Corporations

The Presidential Election - What's it good for?

Airs at: Fri, 08/19/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

When all is said and done, when the last vote is counted, what difference will it make to the many critical issues affecting our communities? Join Ani and Lyn in a conversation about getting on with the substantive and challenging work of social change. From Ani: Everyt... Read more

Vandana Shiva – We Are All Seeds

Airs at: Tue, 08/09/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Vandana Shiva is an internationally renowned voice for sustainable development and social justice. She's a physicist, scholar, social activist and feminist. She is Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy in New Delhi. She's... Read more

Food Sleuth Radio, Percy Schmeiser Interview

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Did you know that Canadian canola farmer, Percy Schmeiser, was sued by Monsanto when his farm was contaminated with Monsanto s GMO canola seed? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Schmeiser, who describes the inti... Read more

An Update on the Portland Harbor Superfund: Stakeholder Comments

Airs at: Fri, 08/05/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00pm

Produced for: Water World

Kristin Yount hosts another session of conversation about water policy. This time we are focusing on the Willamette harbor and the EPA's long awaited and highly contested proposed plan for clean up. A video of the June 24th public meeting is here. On the show today we have... Read more

Through Our Own Eyes Episode 5: Peoples Working Party and Prisons Part 1

Produced for: Through Our Own Eyes

Through Our Own Eyes is made possible by contributors like yourself. Every contributor will receive a postcard from Boriken with our gratitude. If you enjoyed this program and would like to support it click here. Be sure to follow us on Blogger and Facebook. PALANTE! SIEMPR... Read more

Keeve Nachman on Arsenic in the Ground Water of Agricultural Areas

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Healthwatch

Healthwatch is off today. Instead we'll hear Food Sleuth Radio Did you know that industrial agricultural practices, such as the use of antibiotics and arsenic in poultry production, pose health risks to workers and those living in rural communities? Join Food Sleuth Rad... Read more

Rick Ufford-Chase, Resisting Empire

Airs at: Sun, 07/17/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Rick Ufford-Chase was the moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly from 2004 to 2006. He worked as a Presbyterian Mission Worker for twenty years on the U.S./Mexico border, supporting migrants and refugees and developing educational programs for people... Read more

Richard Wolff on "Capitalism's Crisis Deepens: Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown"

Airs at: Wed, 07/20/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Per Fagereng interviews professor and author Richard Wolff about his new book "Capitalism's Crisis Deepens: Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown." Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Visiting Professor at th... Read more

Enron's Impact in Oregon: Ten Years since the Downfall

Airs at: Thu, 07/14/2016 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

The ENRON scandal was one of the biggest cases of corporate corruption in the history of the United States. Few people remember that Oregon was the hardest-hit state by the corporation’s implosion. ENRON owned Portland General Electric – the fraud-filled corporation’s only ... Read more

PressWatch

Airs at: Thu, 07/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00pm

Produced for: Presswatch

On this week's PressWatch, call in to support KBOO community radio! The number is 877-500-KBOO, 877-500-5266. First, some News You're Not Supposed To Know headlines, then let's discuss Black Lives Matter-- its treatment in the press, and the dismissive and/or incendiary... Read more