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SB 1032, written to protect our Children from BPA, has been rejected...

Airs at: Wed, 03/10/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Host Erik Jorgensen speaks with Jen Coleman from the Oregon Environmental Council about the recent rejection of SB 1032 by the Oregon Senate. In mid-February the Oregon Senate rejected a bill that would have protected Oregon’s children from exposure to bisphenol A (BPA).... Read more

Community Calendar, Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Airs at: Tue, 02/16/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Community Calendar
  This is the Community Calendar for Fat Tuesday, February 16, 2010. *********************** Reverend Jesse Jackson is hosting a news conference in response to the shooting death of Aaron Campbell by Portland police. He will speak at 6pm at the Maranatha Church Fellowship... Read more

Community Calendar, Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Airs at: Wed, 03/10/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Community Calendar
KBOO COMMUNITY CALENDARWEDNESDAY, March 10, 2010******************* This is Kellyn with your COMMUNITY CALENDAR for WEDNESDAY, March 10, 2010.The Q Center is hosting an Inter-Personal Violence Support Group from 5:30 to 7pm at4115 N. Mississippi Avenue. This is a weekly all... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 03/04/10

Airs at: Thu, 03/04/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
One month after Portland police officer Ronald Frashour fatally shot Aaron Campbell, the Portland City Council is still struggling with growing community anger over the unarmed man's death. Demonstrations, a high profile visit by Rev. Jesse Jackson - as well as an upcoming ... Read more

March 1 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Bill Resnick, this show focuses on the healthcare debate, Shutter Island, a movie about mental health (among other things), and features the music of the late Alistair Hulett.For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page. You can fol... Read more

Building on Healthcare Reform

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Is the healthcare proposal coming from Obama and the Congress worthy of support or rejection?  Does it lay the groundwork for continuing on to real universal healthcare, or does it block the path?  Kathleen Stoll, Director of Health Policy at Families USA, lays out the rea... Read more

Movie Moles: "Shutter Island"

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Shutter Island is a film about madness and sanity, the power of psychiatry, and paranoia about government.  Hear why our Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Jimena Alvarado call it "bulimic film-making." Read more

Real Socialized Medicine

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
A successful government-run medical system is already up and running right here in the USA.  Tom Becker reads an op-ed by Nicholas Kristof.    Read more

Issues in the Healthcare Debate

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick provides us with an overview of the issues in the Healthcare Debate: the cruel and glaring failures in the current healthcare system, the advantages of singlepayer (Medicare for All), and whether the current proposals from Obama and the Congress are worth supp... Read more

Bust the Banksters/Iranian Turtles in Spaaaaaaace

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know,"  and advice on walking away from your mortgage without walking away from your house,  info on neo-cons itching to bomb Iran, and an update on H1N1.  See more at Theresa's blog:  http://www.kboo.org/node/19228    Read more