The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

 
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Hosted by: 
Abe, Joe Uris
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Call-in Talk Radio

 

Every Tuesday from 8:00am to 9:00am. Retired October 2020

 

Call-in talk radio covering politics, history, and the state of the zeitgeist, with a liberal dose of listener comments.

 

Topic tags: 
Race, LGBTQ, Police, Youth, Legislation, War/Peace, Women, Law/Court/Crime, Corporations, Economy, Education, Energy/Natural Resources, Community Building, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Civil Liberties, Activism, Environment/Climate, Humor, Housing/Homelessness, History, Immigration, Labor, Health, Government/Politics, Food, Global Affairs, Gender, Faith/Religion/Spirituality
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

Stopping the transport of coal, oil and gas in the Pacific Northwest

Airs at: Tue, 04/19/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
  Joe Uris hosts a discussion of stopping the transport of fossil fuels through the Pacific Northwest. Read more

Are Portlanders Being Poisoned by Local Businesses?

Airs at: Tue, 04/12/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Joe Uris goes solo today and asks, "Are Portlanders being poisoned by local businesses?" He'll discuss the protests targeted at Precision Castparts. His guest is local journalist Paul Koberstein of Cascadia Times and The Portland Tribune. Read more

The Donald and the politics of dominance

Airs at: Tue, 04/05/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Many explanations have been put forth to explain Donald Trump's appeal. Aggrieved white privilege. Years of conservative propaganda. The Age of Terror. The dumbing down of the American electorate. They're all true, and they have laid the ground for Trump -- the strongman... Read more

Slouching toward Bethlehem

Airs at: Tue, 03/29/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Demographics shift, wages decline, the war machine grinds on, and aggrieved white privilege stalks the land, its totemic champion a blowhard billionaire sociopath. Fertile ground for increasingly fascistic political speech and behavior. Joe blames the media. Abe disagree... Read more

Viva Cuba libre

Airs at: Tue, 03/22/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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President Obama's trip to Cuba marks the end of nearly six decades of political and economic estrangement with the United States. What does this mean for the future of both nations? And is Obama really a commie sympathizer? Abe and Joe take your calls. Read more

Bad lines being drawn

Airs at: Tue, 03/15/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Donald Trump is many things -- wealthy heir, businessman, TV personality, presidential candidate. Now, with his rallies descending into political violence, he can add "demagogue" to his resume. Abe and Joe explore the dark turn taken by the 2016 campaign. Read more

Bernie, Hillary, or neither?

Airs at: Tue, 03/01/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Feeling the Bern? Is Hillary for America more to your taste? Or perhaps someone else entirely? Abe and Joe are joined in studio by Bernie Sanders supporter Keisha Thomas and Hillary Clinton backer Moses Ross, who will make the case for their respective candidates. Read more

Superdelegates

Airs at: Tue, 02/23/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Turns out that the Democratic Party has an ace in the hole to use against insurgent campaigns like Bernie Sanders' -- the superdelegates. Abe and Joe look into the rigged Dem nominating system and take your calls. Read more

... shall be vested in one Supreme Court.

Airs at: Tue, 02/16/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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With the unexpected passing of Antonin Scalia, President Obama has the Constitutional duty to appoint a justice to the Supreme Counrt. But it's an election year, say Congressional Republicans (and Presidential Candidates), so he should just take a pass. Read more

Something in the air

Airs at: Tue, 02/09/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Getting enough cadmium in your air, Portland? Abe and Joe look at the surprising frequency of environmental mishaps. Read more