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Airs at: Tue, 04/23/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Too Much Information
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Tw*tter

Airs at: Tue, 04/26/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Elon Musk has put together a $47 billion bid -- yes, you read that correctly -- to purchase Twitter and take the social media corporation private. While the sample size for billionaires owning social media companies is admittedly small, the outcomes have been universally ba... Read more

Don’t shoot

Airs at: Tue, 04/19/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
2021 saw record levels of gun violence in Portland. 2022 is on pace to eclipse that ignominious mark. What's going on? The pandemic? The polarizaion? The whiteness? All of the above? Traci takes your calls. Read more

The inflatables

Airs at: Tue, 04/12/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
You've probably heard a great deal about inflation -- and you've probably noticed it, too. But here's what you need to know: Why are corporations raising their prices? Because they can. Traci and Abe take your calls. Read more

The war question

Airs at: Tue, 04/05/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The war in Ukraine grinds on, with news of Russian atrocities toward civilians drawing worldwide condemnation. But what does it mean for us, the citizens of a nation with a long and bloody imperialist history, when another country gets up to the same thing? Traci and Abe ta... Read more

Too Much Information with Abe and Traci on 03/29/22

Airs at: Tue, 03/29/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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The beclowning

Airs at: Tue, 03/22/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
This week's installment of Too Much Information is about the Senate hearings of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson -- which were aptly summed up by Elie Mystal of The Nation: "... for the first time in history, a black woman will start the advice and consent proces... Read more

Trans erasure

Airs at: Tue, 03/15/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Conservatives in Idaho and Texas are working hard to make it illegal to be a trans person, and in Florida, they don't talk about gay, no, no, no. Traci and Abe take your calls. Also -- more on the war in Ukraine. Read more

Better judgment

Airs at: Tue, 03/08/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Join Traci and Abe for more on Ukraine, and a closer look at the newest Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson. Also -- why observations of hypocrisy, however galling, aren't sufficient to settle an argument. Read more

The end of the Long Peace

Airs at: Tue, 03/01/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The world has changed. Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine has brought an end to the so-called Great Power Peace, the tenuous cease-fire that has prevailed among the world's nuclear powers since the end of the Second World War. Traci and Abe take your calls. Read more

Legitimate discourse

Airs at: Tue, 02/22/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Remember when Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted, and we predicted that we should expect more armed attacks on protesters? Well, that prophecy has come true, right here in Portland. Traci and Abe take your calls. Read more