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Portland considers resolution to save lumber from old houses while USFS plans more logging on Hood

Airs at: Thu, 02/18/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Guest Preston Browning is founder and owner of Salvage Works, a North Portland-based company that sells reclaimed lumber from deconstructed buildings and also uses it to make furniture and fixtures. On Wednesday, February 17 during their afternoon session., the Portland ... Read more

Citizens Try to Stop Sale of Gladstone Nature Park

Airs at: Thu, 02/11/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
In the city of Gladstone, Oregon, south of Portland in Clackamas County, a group of citizens continues its frustrating attempts to keep the city from selling a popular park. The ten-and-a-half acre Gladstone Nature Park contains a hiking trail and is an example of the wh... Read more

Stephen Johnson Interview

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Stephen Johnson is a home care specialist and a democrat who is running for Oregon Governor. He talked with Don Merrill about his support for guns in Oregon schools, why the state can't afford to pass up jobs that have been previously called a bad fit for the state's "ch... Read more

Steve Phillips Interview

Airs at: Wed, 02/03/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Steve Phillips is the author of the new book, "Brown is the New White", a critical discussion on changes that are coming to the American body politic in advance of the population shift from majority white to "other than white" by 2044. He talks with Don Merrill about Be... Read more

Cliff Thomason Interview

Airs at: Thu, 01/14/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Cliff Thomason is a gubenatorial candidate from Oregon's Independent Party. He strongly believes in Oregon agriculture and agricultural based solutions for some of Oregon's financial problems. Among them, he thinks the hemp and marijuana industries need access to legit... Read more

David Taylor Interview

Airs at: Tue, 01/12/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
NOTE:  On January 16, 2016, David Taylor sent out an email announcing the suspension of his campaign. David Taylor is an independent seeking the seat in House District 30. But his story is far from ordinary. He says he and his brother were kidnapped as a children. He is... Read more

Occupy Malheur Psychology

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan discuss the occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. They consider the largely progressive history of occupation, often as a response to exhaustion of other attempts at redress, and usually entailing personal risk, as in occupations of... Read more

China's Eco Apocalypse

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with China scholar Richard Smith regarding China's economic and environmental problems. Smith's writing is available on Truthout , including his article on China's Communist-Capitalist Ecological Apocalypse. They discuss the recent crisis in China's ... Read more

Mike Nearman Interview

Airs at: Sun, 01/10/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Mike Nearman and I talked two years ago, just before he won his seat in House District 23 from Representative Jim Thompson.  He's running for reelection and since then, Nearman has held fast to conservative principles of reduced taxes, dedication to the repeal of the Aff... Read more

California's Prop 49 Aims to Overturn Citizen's United

Airs at: Thu, 01/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
KBOO's  Robin Ryan speaks with Common Cause's California Director Kathy Feng about her state's Proposition 49, which aims to send a message to Congress to pass a Constitutional amendment overturning the Supreme Court's Citizen's United ruling from 2010.   Citizen's Unit... Read more