Wednesday Talk Radio

On Tuesday, more than a dozen Burgerville fast food workers and their supporters held a rally and march to launch their new union--the Burgerville Workers' Union. The workers have organized themselves at multiple stores in Portland and Vancouver. They are demanding a $5 an ... Read more

  Host Paul Roland speaks with David Ray Griffin about his book, UNPRECEDENTED: Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis?  Griffin delineates the nature and magnitude of the climatic threat to life forms and the urgency of taking action, but also sets this  global crisis wi... Read more

On Monday night the Cascade Locks City Council passed a resolution to oppose the upcoming Ballot Measure 14-55 to ban large-scale commercial water bottling plants in Hood River County. They further urged their constituents and all Hood River County residents to vote against... Read more

Today's guest, climate activist Tim DeChristopher, will be travelling by Amtrak to Portland as he talks to KBOO by phone. We hope the connection holds! DeChristopher will be in town for a talk Thursday evening and an all-day workshop Saturday, both at the First Unitarian C... Read more

Our guest today is Karen Coulter, who has dedicated herself tor over two decades to protecting native forest ecosystems on the east side of the Cascades with her organization, the Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project.  Host Paul Roland has crossed paths with her numerous tim... Read more