War/Peace

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Liz Grover Visits Afghanistan to Bust Through Media Stereotypes

Airs at: Wed, 11/11/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Host Kayse Jama talks with local resident Liz Grover about her experiences living and working in Kabul, with the goal of busting through western media sterotypes about Afghanistan and its people.  " . . in the midst of war, I went to Afghanistan with one hundred dollars to ... Read more

Wayne Karlin and Wandering Souls: Journeys With The Dead And The Living In Viet Nam

Airs at: Wed, 11/11/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Crystal Leighty hosts this Veteran's Day Talk Radio Show with guest Wayne Karlin, author of "Wandering Souls," the story of a Vietnam veteran who returned to Vietnam to face the family of a man he killed. Read more

Wake Up and Smell The Boot Polish

Airs at: Tue, 11/10/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Today, Joe is by himself, and he opens the show with a reading of an article from August of 1993 that was printed in a small independent rag called PDXS.  The article was entitled "Wake Up And Smell The Boot Polish," and warned us of a pe... Read more

Code Pink activist disrupts Israeli Prime Minister's talk

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke today at the Annual Conference of the United Jewish Federations in Washington, DC, he was interrupted by Code Pink peace activist Midge Potts stood up with a banner that said “End the Siege of Gaza”.  She shouted “Stop t... Read more

November 9 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 This Old Mole episode is hosted by Denise Morris (pictured here), and features discussions of how the system limits the actions of Presidents; two movies about mothers and sons; whether "Hell is other people" (as a  line in Sartre's play No Exit has it); and whether the ri... Read more

Who Really Runs This Country?

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What keeps us at war -- and without universal healthcare -- is not the moral  failings of politicians but the system within which politicians -- including presidents -- are forced to act.  That's the argument of  investigative journalist Russ Baker in this conversation with... Read more

Radiozine on 11/09/09

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Crystal Leighty speaks with Leigh Knox about Awakening the Dreamer...Changing the Dream is a unique 4 hour symposium developed by the Pachamama Alliance, a not-for-profit organization inspired by indigenous elders of the Amazon rain forest and their friends in North Am... Read more

Civil Liberties Watch; Guantanamo, Rendition and Detainee Rights and Update

Airs at: Thu, 11/05/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
An update on recent devlopments in  Rendition court cases, changes to the FOIA law, and changes to the Military Commissions at Guantanamo. The Obama administration continues to use National Security to cloak Bush era abuses in secrecy. Read more

Common Sense: Basic Rights Oregon and the Immigrant Community

Airs at: Wed, 11/04/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Common Sense Talk Radio Hosted by Kayse Jama, Grassia Melendez, and Lucilene Lira From the Center for Intercultural OrganizingToday hosts Lucilene Lira and Grassia Melendez speak with Jessica Lee and Ernesto Dominguez from Basic Rights Oregon about the overlap between the ... Read more

Gathering Commemorates Victims of the Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima

Airs at: Wed, 08/05/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On August 6th, 1945, the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing 200,000 people. To commemorate the event, Eugene will have a community gathering.In Portland, there will also be a commemoration ceremony by the Oregon chapters of the Women's... Read more