Economy

Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod interview Ellen Schultz about her book, "Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers." It's no secret that hundreds of companies have been slashing pensions and health coverage earned... Read more

Fighting a Tar Sands Company's Claims to Private Land

Airs at: Fri, 03/09/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Julia Trigg Crawford, a Texas landowner and farmer who isn’t letting the foreign tar sands company claim eminent domain rights to her land without putting up a fight. Two weeks ago Ms. Crawford launched a Change.org petition to protect... Read more

The Economy and President Obama's recent executive order.

Airs at: Thu, 03/22/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Presswatch

Today we are talking about the economy and the recent executive order President Obama just signed. Read more

Coal Exports and the Future of the Columbia Gorge

Airs at: Thu, 03/22/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Deeper Look

Coal Trains rolling down The Columbia Gorge. Mile and a half long open coal trains, not 1 a day not even just 10 a day but up to 60 a day, carrying the worlds dirtiest form of energy to huge coal export terminals at St. Helens, Longview and other points along the Or... Read more

Private gains, public losses. Abe and Joe look at Portland's biogas boondoggle.

Airs at: Tue, 03/13/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

Hosted by Joe Uris We appologize for the technical difficulties with our Air Signal this morning. If you missed today's show, you can listen to it here. Why not take our food waste and turn it into a source of energy? That's the idea behind biogas, and the impetus... Read more

Interview: Malalai Joya, author of A Woman Among Warlords on Afghanistan Today

Airs at: Thu, 03/08/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Deeper Look

A KBOO International Women's Day Exclusive on A Deeper Look! Malalai Joya, author of A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice, NOTE: Due to time restrictions a briefer version of this interview aired on International Women... Read more

Outside In Guerilla Theatre Peer Education Radio

Airs at: Wed, 03/07/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Circle A Radio

Last week KBOO and Outside In worked together on a youth media project about Peer Education and health. We begin with Erick and Heberto Espinosa, Youth Specialist, who introduce the show. Next, Richard Temple finds out how others cope with stress in order to adapt, cope... Read more

Portlander Judith Gelin on Haiti Relief Efforts

Airs at: Wed, 03/07/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Hosted by Lisa Loving Two years after the devastating Haiti earthquake killed an estimated 300,000 people, activists including our guest, Judith Gelin of the Society for Haitian Arts and Culture, are still raising funds for the needy. But everyone asks: Where did al... Read more

Left and the Law: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker, as part of an on-going series we call The Left and The Law, discussion Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Multnomah County. Specifically, a resolution was passed recently that calls on the ICE to exercise prosecutorial discretion... Read more

Labor, Socialism, Race, and Queer rights!

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Out Loud

Tune in to this weeks show where we will discuss two exciting topics! The first is looking at the similarities between the Labor movement and the Queer movement with Dr. Joesph Zompetti (School of Communication at Illinois State University) and Sherry Wolf (Author of Sex... Read more