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Omar Khadr Slated to Leave Guantanamo; Guest: Attorney Dennis Edney

Airs at: Thu, 06/23/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for A Deeper Look
Omar Khadr, the Canadian child soldier who has been locked in Guantanamo for over 8 years, is finally slated to return to Canada. He will spend seven more years in prison there. His Canadian attorneys have been preparing him for the transition. Tune in to hear Dennis Edn... Read more

Voices from Pride

Airs at: Tue, 06/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Out Loud
June is Pride month, and tonight's show features voices from local pride celebrations. First, we hear from Nathan Jimenez's interview with Kristine W, one of the performers from Portland's Pride celebration. Nathan also interviewed Kasey Hansen, an out lesbian and the chair... Read more

War the norm when there's no respect for the feminine

Airs at: Tue, 06/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" -- a look at life as a transgender in a pro-masculine war-obsessed world. Read more

Mr. President: Let's look at the 7-decade growth of executive power in the U.S.

Airs at: Tue, 06/21/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is off for the summer.   Mr. President: Let's look at the 7-decade growth of executive power in the U.S. It's been nearly 70 years since the U.S. Congress has declared war. The current administration has enshrined and deepened the sur... Read more

Positively Revolting 06-17-11 David Cobb

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Positively Revolting
Ani & Lyn spoke with guest David Cobb about his Move to Amend event, the scourge of corporate power and personhood, and ways communities can fight back against corporate power. Part of the plan is for folks to be willing to disobey and resist. Listeners shared their plans ... Read more

Movie Moles: The Beginners

Airs at: Mon, 06/20/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
In The Beginners Oliver's (Ewan McGregor) father, Hal (Christopher Plummer), has died. Before that Hal came out as gay after his wife of 46 years dies. Through flashbacks we also learn about Oliver's 1950s childhood and his view of his parents' marriage.   Jan and Frann tal... Read more

Tis the Season for Pride!

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Out Loud
June is Pride month, so we're focusing on the variety of pride events happening in our area. We start the show with an interview with Belinda Carroll, Vickie Shaw, Gloria Bigalow and Jackie Monahan. All of these comedians are part of the Curiously Strong Comedy shows happen... Read more

Fear not, citizen, the President has your interests at heart. That's why he's wooing Wall Street.

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  (Joe Uris is off for the Summer...)   It's been estimated that the winner of the 2012 presidential election will need to spend $1 billion to do it. In 2008, the financial sector, realizing it had been the catalyst for the economic meltdown, realize... Read more

Albina Ministerial Alliance Weighs in on Federal Police investigation

Airs at: Fri, 06/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
Normal 0 Last Wednesday the department of justice announced that it would be auditing the Portland Police Bureau. This announcement follows a string of recent killings of mentally ill persons, and African American citizens by the Portland police. KBOO’s Miles Bryan spok... Read more

Khalil Edwards from Basic Rights Oregon talks about the Gay Pride Festivities this weekend

Airs at: Wed, 06/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's guest is Khalil Edwards from Basic Rights Oregon, in to talk about this weekends's start of the Black Pride Festivities as part of the Rose Festival. FInd Portland PFLAG Black on Facebook! Read what Just Out has to say about PFLAG Black in Port... Read more