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Do we really have a choice? Abe sizes up the 2012 presidential election.

Airs at: Tue, 01/10/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor   It's the mating call of the Naderites: there's no difference between the Democrats and Republicans. They're both corporate parties; the only difference lies in how far right-of-center they lie. But there is a difference. It's not as stark as most pro... Read more

2011 Feminist Year in Review

Airs at: Fri, 12/30/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Del Criscenzo and Ashley Thirstrup are celebrating the milestones in Feminism during 2011. Listen to the show to hear about some incredible women who have made history this year including hearing clips from Asmaa Mahfouz who is credited by many as starting the Arab spring i... Read more

A 2 part show exploring how feminism has changed over the years.

Airs at: Fri, 12/23/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Ashley Thirstrup interviews award winning poet, author and Jungian analyst Naomi Lowinsky about the gowth and change of feminism over the years. Naomi is also the author of The Sister from Below: When the Muse Gets Her Way andThe Motherline: Every Woman’s Journey to Find He... Read more

Trends in Marriage

Airs at: Fri, 12/30/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Recent years have seen an explosion of male joblessness and a steep decline in men’s life prospects that have disrupted the “romantic market” in ways that narrow a marriage-minded woman’s options. Yet, this state of affairs also presents an opportunity: as the economy ev... Read more

Our year-end wrap-up show. Plus: predictions for 2012

Airs at: Tue, 12/27/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris  It's a grab bag of topics on Abe and Joe's end-of-the-year show. Plus: predictions for 2012.   Read more

Teen Pregnancy

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The percentage of births to teen mothers in Oregon dropped a full point between 2009 and 2010, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Planned Parenthood credits a combination of innovative education programs and more paren... Read more

10 Years that Shook San Francisco 1968-1978

Airs at: Wed, 12/07/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968-78 is A collection of first-person and historical essays spans the people’s history of San Francisco in the tumultuous decade from 1968, the year of the San Francisco State College strike, to 1978 and the twin traumas of the... Read more

Occupy, Women and Homelessness

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks with Desiree Hellegers. Desiree spent time working in women's homeless shelters in the 1980s and she describes listening to them tell their stories. She says of her new book about homeless women, based in part on that experience, that "she wanted to exp... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour Dec. 5th

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts today's old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick talk with Chris Williams about the COP-17 international climate change conference. Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay by Richard Wolff about workplace democracy and the occupy movement. Laurie M... Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 11/29/11

Airs at: Tue, 11/29/2011 at 12:00am
  Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher speaks with Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of "The Nation," about her new book, "THE CHANGE I BELIEVE IN: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama." Vanden Heuvel offers her vision of how it is still possible to forge a p... Read more