeless Issues

Airs at: Wed, 11/18/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
 Brandi Tuck from the Goose Hollow Family Center talks about Homeless Issues Wednesday Morning Talk Radio Hosted by Erik Jorgenson Today's guest is Brandi Tuck, Executive Director at the Goose Hollow Family Center, which opened for the season on November First.  Brandi was r... Read more

John Perkins and Hoodwinked Live in Studio

Airs at: Tue, 11/17/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Author and former "economic hit man" John Perkins joins Abe and Joe for a look behind the mirror at the coporations who have made America into history's first truly global empire. Perkins examines why global financial markets collapsed, ... Read more

Acupuncturist Maria Perez discusses Community Acupuncture as part of healthcare reform.

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Healthwatch
 Hosted by: Dr. David Naimon  Acupuncturist Maria Perez discusses Community Acupuncture as part of healthcare reform.  Read more

Wake Up and Smell The Boot Polish

Airs at: Tue, 11/10/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Today, Joe is by himself, and he opens the show with a reading of an article from August of 1993 that was printed in a small independent rag called PDXS.  The article was entitled "Wake Up And Smell The Boot Polish," and warned us of a pe... Read more

Radiozine on 11/09/09

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
Host Crystal Leighty speaks with Leigh Knox about Awakening the Dreamer...Changing the Dream is a unique 4 hour symposium developed by the Pachamama Alliance, a not-for-profit organization inspired by indigenous elders of the Amazon rain forest and their friends in North Am... Read more

Civil Liberties Watch; Guantanamo, Rendition and Detainee Rights and Update

Airs at: Thu, 11/05/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
An update on recent devlopments in  Rendition court cases, changes to the FOIA law, and changes to the Military Commissions at Guantanamo. The Obama administration continues to use National Security to cloak Bush era abuses in secrecy. Read more

Common Sense: Basic Rights Oregon and the Immigrant Community

Airs at: Wed, 11/04/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
 Common Sense Talk Radio Hosted by Kayse Jama, Grassia Melendez, and Lucilene Lira From the Center for Intercultural OrganizingToday hosts Lucilene Lira and Grassia Melendez speak with Jessica Lee and Ernesto Dominguez from Basic Rights Oregon about the overlap between the ... Read more