Political Perspectives

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KBOO speaks with Shane Harris about his new book "@War." Shane Harris is the author of "The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State, " which won the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. He explains why government agen... Read more

We speak with writer Sharman Apt Russell about citizen science and her book Diary of a Citizen Scientist: Chasing Tiger Beetles and Other New Ways of Engaging the World. Call in with your questions about citizen science at 503 231-8187. Read more

This is a recording of a panel discussion on racial profiling and incarceration which took place on January 25, 2015 in Portland, following thescreening of the film 'The Throwaways'. The panel included  Glenn Waco, Marcus Cooper and Isaiah Spriggson from Don't Shoot Portla... Read more

Host Marvin Simmons interviews Christian G. Appy about his new book, "American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity." February 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's decision to begin the massive escalation of the Vietnam War. Christia... Read more

Sister Helen Prejean spoke last week at Lewis and Clark College. We'll hear an excerpt of her powerful talk about her life and her social justice work educating citizens about the death penalty and counseling individual death row prisoners.   Sister Helen began her prison ... Read more

The guest is Scott Horton, author of "Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite and America's Stealth Warfare." Horton talks with host Kathleen Stephenson about how Government secrecy has ensured that decisions about war and peace are made not by the citizenry but by th... Read more

Guantanamo Enters Its 14th year; Interview with Andy Worthington Host, Linda Olson-Osterlund talks with British author and filmaker Andy Worthington about the news coming out of the illegal prison at Guantanamo Bay and the international protest movement against it. You wil... Read more

We hear another panel discussion from the TEACH-IN on TECHNO-UTOPIANISM & THE FATE OF THE EARTH which was held in October at the Great Hall of the Cooper Union in New York City. The teach-in was a project of the International Forum on Globalization. This is an excerpt from a... Read more

Tune in for a critical look at the situation in France following the attack on Chalrie Hebdo last Wednesday. We will be joined by Caroline Fache, a native of northern France and a specialist in Métissage, the study of biracialism, multiracialism, and diversity as applied to... Read more