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Mike Gravel on Government Secrecy and the Pentagon Papers

Airs at: Wed, 06/15/2011 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's Guest is MIKE GRAVEL, former two-term senator from Alaska, speaking on the hypocrisy of the US government's move to make the complete Pentagon Papers collection available to the public. In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to t... Read more

Arjun Makhijani on “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States”

Airs at: Sun, 06/12/2011 at 12:00am
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 Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Arjun  Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, which has released a paper “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States.” This week AP reported that, "Japan's gove... Read more

Talk Radio on 06/10/11

Airs at: Fri, 06/10/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Arjun  Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, which has released a paper “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States.” This week AP reported that, "Japan's gov... Read more

Khalil Edwards from Basic Rights Oregon talks about the Gay Pride Festivities this weekend

Airs at: Wed, 06/08/2011 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's guest is Khalil Edwards from Basic Rights Oregon, in to talk about this weekends's start of the Black Pride Festivities as part of the Rose Festival. FInd Portland PFLAG Black on Facebook! Read what Just Out has to say about PFLAG Black in Port... Read more

Racism in the construction trades--and how yur tax dollars support it

Airs at: Wed, 06/01/2011 at 12:00am
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Hosted by Lisa Loving  Who Built This City? Portland has just completed a study on race, gender and construction contracting that found no problems with the low number of city contracts awarded to minority and women-owned firms. What's the story? Join host Lisa Loving and ... Read more

Morning Talk: The Rights of Mother Earth: Guest; Cormac Cullinan

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2011 at 12:00am
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Maybe You’ve heard about it, the movement to establish the Rights of Mother Earth. Are you on board with it or do you wonder what the heck it really means? Either way, this is the show for you.  Host Linda Olson-Osterlund and guest Cormac Cullinan,  have a thoughtful and li... Read more

"Divinity of Doubt:" an indictment of God, theism and atheism

Airs at: Fri, 05/27/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Host Marianne Barisonek interviews former Los Angeles County prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi about his new book DIVINITY OF DOUBT: The God Question. In the book Bugliosi makes a potent case for agnosticism by marshaling evidence and drawing persuasive inferences. DIVINITY OF DO... Read more

Elia Pariser and The Filter Bubble

Airs at: Wed, 05/25/2011 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving   Lisa's guest is Eli Pariser of MoveOn.org. He’s the author of a new book called “The Filter Bubble.” He says we now live in our own “filter bubble,” receiving mainly familiar news that confirms our beliefs. Pariser speaks at Powell's City of Books... Read more

Portland-area Primary Elections 2011 Results

Airs at: Wed, 05/18/2011 at 12:00am
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 Hosted by Lisa Loving Primary Elections 2011 -- will the Portland Public Schools win passage of its two funding measures on Tuesday night's ballot? And what's next for the district? Tune in to talk it out and lay ideas on the table for what local schools really need to ed... Read more

Talk Radio on 05/13/11

Airs at: Fri, 05/13/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Host Andrew Geller speaks with journalist and author Chris Hedges about his new book "The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress." Drawing on two decades of experience as a war correspondent and based on his numerous columns for Truthdig, Chris Hedges pres... Read more

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