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9th anniversary of WTO protests

Airs at: Tue, 12/02/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Nov. 30 marked the nine year anniversary of the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle. With some economists now calling for a new WTO ministerial to deal with the global economic crisis, KBOO's Jenka Soderberg takes us back to 1999 to address whether the W-T-O is the... Read more

Mark Weisbrot on the Financial Crisis

Airs at: Tue, 11/25/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A new 'national bank' plan by the Federal Reserve will allow the government to lend out up to 800 billion more dollars to banks and businesses. This is just the latest attempt to bail out the failing financial system in the US. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Mark Weisbrot... Read more

Kulongoski's Budget

Airs at: Tue, 11/25/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Governor Ted Kulongoski unveils his budget on Monday, December 1, and already, rumors suggest it will include across-the-board trim for state departments, reflecting the economic downturn. But with unemployment and use of social services at record highs in Oregon, charitabl... Read more

Nomi Prins on the Economic Maelstrom

Airs at: Tue, 11/25/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Hosted by: Barbara Bernstein  Journalist Nomi Prins helps us sort our way through the current economic crisis. President-elect Obama has just unveiled his new economic team, but the economic meltdown continues. On this week's Locus Focus our guest is journalist Nomi Prins,... Read more

Global Policy Network Organizer Tony Avirgan

Airs at: Sun, 11/23/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Cecil and Celeste speak with Global Policy Network Organizer Tony Avirgan about what kind of world system might emerge out of our economic meltdown. Read more

Global Economy: How The World Might Emerge Out of This Economic Meltdown

This Monday, November 24, 2008 join More Talk Radio at 8 am PST on www. kboo.fm for: Global Economics: How the World  Might Emerge Out of This Economic Meltdown A discussion with  TONY AVIRGAN: Global Policy Network Organizer, Economic Policy Institute Tony Avirgan joined t... Read more

Bailouts, Debt, & the Degradation of the Dollar

Airs at: Wed, 11/19/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Presswatch
On Presswatch with the "news you're not supposed to know" host Theresa Mitchell questions the validity of the bailouts  and sees a grim future for those of us who draw a paycheck for doing real work. The tidal wave is bearing down. Read more

Show for November 17, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 11/16/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Denise Morris, this program deals with the global economic crisis and what it would take to fix it, the broken mental health system and what it needs, and why California  voters  passed  a  ban on gay marriage.  We also hear a review  of  the documentary film abou... Read more

Reshaping the Economic World Order

Airs at: Sun, 11/16/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What needs to be done to replace the current and collapsing economic global system with something that works for all of us?   John Cavanagh, director of the Institute for  Policy Studies, talks  with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about how this crisis developed and what it wi... Read more

Josh Tickell: "FUEL" Premieres in PDX

Airs at: Thu, 11/13/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Stephanie Potter speaks with filmmaker Josh Tickell about  FUEL, the winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary. His film explores our nation’s dependence on foreign oil and looks at alternative solutions.  "Fuel" has been garnering s... Read more