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Voices of the Middle East on 08/12/11

Airs at: Fri, 08/12/2011 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor are reporting that an Iranian opposition group, Mujahedin Khalgh Organization of Iran (aka MKO, MEK, PMOI, NCRI,...) has spent millions of dollars booking American and European politicians to support their campaign to reverse Europ... Read more

Susan Lindauer, author of "Extreme Prejudice: The Terrifying Story of the Patriot Act and the Cover Ups of 9/11 and Iraq"

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2011 at 12:00am
Presswatch is on break this week. Instead Chris Andreae interviews Susan Lindauer, a former Congressional staffer who served as a U.S. Intelligence Asset covering Libya and Iraq at the United Nations, as a back channel on matters of anti-terrorism from 1993 to 2002. In the ... Read more

How Proposed Budget Cuts Impact Women

Airs at: Mon, 07/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Join Celeste and Cecil, and their guest, Tim Casey of the Women's Legal Education and Defense Fund, in a discussion on how the proposed federal budget cuts will impact women. Last week the New York Times reported : "President Obama stepped up pressure on Congressional Repu... Read more

"Focus on North Africa: A Second Roundtable on the Middle East"

Airs at: Fri, 07/08/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Host Goudarz Eghtedari presents a panel discussion on "Focus on North Africa: A Second Roundtable on the Middle East." recorded recently at Portland State University and featuring Lindsay Benstead, Assistant Professor of Political Science in the School of Government at ... Read more

Alternative Radio on 07/26/11

Airs at: Tue, 07/26/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Stephen Bezruchka - Dying Younger Than We Should (lecture) Over and over U.S. citizens are told, "We have the best health care system in the world." That would be great if it were true but the facts, baldly stated, don’t support the claim. Not only is it far and away the mo... Read more

Radiozine on 07/21/11

Airs at: Thu, 07/21/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher interviews Sarah Sobieraj, author of Soundbitten: The Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism. Sobieraj explores the dynamics and costs of media obsession by activist groups.  She says the pervasive mediatization of politics has jeopardi... Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 07/04/11

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Scholar, author, and activist Ward Churchill on "War, Genocide and Politics" When a small activist group decided to invite controversial professor Ward Churchill to speak in Grand Junction CO on Memorial Day, they ignited a firestorm of opposition. The local paper called fo... Read more

Talk Radio on 06/24/11

Airs at: Fri, 06/24/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
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. Waha... Read more

Social Security: Beyond the Doom and Gloom

Airs at: Thu, 05/26/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Host Celeste Carey interviews Max Richtman, Executive VP/Acting CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. Richtman says, “It’s important that Americans understand the [just-released] 2011 Trustees Report which confirms that Social Security and ... Read more

Avel Gordley talks about her memoir "Remembering the Power of Words"

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Hosts Patricia Welch, O.B. Hill and Emma Jackson Ford speak with former Oregon State Senator Avel Gordley about her memoir Remembering the Power of Words. Avel Gordly is the first African American woman elected to the Oregon State Senate. Remembering the Power of Words is t... Read more