Political Perspectives

Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher interviews Helaine Olen about her new book, "Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry." For the past few decades, Americans have spent billions of dollars on personal finance products. As salaries have stagnated... Read more

From the series TUC Radio we hear "Seniors for Peace: Happy Tenth Anniversary!" on the origin of the longest continuous peace rally in the Bay Area. We remember the huge demonstrations against the war on Iraq in 2003.Of those hundreds of thousands who came out for peace ac... Read more

Host Roberta Hall speaks with 4 activists; Heather Hill, Leonard Stebbins, Jean Townes, and Kris Paul about coal exports in Oregon. (The activists are pictured at left with Roberta in orange shirt.)We also hear coverage of the March 13th rally organized by Columbia Riverkee... Read more

Host Per Fagereng speaks with economist and author Joel Magnuson about his new book, "The Approaching Great Transformation: Toward a Livable Post Carbon Economy", which is about how we think and act in the world economically as the era of cheap oil comes to an end. Your cal... Read more

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Don Merrill speaks with Arun Gandhi, the fifth grandson of India’s legendary leader, Mohandas K. “Mahatma” Gandhi. Growing up under the discriminatory apartheid laws of South Africa, he was beaten by “white” South Africans for being too black and “black” South Africans for ... Read more

We hear an excerpt from the program Radio Ecoshock called "The Really Big Transition: Saying Goodbye To The Enlightenment, Saying Hello To Consciousness". Host Alex Smith speaks with author Dr. Carolyn Baker who has been a psychotherapist in private practice, and is a forme... Read more

The guest is Buck Parker, Strategic Advisor at Earthjustice, a non-profit public interest law organization dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment. He'll... Read more

Journalist Reese Erlich speaks on "The Middle East and the Arab Spring: Ten Years After the Invasion of Iraq." Veteran journalist and author Reese Erlich spoke in Portland on February 16th. Reese Erlich has been a journalist for 44 years. His books include "Target Iraq: Wha... Read more

"Who Bombed Judi Bari?" Join host Paul Roland as he interviews Darryl Cherney about his recently-released documentary on the 1990 car-bombing of Earth First! activists Bari and Cherney. The KBOO-sponsored Portland premiere will be the same evening at Clinton Street Theater ... Read more