Political Perspectives

 Old Mole Joe Clement, and Kathryn Sackinger talk with sociology grad-student and Jacobin Magzine editor Peter Frase, about the idea of an unconditional and universal basic income. Because basic income often stirs strong feelings about people deserving their livelihood, the... Read more

An hour focused on climate change and global warming hosted by Andrew Geller. First he'll speak with Dr. Ted Schuur, an Associate Professor in the University of Florida's Biology Department and Principal Investigator of the Permafrost Carbon Network, talking extensively abou... Read more

Andrew Geller speaks with Dr. Ted Schuur, an Associate Professor in the University of Florida's Biology Department and Principal Investigator of the Permafrost Carbon Network, discuss permafrost and what's happening to it in a rapidly warming Arctic. Then Joe Romm, Editor o... Read more

Economic Update - Inconvenient Economic Truths with Richard Wolff Updates on unpaid law clerks, Buffett's minimum tax on high incomes, and CBO report on medical care costs and federal deficits. Discussion of Walmart as emblem and example of capitalist "success." Responding t... Read more

Tyler Opiela-Young talks about education, then talks with members of the Portland Student Union Read more

This Friday at 9 am, we'll get an update and analysis on the situation in Gaza with reports from Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.  Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh will be featured, along with independent journalist Mohammed Omer in Gaza. We'll also hear from local act... Read more

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Nelson Lichtenstein, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy.He is the author of The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New... Read more

Host Marvin Simmons speaks with Vietnam Vet Mike Boehm about the humanitarian work he has been doing in Vietnam for twenty years. He'll talk about his work with the My Lai Loan Fund. Madison Quakers, Inc. has established a number of projects in My Lai and more than 20 other... Read more

Scott Crow, anarchist, author and co-founder of the Common Ground Collective in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, spoke in Portland on November 5th. We will air his talk on KBOO for anyone who missed it. Crow's new book is called Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy an... Read more

Presentations from the NEW YORK SESSION of THE RUSSELL TRIBUNAL on PALESTINE "US Complicity and UN failings in Dealing with Israel’s Violations of International Law Towards the Palestinian People," held in New York on October 6th & 7th 2012. Jury Members: Alice Walker, Angel... Read more