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Pedal Power Fueling Standing Rock

Airs at: Wed, 12/07/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Bike Show
This Wednesday we'll be speaking with Portland activist Mike Cobb about how bikes are keeping the Standing Rock Protest powered and connected to media live from Standing Rock. Also joining will be Energy Bikes from NYC who are also on site. We'll look at why alternative pow... Read more

Portland Police: Sworn to Protect - Dedicated to Serve

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for More Talk Radio
  From a secret gang list to a highly visible show of force in response to contentious public contract negotiations, the Portland Police are once again in the spotlight for thier reaction to recent citizen protests.  Host Cecil and Celeste discuss the complicated history ... Read more

A look at the Army Corp of Engineer's decision to deny the DAPL easement

Airs at: Wed, 12/07/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
  Guest host Jacqueline Keeler takes an in depth look at the decision and reaction from Standing Rock.  What's next for the indigenous resistance camp of over 5000 people?  The federal agency's decision to halt construction came just as Water Protectors welcomed a large de... Read more

Alternative Radio: Mike Marqusee on Bob Dylan

Airs at: Tue, 12/06/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  Mike Marqusee wrote a number of books on politics and popular culture, including Redemption Song, an acclaimed study of Muhammad Ali.His book on Bob Dylan is Wicked Messenger. An American, he lived in London for 30 years. He died in 2015. Bob Dylan is indisputably one o... Read more

Victory @ Standing Rock!

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste talk Standing Rock.  What does the denial of the easement by the Army Corp of Engineers mean for the fate of DAPL?  Is this a temporary victory and what effect will the looming Trump presidency have on the decision?    Call in to discuss Standing Rock... Read more

Standing Rock and the Trans Mountain Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
As we continue to try to make sense of where the world is hurtling toward as Donald Trump prepares to become the 45th president of the United States, we follow up on last week's discussion about the fight to keep gigantic fossil fuel projects from being built in the Northwe... Read more

Drug War Redux

Airs at: Sun, 12/04/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week The President talks about marijuana legalization, President-Elect Trump talks drug war with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, and the head of an agency to prevent underage drinking says legalization is scary because she thinks marijuana is a gateway drug. Read more

Water World on 12/02/16

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Water World

Exploring Strategies to Fend off Tyranny

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Positively Revolting
We'll be basing our discussion in a recent article by Professor Timothy D. Snyder,  What You- yes, you- Can do to Save America from Tyranny.  He is the author of Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Early Warning. We invite you to call in to tell us what your plan is, ... Read more

Larry Brilliant, A Hippie Saves the World

Airs at: Fri, 12/09/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Beloved Community
  His guru told him to do it. So he listened. Thus the quest began for a hippie with a medical degree to become a key player in helping to eradicate smallpox, the deadliest disease in history. Larry Brilliant tells his story in Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventur... Read more