Air Cascadia will not be heard today, but Cris Andrae and Liam Delta return on Monday.

Portland's high school dropout rate is the highest in the metropolitan area. While the statewide rate declined last year, Portland high school students are dropping out at twice the rate - 8.2 percent - of students in other Oregon communities. The city's high schools are also grappling with other issues: a growing number of students opting for GED credentials, budget shortfalls, and demands from parents for greater accountability to the community.

Vandana Shiva on Gandhi
Recorded December 31st, 2008 in New Delhi, India

Currently, US milk banks cannot meet the need for donor milk. The closest milk bank to Portland is in San Jose, California. Oregon and Washington have two of the highest breastfeeding rates in the United States with the potential to have sufficient breast milk donors to serve infants throughout the Northwest region and other parts of the US. Monday, June 13th at 11:30 am Anna Keith Soderberg interviews Dixie Whetsell, MS, IBCLC, member of the Northwest Mothers Milk Bank. Listen in to KBOO Portland 90.7 fm to hear about the importance of breast milk for us all.

Pete Anderson interviewed Dr Elliot Katz Founder In Defense Of Animals (IDA) and Dr Sheri Speede Founder IDA Africa on June 25th 2009.

Dr Katz Founder In Defense Of Animals (IDA) is located in San Francisco.

Dr Sheri Speede Founder IDA Africa spends most of her time in Africa however, her home is Portland.

This interview was done in relation to an upcoming Animal Rights Conference to be held in Los Angeles - July 16 through July 20, 2009.

At this conference there will be more than 90 Speakers - More than 90 Exhibitors.

There will be Cermonies, Awards, Reports and Other Exciting Events.

Pete and Joe Partansky plans on covering the events for KBOO and Fort Vancouver Public Access Television.

Cecil and Celeste speak with Carol Mase about what makes organizations vibrant, healthy, living organisms.

Carol's blog can be found at: http://www.organizationsasorganisms.com/wordpress/

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Guest hosts, Wael Elasady and Peter Miller interview Professor Norman Finkelstein about the most recent events in Palestine and Israel, Obama's June 4th speech in Cairo, and what we can learn from Gandhi.

Anna Soderberg hosts call-in talk radio this morning. The topic is "Parenting without Punishments".

Guests will be connected parenting educators Emily Troper and Lyla Wolfenstein. Emily is also a Certified Post-Partum Doula and Lyla is also a Board Certified Lactation Consultant.