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Disability Awareness

  Every fourth Friday from 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM.   A monthly show about issues affecting people with disabilities and their communities. Read more

Well-read Red: Class War, Bourgeois Strategy, and Obamacare

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge brings us the Well-read Red. Today he considers resistance to the Affordable Care Act and the strategically mysterious though potentially disastrous empowerment of the radical right by capitalists. Read more

Michael Cox on the Affordable Care Act: Cover Oregon Edition

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2013 at 12:00am
Bill Resnick talks with Michael Cox of Cover Oregon about how the Affordable Care Act can be utilized by "various classes of people". Michael explains what Cover Oregon is (the "healthcare exchange" created by the ACA) and what may qualify for under the ACA and how to engag... Read more

John James on hospital errors, profit-driven healthcare, and the 100,000s of deaths they cause

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2013 at 12:00am
Bill Resnick talks with government toxicologist, John James, and author of A Sea of Broken Hearts, which tells the story of how his son died due to a hospital error. The event made James interested in hospital errors and ultimately in advocating against the way the profit m... Read more

PLEDGE DRIVE SPECIAL: Peter Pincetl & Prison Pipeline

Produced for:  Experience Points
Host Ren Green interviewed Peter Pincetl of KBOO's Prison Pipeline Collective on his experience with our Criminal Justice System, the challenges parolees face when they reintegrate into society, and what Prison Pipeline offers listeners. (Music: "Advil Confirmed" by JD Fa... Read more

Obamacare from a Radical Universal Healthcare Perspective

Airs at: Thu, 10/03/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Universal Healthcare advocate, Chris Lowe, about Obamacare. Jan questions Chris about how to understand what's worthwhile and regressive in Obamacare from the perspective of those of us who believe healthcare should be universal. They talk about social... Read more

Searchlight Serenade: Amy Uyeki, Chickie Ishihara White

Airs at: Fri, 10/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Japanese-American World War II Nisei Soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service were recently celebrated in Portland, Oregon. This tribute included bringing together the honored veterans from Oregon and... Read more

Thomas McElroy: High Conflict Divorce

Produced for:  Experience Points
Ren Green asked Portland attorney Thomas McElroy to share the heartaches and pitfalls of high conflict divorce from a divorce lawyer's perspective. Thomas is a founder and partner of McElroy & Durham, PC. http://oregondivorceattorneyservices.com/ (Music: "Advil Confirmed" ... Read more

WRR: Public Pensions vs. Public Education - a forced choice?

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel brings us the Well-read Red, this time focusing on pension-raiding under neoliberalism and the PERS system in Oregon, which Governor Kitzhaber has advocated cutting in order to make up for education cuts. In Frann's words: let's pit old people against young peo... Read more

Congressional Gold Medal: Roy Matsumoto, Shige Imai

Airs at: Fri, 10/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Japanese-American World War II Nisei Soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service were recently celebrated in Portland, Oregon. This tribute included bringing together the honored veterans from Oregon and... Read more