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We need a fighter

Sept. 7, 2009Again, Bill Moyers rides to our rescue.Let's get on with it, Mr. President. We're up the proverbial creek with spaghetti as our paddle. This health care thing could have been the crossing of the Delaware, the turning point in the next American Revolution — the ... Read more

Prison Labor

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
It’s Labor Day, so we talked about prison labor. Tatiana, our guest helped Ruth walk through some of the basic information about prison labor. Ruth also read from essays about working in prison written by folks at Oregon State Prison. Read more

Madness Radio

  *New time!* Every 1st Friday from 10-10:30am Voices and Visions from Outside Mental Health What does it mean to be called "crazy" in a crazy world? Madness Radio: Voices And Visions from Outside Mental Health brings you personal experiences of 'madness' from beyond conv... Read more

An Update on the State of our LGBTQ Union

Airs at: Tue, 09/08/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Carla interviews Kate Kendelle, Executive Director for the National Lesbian Center Rights (nclrights.org), and Jeana Frazzini, Executive Director for Basic Rights Oregon (basicrights.org), about the State of the LGBTQ Union, among other political topics. Kate will be in Por... Read more

Center for Intercultural Organizing - on Common Sense

Airs at: Wed, 09/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Common Sense Hosted by Kayse Jama and Grassia Melendez Join the conversation in a new Talk Radio Show, Common Sense, aimed towards presenting the Immigrant and Refugee Perspective on issues that are under-represented in our Mainstream Media.  Today's guests are Baher Butti... Read more

Ted Kennedy, Health Care Legislation, and Right WingNuts

Airs at: Tue, 09/01/2009 at 12:00am
 Meet the new boss ...  Hosted by: Abe Proctor and Joe Uris With Joe still on vacation, Abe looks at the passing of an American icon: Ted Kennedy; and watches our chance for meaningful health care legislation faaaaade away. Plus, more disjointed rage and Aggrieved White Ma... Read more

Moyers nails it

Once again, the inestimable Bill Moyers displays how a real journalist should act: 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-si... Read more

Yoga in Prison

Airs at: Mon, 08/31/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
SarahJoy Marsh, founder of Living Yoga tells about the Yoga programs that her organization teaches in several Oregon prisons. Read more

The Slave Next Door; Part 2 : An Oregon Report

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Learn about Human Trafficking and Slavery in Oregon from the voices of those who's jobs have them confront this modern day horror every day. Host Linda Olson-Osterlund interviewed Deputy Kieth Bickford chair of the Oregon Human Trafficking Taskforce, the organization tapped... Read more

The Slave Next Door; Part 1: Interview with the author Kevin Bales

Airs at: Wed, 08/26/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Author and anti-slavery activist Kevin Bales is interviewed by host Linda Olson-Osterlund about his new book The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today, co-authored with historian Ron Soodalter. Bales' earlier book on modern slavery, Disposable Peop... Read more