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Century Of Lies for December 20 2015

Airs at: Sun, 12/20/2015 at 12:00am
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This week: President Obama commutes the sentences of 95 people serving time for federal drug offenses, and we speak with drug policy researcher and human rights activist Damon Barrett. Read more

KBOO Noon News 112715

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Between Us
Tune in every weekday at five for more local, national and international news produced by volunteer reporters in our Portland studios. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 2, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2015 at 12:00am
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Denise Morris hosts and we hear these segments:  Bill Resnick interviews philosopher Rebecca Gordon about Syria peace talks. Tom Becker reads about Capitalism and Sustainable Development Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss Prison Reform Denise Morris and Bill Resnick expl... Read more

Century Of Lies for Nov 29 2015

Airs at: Sun, 11/29/2015 at 12:00am
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This week: Part two of our coverage of the Drug Policy Alliance's International Reform Conference. We hear from Dawn Paley, author of Drug War Capitalism; Lorenzo Jones from the A Better Way Foundation; and Amanda Reiman from the Drug Policy Alliance. Read more

The Left and the Law on Prison Reform

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
The Left and the Law with Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken talk about the growing movement for prison reform--and why conservatives are joining progressives in calling for an end to mass incarceration, long sentences, and the extensive use of solitary confinement. Jan and Mike ... Read more

Century Of Lies for November 22 2015

Airs at: Sun, 11/22/2015 at 12:00am
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This week in part one of our coverage of the Drug Policy Alliance's international reform conference, we hear from Deborah Peterson-Small of Break The Chains, we talk with Martha's mum Anne-Marie Cockburn, and we say goodbye to a good friend who recently passed away, Thomas ... Read more

Century Of Lies for October 4 2015

Airs at: Sun, 10/04/2015 at 12:00am
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This week: we hear from Mark Galeotti about drug use and drug policies in Russia, and we talk with Michael Mullins from Stoney Girl Gardens on the first day of legal retail marijuana sales in Oregon. Read more

Century Of Lies for October 11 2015

Airs at: Sun, 10/11/2015 at 12:00am
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The drug czar's office failed to release its annual drug control strategy for fiscal year 2015. On this week's Century Of Lies we talk about that, plus the upcoming 2016 election, with Sanho Tree, director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. Read more

Century Of Lies for October 18 2015

Airs at: Sun, 10/18/2015 at 12:00am
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This week we hear from Paul Stanford, founder and director of Portland Hempstalk, plus we talk about the upcoming UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs. Read more

Century Of Lies for September 20 2015

Airs at: Sun, 09/20/2015 at 12:00am
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This week we talk with Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, and Jason Ziedenberg, director of research and policy for the Justice Policy Institute, about mass incarceration and a new report on prisons in the US. Read more