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Oil Spill intro.doc

Airs at: Tue, 05/11/2010 at 12:00am
Thousands of gallons of oil continue to leak into the Gulf of Mexico per day. Environmentalist predict devastating effects on Lousiniana’s wetlands, which make up 40% of the wetlands in the U.S. Kboo’s Andrew Schwager talked to the spokeperson for the US government’s cleanu... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 10, 2010

Airs at: Mon, 05/10/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show about hope in hard times, about the opportunities given to us by the disastrous times we live in.   This show is part of  KBOO's Spring Membership Drive, offering you the opportunity to support the station that sustains the Old Mole, alon... Read more

Living in Disastrous Times

Airs at: Mon, 05/10/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Can the sense of solidarity and community that comes over us in response to a flood or an earthquake be mobilized to respond to less obvious disasters -- like climate change, for example?  Clayton Morgareidge looks for  help in Rebecca Solnit's book A Paradise Built in Hell... Read more

Living in Disastrous Times

For the Old Mole Variety Hour May 10, 2010               There are two kinds of disasters. There are the fast, sudden disasters that are visible in real time and pile up bodies and rubble or flooded buildings in the blink of an eye, and that are captured in spectacular TV f... Read more

Kurt Hoelting and The Circumference of Home: One Man's Year-Long Quest For A Radically Local Life

Airs at: Mon, 05/10/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Hosted by Kathleen Stephenson Northwest author Kurt Hoelting discusses his journey, which he details in The Circumference of Home: One Man's Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life. Hoelting, a Zen wilderness guide, traded in his car and air transportation for a kayak, a... Read more

Climate Crisis Solutions

Airs at: Mon, 05/10/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Activist and author Ted Glick talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what can be done and what is being done to prevent our climate crisis from turning catastrophic.  There is some good news here.  Ted Glick is the policy director for the Chesapeake Climate Action Ne... Read more

WHY ARE YOUNG PEOPLE DISCONNECTED FROM NATURE (and what we can do to reconnect them)

Airs at: Mon, 05/10/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Several years ago Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein was walking in Forest Park when a young boy came running by, his eyes gleaming half in glee, half in terror. He was being pursued by his older brother and as he passed, he called out, "I feel like I'm in a video game."... Read more

Voices From the Edge on 05/06/2010

Airs at: Thu, 05/06/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
About the program… Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about the issues that are important to you and your community. Every week, Voices from the Edge provides KBOO listeners a pla... Read more

Sandra Steingraber and "Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment"

Airs at: Wed, 05/05/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
   Host Lisa Loving speaks with Sandra Steingraber, internationally recognized authority on environmental links to cancer and reproductive health, about the new edition of her contemporary classic, "Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the... Read more

From a Finance Economy to a Green Economy

Airs at: Mon, 05/03/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier speaks with Les Leopold, co-founder and director of The Labor Institute, consultant to the Blue-Green Alliance, which brings together trade unions and environmental organizations, and author most recently of the book The Looting of America: How Wall Street's... Read more