The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

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Hosted by: 
Abe, Joe Uris
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Call-in Talk Radio

 

Every Tuesday from 8:00am to 9:00am. Retired October 2020

 

Call-in talk radio covering politics, history, and the state of the zeitgeist, with a liberal dose of listener comments.

 

Topic tags: 
Race, LGBTQ, Police, Youth, Legislation, War/Peace, Women, Law/Court/Crime, Corporations, Economy, Education, Energy/Natural Resources, Community Building, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Civil Liberties, Activism, Environment/Climate, Humor, Housing/Homelessness, History, Immigration, Labor, Health, Government/Politics, Food, Global Affairs, Gender, Faith/Religion/Spirituality
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

The Great Pushback

Airs at: Tue, 01/24/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Resistance against the 45th President of the United States began in earnest over the weekend. A joyous worldwide march unfurled on Saturday, preceded by -- at least here in Portland -- an angry and, at times, violent Friday night. Abe listens to listener tales from both day... Read more

Götterdämmerung

Airs at: Tue, 01/17/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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The American Republic's pre-Trumpian period is drawing to a close. Abe runs down a list of the festivities planned here in Portland to welcome the 45th President of the United States, and takes your calls about how you think the next four years will play out. Read more

The Federal Week in Review: A Fake News Test

Airs at: Tue, 01/10/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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A popular left-leaning post, "The Federal Week in Review," has been making the rounds on social media. It's red meat for liberals -- it plays right into lefty beliefs and fears about the Trump White House and the post-Enlightenment GOP Congress. But it is entirely unattribu... Read more

How didn't she do it?

Airs at: Tue, 01/03/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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It's hard to pin down exactly how Secretary Clinton managed to lose the presidential election to possibly the least qualified person in the world. Misogyny, of course. Years of witch-hunting, definitely. Widespread voter suppression, boy howdy. Economically dislocated voter... Read more

The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show on 12/27/16

Airs at: Tue, 12/27/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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Saturnalia

Airs at: Tue, 12/20/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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It's the annual return of [insert holiday here], so it's time for listeners to come to the fore. Abe and Joe take your calls about your hopes and fears for 2017. Read more

How did we get into this mess?

Airs at: Tue, 12/13/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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How, exactly, did we arrive at this particular juncture in history? Why is Donald Trump here with us? Pampered academic elitist and ivory-tower intellectual Joe shares his historical and sociological speculation, whilst Abe -- jaded Gen-X cynic -- hopes desperately that the... Read more

How the Dems lost the working class (or did they?)

Airs at: Tue, 12/06/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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The conventional wisdom holds that Donald Trump won the presidency by capturing the votes of the disaffected white working class in places like Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Joe attributes this to the Democrats' abandonment of their traditional working-class base. ... Read more

Through the looking glass, deeper.

Airs at: Tue, 11/29/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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In the last two weeks, the President-Elect has picked a fight with the cast of "Hamilton," eviscerated the New York Times, and suggested that the election he just won was fraudulent. Can it get weirder? Buckle up, folks.  Read more

First, they came for Medicare

Airs at: Tue, 11/22/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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A GOP plan to phase out Medicare is already on the books -- and it could come as early as January. Abe and Joe examine the first of many challenges awaiting liberals under the Trump regime. Read more