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Voices from the Edge 03-03-11 True Crime: Fact and Fiction about Oregon's Crime Rate

Airs at: Thu, 03/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
  True Crime: Fact and Fiction about Oregon's Crime Rate Turn on the local news and most likely the lead story will be about crime. Its the rare elected official who won't suggest crime is overwhelming our public safety resources. Its little wonder that the maj... Read more

State Bank of Oregon Community Forum

Airs at: Wed, 03/02/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
State Bank of Oregon Community Forum A public forum on the Oregon State Bank and a proposal to create a publicly owned bank modeled after the highly successful Bank of North Dakota was held on February 1st. Forum speakers were Barbara Dudley, Co-Chair of the Oregon Working... Read more

David Cobb talks about the Republicrat/Demublican stalemate plaguing American Politics

Airs at: Wed, 03/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by: Lisa Loving Can the United States break out of the Republicrat/Demublican stalemate? Congress this week is fighting to come up with a temporary budget solution to keep open the government's doors while the two parties in power struggle over their competing polit... Read more

Queer Culture Radio

Airs at: Tue, 03/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Out Loud
On tonights radio: Laughs without Liquor, KateBornstein and Sassafrass Lowery and Kestryl Cael. LAUGHS WITHOUT LIQUOR with Felon O'Reilly, Amy Dresner & Ian Harvie Friday, March 4 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm   Q Center 4115 N Mississippi Ave Portland, OR An unlikely group of frie... Read more

We marvel at the outbreak of democracy in the American Midwest.

Airs at: Tue, 03/01/2011 at 12:00am
 It's kinda nice when we remember we're strong. The extraordinary pro-worker demonstrations that started in Wisconsin two weeks ago -- and have since spread -- give lie to the conventional wisdom that the labor movement is dead. Wisconsin's new governor, Scott Walker, made ... Read more

Voices from the Edge 02-24-11 Wisconsin Protests

Airs at: Thu, 02/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
Dave Mazza hosted this week's Voices from the Edge about the ongoing 2011 Wisconsin Protests.  Open lines with KBOO Listeners. The conversation doesn't end when the program does. You can join in additional discussion of the week's issue on our blog at kboo.fm/voicesfromth... Read more

Ruth Conniff, Political Editor at The Progressive, on the Situation in Wisconsin

Airs at: Wed, 02/23/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
Hosted by Crystal Leighty Today's guest is Ruth Conniff, Political Editor at the Madison-base magazine, The Progressive.  We'll be talking about the current Political Issues gripping Wisconsin and the nation. Ruth Conniff covers national politics for The Progressive and is... Read more

Ethan Pollack about How Deficits Form and How to Deal with Them

Airs at: Mon, 02/21/2011 at 12:00am
 Ethan explains how deficits develop, why structural deficits a re what's really hurting us  and the various ways to tackle. They consider how  lowering tax-rates on the rich,  high healthcare costs and tax subsidies exacerbate them. Bill ends with an question  on the idea ... Read more

Resnick and Bob Peterson on Growing Protests

Airs at: Mon, 02/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 In addition to being a teacher, Bob is one of the founders and editors of Rethinking Schools. They talk about the basic hows, whys and what's at stake in the protests in Wisconsin surrounding unions.    Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 21st

Airs at: Mon, 02/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Today's Old Mole, hosted by  Tom Becker on left, features interviews about the protests in Wisconsin, the complexity of deficits, the experience of race through sports culture and liberation rap growing out of the Egyptian revolution.   For information about our theme musi... Read more