Government/Politics

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APA Heritage Month (rebroadcast)

Airs at: Fri, 05/17/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
  It's still May and it's still Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! We thought we would replay our APA Heritage Month episode from last year. While past listeners may remember that the commemoration of this month has been somewhat controversial among members of Pacifi... Read more

Rising Up With Sonali

  Rising Up with Sonali is an all-women run Radio and Television show that brings progressive news coverage rooted in gender and racial justice to a wide audience. The radio program airs on Pacifica stations KPFA and KPFK, and several affiliate stations. The television ... Read more

U.S. & Iran: Four Decades of Hostility

Airs at: Tue, 05/21/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The danger of war between the U.S. and Iran is increasing. U.S. forces virtually surround Iran. And they are being ramped up. In classic gunboat diplomacy a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group is positioned off the coast of Iran. Imagine if Iran had a naval armada off ... Read more

APA Heritage Month (rebroadcast)

Produced for:  Pacific Underground
Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! It's still May and it's still Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! We thought we would replay our APA Heritage Month episode from last year. While past listeners may remember that the commemoration of this month has been som... Read more

Trump Threatens to Cut EPA Budget Once Again

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
President Donald Trump delivered his budget roadmap with a promise to balance the budget in 15 years, and once again, the Environmental Protection Agency found itself in the Trump administration’s crosshairs, with the White House proposing to slash its budget by 31 perce... Read more

Heather McCoy Show 05/16/2019

Airs at: Thu, 05/16/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  The Heather McCoy Show
Heather talks to Timothy Devevi, the author of the book Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism, which covers the most prolific time period of the gonzo journalists career and how Hunter saw the unique threat to American Democr... Read more

How To Change Your Mind

Airs at: Sun, 05/19/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, host Doug McVay is joined by best-selling author Michael Pollan to discuss psychedelic medicine, decriminalization, and his book How To Change Your Mind. Plus the House Committee on Oversight and Reform looks at federal drug control policy. Read more

John Bolton's push for Iran

Airs at: Thu, 05/16/2019 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Per Fagereng talks to investigative historian Gareth Porter about John Bolton's push for war with Iran.  Read more

Budget Forum Testimony Excerpts

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
[Scroll down for transcript] Selections from some of the public testimony at the May 9 hearing on the City of Portland Proposed Budget.  The City Council will take further testimony and vote on approving the budget on May 22, 2019, 2:00pm to 3:30pm, at Portland City Hall... Read more

Sunkara and Socialist Manifesto

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick interviews Bhaskar Sunkara, who founded and is now editor of Jacobin magazine, "a leading voice of the American left."  Sunkara will be speaking Tuesday at Powell's City of Books, introducing his just published book: Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radi... Read more