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Sex? Lies? No Videotapes! Sam Adams Recall Effort Based on Facts or Rumors?
Stephanie Potter speaks with Walt Brown and his wife Beverly about their findings related to the background leading to petition to recall Mayor Sam Adams. Walt Brown is a former state senator, former Navy defense council and judge, and former law school professor at Lewis and Clark. His wife Beverly has been an activist for over 30 years. Both have looked deeply into the information about what Sam Adams did and didn't do and they urge people to base their judgments on facts, not rumors. You can find more at their website: http://www.waltbrown.org/ (last tab: "Mayor Sam Adams"). Jason Wurster who is leading the recall effort calls in.
- Title: Sex? Lies? No Videotapes! Sam Adams Recall Effort Based on Facts or Rumors?
- Producer: Stephanie Potter
- Length: 25:21 minutes (17.41 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 96Kbps (CBR)
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Thomas Frank: The Wrecking Crew--How Conservatives Ruined Government, Enriched Themselves, and Beggared the Nation
Michelle Schroeder Fletcher interviews Thomas Frank, about The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Ruined Government, Enriched Themselves, and Beggared the Nation.
- Title: Thomas Frank: The Wrecking Crew--How Conservatives Ruined Government, Enriched Themselves, and Beggared the Nation
- Producer: Michelle Schroeder Fletcher
- Length: 28:51 minutes (19.81 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 96Kbps (CBR)
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Public Lands
Janine Blaeloch of the Western Lands Project talks about questionable practices in use when agencies such as the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and members of Congress, transfer ownership of public lands to private hands.
- Title: Public Lands
- Date: 09/02/09
- Genre: Public Affairs
- Year: 2009
- Producer: Bruce Silverman
- Length: 27:45 minutes (11.12 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 22kHz 56Kbps (CBR)
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Sexual Violence in the Congo
Erik Jorgensen speaks with Yvonne Simmons and Franciska Thiel about violence against women in the Congo, and the Clothesline Project.
- Title: Sexual Violence in the Congo
- Producer: Erik Jorgensen
- Length: 24:57 minutes (11.43 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
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Portland Communities Come out for Safety and Justice
On Political Perspectives you'll hear Andrea Cano on grassroots organizing against hate in our communities, a report back from the Peace and Unity Fest, and the inspiring struggle of workers in the Caribbean.
The first half of the program was produced by Paul Mundy with interviewer Trillium Shannon. The second half, Building Bridges, produced by Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash.
- Title: Portland Communities Come out for Safety and Justice
- Producer: Paul Mundy, Trillium Shannon
- Length: 29:59 minutes (13.73 MB)
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Dean Kuipers: Operation Bite Back
Alison Milionis speaks with Los Angeles Times editor Dean Kuipers about his nonfiction book Operation Bite Back, which is about eco-radical Rod Coronado and the use of domestic terrorism charges against environmentalists.
- Artist: interview allison milionis
- Title: deank kuipers operation bite b
- Genre: Vocal
- Year: 2009
- Producer: Alison Milionis
- Length: 56:46 minutes (51.98 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Chris Hedges: "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle"
Marianne Barisonek interviews Chris Hedges about his new book, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. Publisher comments: "Pulitzer prize–winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion and argues that we now live in two societies: One, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world, that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. In this “other society,” serious film and theatre, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins."
- Title: Chris Hedges: "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle"
- Year: 2009
- Producer: marianne Barisonek
- Length: 27:52 minutes (12.76 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
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Heat Wave's Effects on the Elderly and the Homeless
Jay Thiemeyer explores the heat wave through the eyes of the elderly, homeless, and alternatively housed communities in Portland.
- Title: Heat Wave's Effects on the Elderly and the Homeless
- Producer: Jay Thiemeyer
- Length: 28:42 minutes (13.14 MB)
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Judith Arcana
Jennifer Kemp speaks with activist and author Judith Arcana about reproductive rights in the United States, before Roe v. Wade and now. Also, hear Judith read some of her poetry!
- Title: Judith Arcana
- Length: 25:19 minutes (10.14 MB)
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Eva Golinger on the Honduran Coup
Trillim Shannon interviews Eva Golinger for analysis and information about the June 27th coup in Honduras. Golinger is author of The Chavez Code and Bush
vs. Chavez: Washington's War on Venezuela.
- Title: Eva Golinger on the Honduran Coup
- Producer: Trillium Shannon
- Length: 51:28 minutes (23.57 MB)
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Hood River Development - Mr. Naito
Please ask Mr. Naito if his love of democracy extends to his business. Would he be willing to turn his development firm into a employee run cooperative corporation, giving ownership and organizational rights to employees. Mr. Naito's concern for democracy probably ends at doors to his corporation. Mr. Naito looks at this battle to develop the Hood River riverfront property as a public realtions battle. He will promise the community jobs and the city council financial support, and the council will eye the property tax revenue as a benefit to the community. If he is successful, once again we will be selling our responsibility to the land and the river for a short term gain. Mr. Naito cares little for the community, but operates on greed. If the environmental laws and regulations were not in place he would not be concerned at all with the impact of his development on the river, the wild life, and the ability of people to enjoy what nature have given us for free.
Bravo for having this debate, though. And controlling the civility of the debate.