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Joe has SEVEN Topics on the table today. It's Topic Roulette on Talk Radio.

Airs at: Tue, 09/07/2010 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris.  (Abe Proctor is MIA today, but should be back next week.) Joe brought in SEVEN Topics for Discussion today, as follows:   1.  Nestle Corp wants to build a Bottled Water Plant in the Gorge.   2. We've hit Peak Oil; why can't Republicans let go of "Drill, ... Read more

Voices from the Edge: Will Portland's new police chief fire the officer responsible for fatally shooting Aaron Campbell?

Airs at: Thu, 09/02/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Will Portland's new police chief fire the officer responsible for fatally shooting Aaron Campbell? The city's independent review board recommended that action, but will Chief Reese - as well as his boss, Mayor Sam Adams - oppose the Portland Police Association? This week on... Read more

Dr. Catherine Thomasson on the Health Effects of Global Warming - Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 09/06/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Health and Healthcare Forum, Hosted by Roberta Hall Today's show features Part 1 of an interview with Dr. Catherine Thomasson, past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, on the health effects of global warming. Catherine Thomasson is the author of Health Impli... Read more

Decline in Global Plant Production Bad Omen

Airs at: Tue, 08/31/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The recent edition of Science reported that global production of plant material is down.  KBOO's environmental reporter, Jacob Anderson-Minshall talks with the study's author Dr. Steven Running, Director of the Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group about what impact this ... Read more

Voices from the Edge: Hurricane Katrina

Airs at: Thu, 08/26/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans five years ago this week. Katrina's impact went beyond the loss of life and property to reveal deeply rooted attitudes about race many Americans thought had withered away. Jo Ann and Dave talked about the various aspects of Katrin... Read more

Voices from the Edge: Is the party really over? Alberta Street Last Thursday.

Airs at: Thu, 08/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Is the party really over?  JoAnne and Dave discussed Alberta Street Last Thursday in NE Portland. The conversation doesn't end when the program does. You can join in additional discussion of the week's issue on our blog at kboo.fm/voicesfromtheedge (click on the "blog" tab)... Read more

GARDEN OF WONDERS

Airs at: Mon, 08/30/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As students return to school this fall in Portland, many of them will also be returning to harvest vegetables from gardens they planted last spring. School gardens are becoming a feature of a growing number of schools in the Portland area. . . and around the country. In... Read more

Anti LNG Pipeline Activists Across Oregon

Airs at: Wed, 08/18/2010 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Currently, there are two proposed Liquefied Natural Gas pipelines, both of which  would run from Astoria through farmlands of Western Oregon east through the Mount Hood national Forest to connect with an existing pipeline that runs from Canada to California.  Tonight on Cir... Read more

PDX 2 Gulf Coast

Airs at: Wed, 08/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Evan Tenenbaum spoke with Mike Rosen from the group PDX 2 GULF COAST. Listen to the full interview here. Read more

The Floods in Pakistan.

Airs at: Tue, 08/24/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Frann Michel surveys the news, blogs and scientific agencies to make sense of the unusual floods that have been happening in Pakistan. She makes the case for understanding these natural disasters as social phenomena. Read more