Economy

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Voices from the Edge on 06-09-11 Oregon's Foreclosure Crisis

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Foreclosure filings are soaring and lawmakers are balking.  Voices from the Edge hosts JoAnne & Dave talk with Economic Fairness Oregon's Angela Martin about what needs to happen to protect Oregonians from the foreclosure tsunami. Jo Ann Bowman is a former state legis... Read more

Welcome to the Machine. The USA PATRIOT Act has been renewed for another four years.

Airs at: Tue, 06/07/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris.   The surveillance state ushered in under the reign of Bush the Younger was given a bipartisan imprimatur in late May when the USA PATRIOT Act was renewed for another four years. Warrantless wiretaps? You bet. Illegal searches of perso... Read more

Physicians for a National Health Program & Medicare for All

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Dr. Garrett Adams testifies to the impact that Medicare made on the populations it served when it was first implemented in the 1960s, and makes a case against medical privatization and for expanding Medicare for all. Rather than an essential feature of public management, it... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 6th

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today show, hosted by Joe Clement, features discussions about the war on drugs, medicare for all, a tribute to Helen Keller, a commentary on animal resistance and a piece imploring that the Obama administration denounce its commitment to carbon fuels. For information about ... Read more

What you don't know can't hurt the Oregonian; We'll look at the paper's new online partnership

Airs at: Tue, 05/31/2011 at 12:00am
Like newspapers everywhere, the Oregonian is struggling to find a place in the new world of digital media. Its new online Oregon News Network pairs it with a set of independent partners to generate locally-based reporting -- including the Cascade Policy Institute, a liberta... Read more

Social Security: Beyond the Doom and Gloom

Airs at: Thu, 05/26/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Host Celeste Carey interviews Max Richtman, Executive VP/Acting CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. Richtman says, “It’s important that Americans understand the [just-released] 2011 Trustees Report which confirms that Social Security and ... Read more

Will Oregon be first to end prohibition of cannabis?

Airs at: Wed, 05/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
 Host Stephanie Potter speaks Paul Stanford and Jennifer Alexander who are working to put the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act 2012 on the November, 2012 ballot. If passed this initiative would legalize the purchase of marijuana (through state licensed stores), license Oregon farmer... Read more

The 11th annual Village Building Convergence!

Airs at: Tue, 05/24/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   The City Repair Projects's Mark Lakeman joins Abe and Joe to discuss the upcoming 11th annual Village Building Convergence, set for May 27-June 5 at more than 40 sites throughout the city. Portlanders will come together to create benc... Read more

Rural Organizing Project in Bend

Airs at: Wed, 05/18/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
The Rural Organizing Project held its annual rural caucus on May 7th, in Bend Oregon.  On ths episode of Circle A Radio, we will listen to speeches from the event, hear participants in the march on Representative Greg Walden’s office, and talk to individual members of Rural... Read more

Free-For-All in the kabuki theater that passes for American political discourse

Airs at: Tue, 05/17/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor   It might seem hard to believe, but the kabuki theater that passes for the American political discourse has been even stranger of late than it usually is. Abe and Joe survey the absurd state of the empire, while Joe shares a laundry li... Read more