Too Much Information with Abe and Traci

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Airs at: Tue, 12/31/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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(replacing Abe and Joe Talk Radio, which retired Sept. 2020)

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Stumptown follies

Airs at: Tue, 09/26/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
It’s been a banner week in the checkered history of the Portland Police Bureau. Former City Commissioner JoAnn Hardesty won a considerable settlement after being framed for a hit-and-run by members of the PPB; and Chief Chuck Lovell has resigned. With a radical reimagining ... Read more

Too Much Information with Abe and Traci on 09/19/23

Airs at: Tue, 09/19/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Five-finger discount?

Airs at: Tue, 09/12/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Media coverage abounds with reports of a national, even global, “epidemic” of shoplifting. Retailers are taking drastic steps, even locking up essential items. But is it really an epidemic? And what does this narrative say about class and wealth in America? Join the convers... Read more

Labor

Airs at: Tue, 09/05/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Workers at Powell’s Books are on strike — joining the 257 other labor actions in effect in this year alone. Clearly, working people are having a moment. Join Traci and Abe for a look at the past, present, and future of the labor movement. Read more

Too Much Information with Abe and Traci on 08/29/23

Airs at: Tue, 08/29/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Drawing the lines

Airs at: Tue, 08/22/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Portland's Independent District Commission votes August 21 to select the boundaries for our city's four new council districts -- paving the way for a new era in how we govern ourselves. Join Traci and Abe to discuss the results of the vote, our transition to multi-commissio... Read more

Tales of the city

Airs at: Tue, 08/15/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The Portland business community is behind Gov. Kotek's Central City Task Force and its plan to address downtown Portland's woes. This sort of support usually doesn't bode well for the city's unhoused. Is anything different this time around? Traci and Abe take your calls. Read more

"...absolutely certain punishment.”

Airs at: Tue, 08/08/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
It's taken awhile, but the latest indictment of the Former Guy, at long last, gets at the heart of his most heinous and enduring crime -- the attempted coup d'etat on our constitutional order. And not coincidentally, the indictment sets the nation up for the most consequent... Read more

Burn, baby, burn

Airs at: Tue, 08/01/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
This past June was the hottest June in history, and we've just exited a July that was the hottest month ever recorded. Floods are ravaging China, and Phoenix, Arizona has endured an entire month's worth of days in excess of 110 degrees. Meanwhile, the Biden administration i... Read more

Whitewashing Florida

Airs at: Tue, 07/25/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
For some time now, Florida has been marching bravely back to the 19th Century. Their latest highlight? History curricula asserting that slavery was beneficial to the enslaved. Traci and Abe take your calls, and dig into the dangers of willful historical ignorance. Read more