Wednesday Talk Radio

    Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow at the Post Carbon Institute and author of 13 previous books, has appeared numerous times on KBOO. His new book, Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival, is a sweeping and in-depth investigation of the workings of power in the na... Read more

  A starting point for the discussion, from 2nd Wednesday co-host Jacqueline Keeler, Portland-based Native American writer and activist, enrolled in the Navajo Nation and of Yankton Dakota descent: The reality is that most non-Native Americans can live and die for genera... Read more

  Today's guest is Sam Crop, Coalitions director for the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance. On Tuesday, November 15, ommunity organizers defied a closure order and are occupying a road leading to public forest slated for clearcutting in the Willamette National For... Read more

  David Lewis, Grand Ronde Confederation tribal member and historian, joins host Paul Roland and 3rd Wednesday co-host Jacqueline Keeler to look at the Grand Ronde's Willamette Falls Project. Lewis has been involved in the Oregon Historical Society's Oregon Encyclopedia p... Read more

    Today's guest is long-time climate activist and writer Patrick Mazza. Patrick was a member of the Delta 5, which conducted an oil train tripod blockade at BNSF Everett Delta Yard in 2014, and was able to argue the first climate civil disobedience necessity defense in ... Read more

    Thacker Pass, or Peehee mm’huh, is sacred land to the Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone, and critical wildlife habitat. It is the site of a proposed lithium mine by Lithium Americas, a Vancouver, Canada-based company. They want to mine 5,000 acres using an open pit... Read more