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Queen of the United States

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Presswatch host Theresa Mitchell tells what she would do if she were queen of the United States.  Plus, "Occupy Wall Street" updates, headlines and listener calls. Read more

"Railroaded:The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America," historian Richard White

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America "Bundled securities...phony annual reports...bribed politicians...a crashed economy. These familiar-sounding conditions are just part of the legacy of the men who built the 19th century transcontinental ... Read more

labor protests in Longview, Wash., and dabble in Gen-X cultural milestones.

Airs at: Tue, 09/27/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris When the bottom fell out of the financial markets in 2008, lawmakers rushed to bail out the architects of the global crash. But this begs a question -- when will we decide to bail out the collapsed labor market? Abe and Joe examine the ... Read more

Ben Ross, co-author of THE POLLUTERS, on the chemical industry's impacts on health and environment

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Roberta Hall of Health and Health Care Forum hosts a conversation with Ben Ross, co-author of "The Polluters: The Making of Our Chemically Altered Environment", which examines the history of the chemical industry's impacts on health and the environment. Benjamin Ross and ... Read more

Backbone Campaign: Organize to oppose tar sands pipeline

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg speaks with Bill Moyer and Jay Marx of the Backbone Campaign about their organizing efforts to oppose the tar sands pipeline from Alberta Canada to the Gulf Coast. Read more

Fukushima--what are we all breathing now? And 9/11--what really happened?

Airs at: Thu, 09/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
September 8, 2011 Presswatch: Theresa Mitchell with the news you're not supposed to know.  Heated oceans -- largest migration of marine species in 2 million years.  Update on the atmospheric radiactive strontium and cesium from Fukushima. Reflections on 9/11 and what really... Read more

September 14, 2011 - Evening News

Airs at: Wed, 09/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Tonight's top headlines:   A rally is scheduled this friday for death row inmate Troy Davis, whose execution date has been set for September twenty-first.   The City of Portland will enact a Fair Housing action plan based on the recent housing discrimination study.   The str... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour September 12th

Airs at: Wed, 09/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear:   Bill Resnick speaks with John Farrell about decentralized energy production. Clayton Morgareidge reads Doug Hendwood's essay "Headless Chickens" Joe Clement and Jan Haaken review "On The Waterfront". ... Read more

Left Business Observer: Headless Chickens

Airs at: Wed, 09/14/2011 at 12:00am
Clayton Morgariedge reads "Headless Chickens"  by Doug Henwood published through the Left Business Observer, which suggests that a kind of decadence or stupidity has infected the ruling-class so they fail to consider their own long-term interests, let alone everyone else's.   Read more

Labor Day Special: Participatory Economics

Airs at: Tue, 09/13/2011 at 12:00am
  Robin Hahnel, Professor of Economics at Portland State University and a visiting professor at Lewis & Clark College, speaks on "Participatory Economics." Hahnel is a radical economist and political activist. Politically he considers himself a proud product of the New Left... Read more