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Matthew Fox, A Way to God: Thomas Merton's Creation Spirituality Journey

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
The Beloved Community is show for activists: uniting mind, heart, and action.    This month I speak with someone who models activism, intellect and spirituality, Matthew Fox.   Silenced by the Vatican for his views, he left the Catholic priesthood in the early 1980s.   Mat... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 7, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this election eve special edition of the Mole, and we hear: 1. Vermont activist Traven Leyshon talks with Bill about left politics in a Clinton presidency. 2.  Frann Michel draws on Howard Zinn for an assessment of electoral politics and the need for ac... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 7, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this election eve special edition of the Mole, and we hear: 1. Vermont activist Traven Leyshon talks with Bill about left politics in a Clinton presidency. 2.  Frann Michel draws on Howard Zinn for an assessment of electoral politics and the need for ac... Read more

What To Do If Clinton Wins

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and Traven Leyshon discuss what the left can do in national politics if Hillary Clinton wins. Next week, if Donald Trump wins, we’ll discuss what the left need do in his administration.  Traven Leyshon is a long time working class radical having been active in ... Read more

Timely & Now on Nov. 4 (Standing Rock, #CripTheVote & Latino Vote)

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Host Pamela Santos talks to Jack Malstrom (Rose City Native Radio), Ruth Parra (Tonalli), Alice Wong (#CripTheVote).   Please see below for the transcript of Alice Wong's audio essay on #CripTheVote:   Hoo whee! I just mailed my absentee ballot yesterday. It took me a... Read more

Flashpoints: Christopher Simpson

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on a special edition of Flashpoints, we'll spend our time speaking to noted author of Blowback and the Splendid Blonde Beast, Professor Christopher Simpson on the use of propaganda in the 2016 election and the revolution in metadata that has changed all of our live... Read more

Ranked Choice Voting

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Hosts Cecil and Celeste welcome Blair Bobier, one of the chief petitioners of the campaign for a Ranked Choice Voting Charter amendment for Benton County, for a discussion on the need to reform the way elections are run.  Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is already used by a d... Read more

My Zine

Good old-fashioned spoken-word radio.  Observations and opinions, commentary and creative writing by long-time staff member, Bruce Silverman.  Random, thought-provoking topics including everything from human-interest stories read straight from the local paper, to personal c... Read more

Robert Parry on the U.S. and Russia and more

Airs at: Thu, 11/03/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Host Per Fagereng speaks with investigative journalist and ConsortiumNews editor Robert Parry about the U.S. & Russia, the Washington consensus and the election. Read more

Keepin It Real

  1st Wednesdays from 7 - 8 pm 5th Wednesdays from 6-7pm “Keepin It Real” is a public affairs, talk radio program that strives to educate and to offer a forum for people to speak their truth while being open minded and inclusive. On “Keepin It Real”: We take a look ... Read more