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Economist Joseph Stiglitz: "Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy"

Airs at: Wed, 03/24/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
Host Stefan Kampf interviews Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz about his recent book, Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy, an account of the financial meltdown that criticizes the Obama Administration for 'muddling through' r... Read more

Burma's Hidden Genocide:Interview with Mac McClelland

Airs at: Thu, 03/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for A Deeper Look
Burma's Hidden Genocide, Mac Mc Clelland, Human Rights reporter for Mother Jones Magazine, joins host Linda Olson-Osterlund to talk about her new book For Us Surrender is Out Of The Question: A story from Burma's never-ending war. She brings us the story of the forgotten wa... Read more

March 22 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/22/2010 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this show about things moles, ordinary people, are doing to "root that mountain down"-- the mountain of oppression and exploitation.  We hear about people in Portland getting ready to join in the US Social Forum; about a big conference in Vancouver, WA c... Read more

For better or worse, the Democrats' health care reform legislation has passed. What's THAT mean?

Airs at: Tue, 03/23/2010 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris For better or worse, the Democrats' health care reform legislation has passed. But is it a good bill? Who benefits? Who loses? What about the public option? Will we ever get a single-payer system? How will this impact life, liberty and ... Read more

Nuclear waste expert Kevin Kamps and therapeutic trials with MDMA & LSD.

Airs at: Fri, 03/12/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for The Digital Divide
This month Dave DeAngelis interviews Nuclear waste expert Kevin Kamps regarding President Obama's plans to build new nuclear power plants. We'll also hear Rabia Yeaman interview MAPS Kevin Henkin, about his organization's federally approved research with MDMA, Psyllosibin a... Read more

Bringing Haiti Home: A Journalist Looks Back; Interview with Kimberly A.C. Wilson

Airs at: Mon, 03/08/2010 at 12:00am
Kimberly A. C. Wilson is a reporter for the Oregonian newspaper and was sent to Haiti after the January earthquake to cover stories related to the Pacific Northwest. This radio program is taken from interviews conducted by Kboo host Linda Olson-Osterlund and provide a perso... Read more

Are you one health crisis away from poverty? Already there? You are not alone.

Airs at: Thu, 02/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Presswatch
 Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know." She looks at declines of bank loans, debt crisis in Greece, jobless "recovery," billions for troubled asset relief program with no oversight, and assassination by health care industry. Also more huffing and puff... Read more

OR Homeowners vs Wells Fargo

Airs at: Thu, 03/04/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
The U.S. pay czar told reporters today that the compensation paid to Wells Fargo’s chief executive raises serious questions. Over the last year, Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf received over twenty one million dollars in salary and bonuses. The other top five executives in th... Read more

Bust the Banksters/Iranian Turtles in Spaaaaaaace

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know,"  and advice on walking away from your mortgage without walking away from your house,  info on neo-cons itching to bomb Iran, and an update on H1N1.  See more at Theresa's blog:  http://www.kboo.org/node/19228    Read more

Voices from the Edge on 02/25/10

Airs at: Thu, 02/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
On January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme court took another step in the long - and many say misguided - journey to granting corporations personhood under the U.S. Constitution. In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a five-member majority of the court increased the... Read more