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Enron's Impact in Oregon: Ten Years since the Downfall

Airs at: Thu, 07/14/2016 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The ENRON scandal was one of the biggest cases of corporate corruption in the history of the United States. Few people remember that Oregon was the hardest-hit state by the corporation’s implosion. ENRON owned Portland General Electric – the fraud-filled corporation’s only ... Read more

Community Conversations on Police Killings in Louisiana and Minnesota and a Look at New Technology for Police Weapons

Airs at: Wed, 07/13/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
From the series Sprouts a program with excerpts from community conversations in Minneapolis and Baton Rouge on the police killings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. From the series Project Censored researcher Loan Le looks at U-S police forces, who will soon be add... Read more

Amy Goodman Speaking on "Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America"

Airs at: Thu, 07/14/2016 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Amy Goodman gave a moving and inspiring talk on "Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America"  at the Aladdin Theater on May 8th. Her sold out event was a benefit for KBOO Community Radio and Street Roots. Hear this powerful talk as part of special ... Read more

The State of Policing in Portland

Airs at: Thu, 07/14/2016 at 10:00am - 11:30am
  Host Jo Ann Hardesty features an update on the state of policing in Portland.  Read more

'The End of Water As We Know It' with Argonne National Lab Scientist Dr. Seth Darling

Airs at: Wed, 07/06/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  From the series TUC Radio we present 'The End of Water As We Know It' with Argonne National Lab Scientist Dr. Seth Darling.   Even though water is most vital for survival the status of depletion or contamination is not well known to the public and there are very few m... Read more

James Howard Kunstler on "The Harrows of Spring: A World Made by Hand Novel"

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng welcomes back social critic, energy expert, and bestselling author James Howard Kunstler to talk about his new book, "The Harrows of Spring: A World Made by Hand Novel."  This book completes the story of the quaint upstate New York town of Union Grove, thr... Read more

Peter Neill – Water is Life

Airs at: Tue, 07/05/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Peter Neill is the Director of the World Ocean Observatory. He served as president of the South Street Seaport Museum in New York for twenty years. He edited the literary anthology American Sea Writing. He is the author of The Once and Future Ocean: Notes Toward a New Hy... Read more

BOMB TRAIN IN MOSIER

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On June 3 an oil train derailed in the Columbia Gorge town of Mosier, 70 miles east of Portland. It could have been much worse. The typical Gorge wind could have been blowing but amazingly the air was still that afternoon. If there had been wind there would be no more Mosie... Read more

Water World

Airs at: Fri, 07/01/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Water World
Recap of City Council Public Meeting on Superfund Site a Portland Harbor More info: www.cleanupportlandharbor.org Progress on the Portland Harbor Superfund Site has been slow and steady over the last 16 years. Kristin Yount unravels some of the corporate interests who want... Read more

Dreamer Julio Molina on Current Immigration Issues and Karl Grossman on the Solar Powered Space Capsule

Airs at: Thu, 06/30/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Today on Flashpoints Dreamer Julio Molina speaks out about Obama's immigration program and the Supreme Court decision on immigration and anti-nuclear activist Karl Grossman discusses the first solar powered space capsule headed for Jupiter. Read more