The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

So, uh, it seems we've been tapping the German Chancellor's phone. For 10 years. And millions of people in other countries, too. This isn't all that suprising, considering how much spying is really going on. Abe and Joe take your calls and examine life in the modern surveil... Read more

In case you missed it: the attempt by a rogue neo-Confederate faction in the Republican Party to destroy the Affordable Care Act (along with the faith and credit of the United States) failed utterly. The ACA may be a clunky boon to the insurance industry, but it's better th... Read more

The System is broken. All the more reason to support maverick media like KBOO. Abe and Joe talk government dysfunction during KBOO's Fall Membership Drive. Read more

Is the U.S. a functioning democracy? Good question. Our government has shut down over the issue of Obamacare. On the one hand, the shutdown is a matter of economic power -- as the New York Times reports, the shutdown has some very rich, very well-connected backers. On the o... Read more

Hosts Abe Proctor and Joe Uris welcome climate activist Bill McKibben to talk about 350.org, oil from Alberta’s controversial tar sands project, coal from America’s Powder River basin that industry and railroads want to send through Washington and Oregon cities and export t... Read more

Abe and Joe talk about coal. Read more

As the evolving Syrian situation takes a possible turn away from war, Abe and Joe examine the roots of the Syrian conflict and take a quick tour through the history of American imperialism. Read more

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, now under negotiation, would be the latest chapter in the ongoing transition away from nation-states -- and toward multinational corporations -- as the ultimate repositories of political and economic power. The agreement, if ratified, would un... Read more

The Syrian government, it seems, has used chemical weapons on its own citizens -- and the United States finds itself on the brink of a military intervention. Abe and Joe examine the history of Syria, its relationships with its neighbors, and the disastrous consequences of y... Read more

Joe and Abe are both off this week. Dave Mazza substitutes with a discussion of activism versus organizing. Read more