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Airs at: Tue, 04/02/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Schoolhouse rocked

Airs at: Tue, 03/26/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
As COVID relief funds run dry, school districts in the Portland area, and around the state, are looking at extended periods of budget cuts. What’s to be done? And who will bear the brunt of the lean times? Traci and Abe take your calls. Read more

Recriminalization

Airs at: Tue, 03/19/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization appears to be coming to an end, with Gov. Kotex poised to sign a bill that would undo many of the tenets of Measure 110. To the surprise of exactly no one, the impact of the law is expected to fall the hardest on communities o... Read more

Project (18)25

Airs at: Tue, 03/12/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
What would a second Trump presidency be like? Spoiler alert: not good. Traci and Abe dig into Project 25, the Trump team’s autocratic playbook. Join the conversation at 503-231-8187. Read more

Sophie’s choice

Airs at: Tue, 03/05/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Much ink has been spilled, and airtime devoted, to the unsatisfactory choices presented to us year after year by our two-party political system. Many alternatives have been proposed — protest votes, a viable third party, political abstinence, revolution. What is a progressi... Read more

Frozen in time

Airs at: Tue, 02/27/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos are, in fact, people. Because of course they did. What does it mean for would-be parents in Alabama, and for the increasingly slippery slope of reproductive freedom? Traci and Abe take your calls. Read more

Twilight of the Boomers

Airs at: Tue, 02/20/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Traci is away this week. In her absence, Abe looks at a column from Ezra Klein of The NY Times which makes the case for Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race in favor of someone, well, younger. Is this possible, let alone feasible? What would need to happen in orde... Read more

Bowled over

Airs at: Tue, 02/13/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Join Traci and Abe for a discussion of the Super Bowl and the intersection of sports, politics, entertainment, and nationalism. Read more

The 64,000 question

Airs at: Tue, 02/06/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
A new study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association estimates that, since the Dobbs decision in 2022, 64,000 pregnancies have been caused by rape in states that have passed total or near-total abortion bans. Traci and Abe take your calls. Read more

Land of plenty

Airs at: Tue, 01/30/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
After a decline during the pandemic, food insecurity is on the rise in Oregon and across the nation. Globally, the trend is much the same. Amid this era of plenty, what’s going on? Traci and Abe take your calls. Read more

Too Much Information with Abe and Traci on 01/23/24

Airs at: Tue, 01/23/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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