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Walmart plans 17 new stores "to suck out the best of Portland," + hot particles from Fukushima & U.S. Austerity measures

Airs at: Thu, 06/30/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know." Special one-hour show. Austerity measures happening here in U.S. Air  filters could indicate we're all breathing 5 hot particles/day from plumes from Fukushima.  Products shipped from Japan setting off radiati... Read more

Gentrification in Northeast Portland

Airs at: Wed, 06/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Host Lisa Loving’s guests are Imani Muhammad of the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, and The Oregonian's Nikole Hannah-Jones, talking about a special event: Just the Facts, featuring Oregonian reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones in a community conversation on her research... Read more

Afghanistan Present and Future; Talk Radio

Airs at: Fri, 06/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng interviews Professor Zaher Wahab and journalist Gareth Porter about Afghanistan, Obama's announcement about troops there, and the future of the country. Zaher Wahab is Professor of Education at Lewis and Clark College and a native of Afghanistan. Dr.... Read more

Twisted American Exceptionalism Leads to Criminal Behavior on a Global Scale

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
When we anthropomorphize nation-states and endow them with unmitigated self-expression we have a succinct definition of American exceptionalism, which is one part nationalism and another chauvanistic individualism. Tom Becker reads an article from Alter-Net that explores... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 27th

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts today's Old Mole and we hear:   Laurie Mercier and Rob Weissman talk about public investment and public goods. Movie Moles, Joe Clement and Denise Morris, discuss The Tree of Life. Bill and Thomas Doyle talk about connecting 1960s free-love... Read more

Robert Weissman: Good Government and Public Goods

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Robert Weissman points out it is still possible for government-owned companies like GM to be directed toward producing public goods, like mass-transit. Rob also suggests that there's no reason the government couldn't operate a publically-owned bank through Citi-group and... Read more

Mr. President: Let's look at the 7-decade growth of executive power in the U.S.

Airs at: Tue, 06/21/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is off for the summer.   Mr. President: Let's look at the 7-decade growth of executive power in the U.S. It's been nearly 70 years since the U.S. Congress has declared war. The current administration has enshrined and deepened the s... Read more

Positively Revolting 06-17-11 David Cobb

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Ani & Lyn spoke with guest David Cobb about his Move to Amend event, the scourge of corporate power and personhood, and ways communities can fight back against corporate power. Part of the plan is for folks to be willing to disobey and resist. Listeners shared their plan... Read more

Radical Musicology: Ewan McColl

Airs at: Mon, 06/20/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill and Brad discuss Ewan McColl, the radical folk-singer/song-writer from England and the impact of his ballads on raising political awareness around the world. Before that, Brad reflects on the last three years he's been doing these segments with the Old Mole and the... Read more

Fukushima: China Syndrome? Economy: Great Depression?

Airs at: Thu, 06/16/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell with "the news you're not supposed to know."  Has the worst finally happened in Fukushima? Melt-through spiraling out of control? Default looming for U.S. government? Read more