Wednesday Talk Radio

 Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Arjun  Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, which has released a paper “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States.” This week AP reported that, "Japan's gove... Read more

Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Arjun  Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, which has released a paper “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States.” This week AP reported that, "Japan's gov... Read more

 Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's guest is Khalil Edwards from Basic Rights Oregon, in to talk about this weekends's start of the Black Pride Festivities as part of the Rose Festival. FInd Portland PFLAG Black on Facebook! Read what Just Out has to say about PFLAG Black in Port... Read more

Hosted by Lisa Loving  Who Built This City? Portland has just completed a study on race, gender and construction contracting that found no problems with the low number of city contracts awarded to minority and women-owned firms. What's the story? Join host Lisa Loving and ... Read more

Maybe You’ve heard about it, the movement to establish the Rights of Mother Earth. Are you on board with it or do you wonder what the heck it really means? Either way, this is the show for you.  Host Linda Olson-Osterlund and guest Cormac Cullinan,  have a thoughtful and li... Read more

Host Marianne Barisonek interviews former Los Angeles County prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi about his new book DIVINITY OF DOUBT: The God Question. In the book Bugliosi makes a potent case for agnosticism by marshaling evidence and drawing persuasive inferences. DIVINITY OF DO... Read more

 Hosted by Lisa Loving   Lisa's guest is Eli Pariser of MoveOn.org. He’s the author of a new book called “The Filter Bubble.” He says we now live in our own “filter bubble,” receiving mainly familiar news that confirms our beliefs. Pariser speaks at Powell's City of Books... Read more

 Hosted by Lisa Loving Primary Elections 2011 -- will the Portland Public Schools win passage of its two funding measures on Tuesday night's ballot? And what's next for the district? Tune in to talk it out and lay ideas on the table for what local schools really need to ed... Read more

Host Andrew Geller speaks with journalist and author Chris Hedges about his new book "The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress." Drawing on two decades of experience as a war correspondent and based on his numerous columns for Truthdig, Chris Hedges pres... Read more

 Hosted by Lisa Loving   Royal wedding got you down? Are Barbie-style women still stuck on their pedestals? And what about the rest of us? Are you a woman -- or a man -- who lately feels like everything's 'back to the 60s?' Tune in for Wednesday Morning Talk Radio when ou... Read more