Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of several significant, entertaining, and well-received books, including “Nickel and Dimed: on Not Getting by in America”, “Bait and Switch: the Futile Pursuit of the American Dream”, and “For Hetr Own Good: 150 Years of Expert’s Advice to Women”.
She returned to Portland on July 16 to speak at Powell’s City of Books on her latest book: “This Land Is Their Land: Reports form a Divided Nation”. Here are excerpts recorded by KBOO’s Ethan Scarl.

Suzanne LaGrande interviews writer Ann Hood about Comfort: A Journey Through Grief, her memoir of her young daughter's death and its aftermath.

Dr. David Naimon (DrNaimon.com) interviews Jill Simons, certified colonic hydrotherapist at All's Well that End's Well in NE Portland. Find out about the health benefits of colonics.

Tiffany Anderson produced this half hour documentary at the 2008 KBOO Youth in Broadcast Journalism Summer Intensive. It is about Hepatitis C and tattoos. 

She did interviews on the street and in 2 Portland Tattoo Parlours, as well as extensive research and writing.

We'd like to thank Honna Veerkamp and Breana Loringer for help with teaching in the Summer Intensive. See you next year! 

Jerry DeWitt (bio), Director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, joins host Barbara Bernstein in a discussion about the impacts of climate change and agricultural practices on recent flooding in the midwest.

Dr. David Naimon (DrNaimon.com) interviews Dr. Jennifer Wider (DrWider.com), author of "The New Mom's Survival Guide: How To Reclaim Your Body, Your Health, Your Sanity and Your Sex Life After Having a Baby", (Random House)