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Movie Moles Coco

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement and Jan Haaken review the 2017 animated film, Coco, which blends an age old story of a child's torn affection for their family and the wider world with the trauma about being separated by borders. They consider the deep emotional resonance its themes of  borders... Read more

A People's History of the United States: Howard Zinn

Airs at: Tue, 07/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  "You wanna read a real history book?" Matt Damon asks Robin Williams in the movie Good Will Hunting. "Read Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States. That book'll knock you on your ass." It'll do that and more. Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United Sta... Read more

World Drug Report

Airs at: Sun, 07/01/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century, UN Office on Drugs and Crime Executive Director Yuri Fedotov answers questions from reporters at a news conference to announce the release of the UN's annual World Drug Report; plus, we look at new research showing how the federal crackdown on pain med... Read more

KBOO Reports live from OCCUPY ICE PDX

Airs at: Fri, 06/29/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Radiozine
  https://www.facebook.com/kbooradio/videos/10156216474865767/ Transcript of 6/29/18 9:00 am - 10:00 am - Radiozine hosted by Theresa Mitchell and Jenka Soderberg, featuring Danielle of OccupyICEPDX   [00:50] Speaker - This is KBOO, Portland the time now is 9:00 and comi... Read more

#Unfit and Duty to Warn

Airs at: Wed, 06/27/2018 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
Duty To Warn (adutytowarn.org) is a whistleblower coalition of mental health professionals sounding the alarm - from an objective, clinical perspective - about Donald Trump’s dangerous psychological disorders and the “imminent threat to public safety” they perceive. Members... Read more

Russian Roulette

Airs at: Thu, 06/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Presswatch
  Theresa Mitchell welcomes David Corn and Michael Isikoff to Presswatch to discuss their new book RUSSIAN ROULETTE and what their take is on Russia's role in influencing American politics.  Call (503) 231-8187 to join the conversation. RUSSIAN ROULETTE is a story of poli... Read more

Sojourner Truth Radio

Airs at: Thu, 06/28/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
  Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold Donald Trump's Muslim ban and the consequences of the ruling. Arab American Institute representative Ryan J. Suto and Council on American Islamic Relations Los Angeles representative Farida Ch... Read more

Trump and Global Trade Theatrics

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with cconomist Jack Rasmus about Trump's trade theatrics, it's stated and real goals, and how the overall Trump program could crash and burn in economic crisis. Read more

Human Rights and Drug Policy

Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
Rick Lines is the executive director of Harm Reduction International. Rick has been working in HIV and harm reduction services, policy, and advocacy since the early 1990s. He is known for his leading work in the areas of HIV and prisons, prison needle slash syringe programs... Read more

Girding for Confrontation: The Pentagon’s Provocative Encirclement of China

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for Fight the Empire
  Per Fagereng is joined by Professor Michael T. Klare to discuss his recent article in Truthout about the US military's newly named Indo-Pacific Command.  Call (503) 231-8187 to join the conversation.  from Truthout.org On May 30th, Secretary of Defense James Mattis anno... Read more