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Interview with Ellen Brown

Airs at: Thu, 03/15/2012 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Interview with Ellen Brown who has written extensively on state banks, debt and other economic issues. Now she describes how the Greek financial crisis could take down Wall Street. Read more

Peek Behind The Veil Of Monopoly Media Manipulation

Airs at: Thu, 03/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Today we will talk about the elections, the economy, serving the 1% and we'll listen to an interview with Melissa Block about Syria.. Read more

Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod interview Ellen Schultz about her book, "Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers." It's no secret that hundreds of companies have been slashing pensions and health coverage earned by... Read more

Fighting a Tar Sands Company's Claims to Private Land

Airs at: Fri, 03/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Julia Trigg Crawford, a Texas landowner and farmer who isn’t letting the foreign tar sands company claim eminent domain rights to her land without putting up a fight. Two weeks ago Ms. Crawford launched a Change.org petition to protect he... Read more

The Economy and President Obama's recent executive order.

Airs at: Thu, 03/22/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Today we are talking about the economy and the recent executive order President Obama just signed. Read more

Coal Exports and the Future of the Columbia Gorge

Airs at: Thu, 03/22/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Coal Trains rolling down The Columbia Gorge. Mile and a half  long open coal trains, not 1 a day not even just 10 a day but up to 60 a day, carrying the worlds dirtiest form of energy to huge coal export terminals at St. Helens, Longview and other points along the Orego... Read more

Private gains, public losses. Abe and Joe look at Portland's biogas boondoggle.

Airs at: Tue, 03/13/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris We appologize for the technical difficulties with our Air Signal this morning.  If you missed today's show, you can listen to it here.    Why not take our food waste and turn it into a source of energy? That's the idea behind biogas, and the impetus f... Read more

Interview: Malalai Joya, author of A Woman Among Warlords on Afghanistan Today

Airs at: Thu, 03/08/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
A KBOO International Women's Day Exclusive on A Deeper Look! Malalai Joya, author of A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice,   NOTE: Due to time restrictions a briefer version of this interview aired on International Women's... Read more

Outside In Guerilla Theatre Peer Education Radio

Airs at: Wed, 03/07/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Last week KBOO and Outside In worked together on a youth media project about Peer Education and health. We begin with  Erick and Heberto Espinosa, Youth Specialist, who introduce the show. Next, Richard Temple finds out how others cope with stress in order to adapt, cope an... Read more

Portlander Judith Gelin on Haiti Relief Efforts

Airs at: Wed, 03/07/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving   Two years after the devastating Haiti earthquake killed an estimated 300,000 people, activists including our guest, Judith Gelin of the Society for Haitian Arts and Culture, are still raising funds for the needy. But everyone asks: Where did all t... Read more