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Michael Moore on Kitzhaber's healthcare plan

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick talks with local activist Michael Moore (not the documentary film-maker) about Governor Kitzhaber's new healthcare plan, community care organizations (CCOs) and the on-going struggle for single-payer or something like it. Michael Moore works with Sisters of th... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 03-15-12

Airs at: Thu, 03/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Sizing up Oregon's 2012 annual legislative session Last week, Oregon lawmakers adjourned the state's first-ever annual session. Among the legislation passed by gavel's fall were bills to create a health insurance exchange, reorganize and expand state early childhood program... 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

Out Loud on Tues March 6

Airs at: Tue, 03/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Tonight we feature local change agents working on making impacts in our larger communities. Before we welcomed our first guest, we took a music break with 'Una Mujer' from Renee Muzquiz's CD "Gay in Texas". This music was featured in 'Bunkin' with You in the Afterlife', the... 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

What if there were a Congressional hearing on women's health isssues, and women weren't invited?

Airs at: Tue, 03/06/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris What if there were a Congressional hearing on women's health issues, and women weren't invited? You'd be in 21st-century America. Abe and Joe return to the ongoing brouhaha over contraception, in which old-timey right-wing misogyny is la... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour March 5th

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Joe talk with Josh Eidelson about the pitfalls of organizing and running unions like service-providing businesses Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker talk about Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Multnomah County D... Read more

Left and the Law: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker, as part of an on-going series we call The Left and The Law, discussion Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Multnomah County. Specifically, a resolution was passed recently that calls on the ICE to exercise prosecutorial discretion in... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 03-01-12 Oregon lawmakers don't make the grade on racial equity

Airs at: Thu, 03/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Oregon lawmakers don't make the grade on racial equity Communities of color are the fastest growing communities in Oregon, more than doubling in size - 21.5 percent of the total population - in the last two decades. But racial disparity continues to run deep despite this ch... Read more

March and Rally against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) - TODAY!!!

Airs at: Wed, 02/29/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Host Jay Thiemeyer interviews local activist Kari about the March and Rally focused on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and their role in the corporate corruption of our democracy.  WHEN: Wednesday, February 29th, Rally at 11:30am, March at 1pm WHERE: March... Read more