Economy

ALEC and Government by Corporation

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Here is all you need to know about ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council -- the corporate funded and corporate-run group that writes bills for right-wing legislators to take home and enact into law. Well-read Red Frann Michel makes it all crystal clear. You can... Read more

Record Confessional Every Week for You Archive!

What?! You want to be asleep during program (Sunday's Midnight - 2am)? No, you just want'a you own speical copy of'a program to listen again and'a again. We understand, so we make'a special link for you to record program. That'a right, Confessional go "ON DEMAND" and'a is "E... Read more

Portland Holds Final Budget Hearing

Airs at: Fri, 05/18/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

Normal 0 Portland held its final budget hearing before the city council last night at David Douglas High School. The attendance was slightly down from earlier meetings as several line items have been restored. Still lobbing hard for restoration were the ‘Buckman Pool Hero... Read more

Headlines, Fukushima radiation contanimation, Occupy PDX, Hanford nuclear waste dump & more

Airs at: Thu, 05/10/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Presswatch

Host Theresa Mitchell gives Headlines, talks about Fukushima radiation contanimation on Nori seaweed and how vitamin C is hekping people. She also discusses Occupy PDX, Hanford as nuclear waste dump, coal trains & more. Read more

KBOO and Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement comments on how KBOO's democratic organization and ownership structure is, as a form of workplace democracy, the true base of progressive social change. Read more

Beyond Taxing the Rich

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Old Mole, Clayton Morgareidge, comments on various proposals to increase taxes on the rich. Is this enough to create economic justice or does it justify the economic arrangements that produced inequality in the first place? Listen to this brief commentary to find out. Here... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 14th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this membership-drive special and we hear: Bill talk with Lisa Wesal about chemical contaminants Denise Morris talks with David Weismann about the Queer Documentary Film Festival Clayton Morgareidge talks about the limits of taxing the r... Read more

"What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets"

Airs at: Wed, 05/09/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher interviews Michael Sandel, author of "What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets." They'll talk about the difficult arguments missing from our public debates about the value being assigned by markets to nonmarket norms. What is the... Read more

It's KBOO's Spring Membership Drive! Give us your money!

Airs at: Tue, 05/08/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

Abe Proctor and Joe Uris pontificate on a range of issues, all while imagining themselves to possess intellectual heft and moral authority. Meanwhile, it's Spring Membership Drive! Give us all your money or else! Read more

Fracking: Interview with author Tom Wilber on new book, Under The Surface

Airs at: Thu, 05/10/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Deeper Look

Fracking; Shattering subterranean rock to release natural Gas. Clean energy for America or poision to neighboring communities? Join host Linda Olson-Osterlund for a Membership Drive Special. Her guest will be Tom Wilber author of the just released book Under The Surface:... Read more