The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

The wave of reactionary nationalism that is roiling both sides of the Atlantic culminated last week with the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union. That ominous sound you hear is the fracturing of the postwar world order. Abe and Joe examine the fallout and take... Read more

  Joe Uris had planned to discuss the future of the TPP trade agreement. In response to the massacre in Orlando, he has changed today's topic to the issues of guns, hate and violence.   Read more

Tuesday's California primary will likely decide whether the Democratic nomination is over, or if it will go all the way to the convention. The one left standing will square off against perhaps the most improbable major party nominee in history. It's all very strange. Abe an... Read more

The postwar decades in the United States saw an unprecedented confluence of progressive elements: strong unions, activist government, robust investment in education and infrastructure, high taxes on the wealthy, and -- above all -- a moral and spiritual awakening around equ... Read more

With the Democratic nomination all but sewed up for Hillary Clinton, the Bernie Sanders campaign is working to make sure its priorities are represented in the party platform and -- ultimately -- in a second Clinton adminstration. The deal that was just worked out suggests t... Read more

The Grand Old Party has nominated as its presidential standardbearer a wealthy, anti-intellectual businessman with no Washington experience. Even to many insiders, George W. Bush -- err, Donald J. Trump embodies a party in thrall to its most racist, militant, reactionary me... Read more

We're one week out from the Oregon Primary, folks. Whom do you support? If you're a Republican, the choice has already been made. If you're a Democrat, the choice has all but been made. If you're neither, then whom do you choose? For a closer look at a contest near and dear... Read more

It's KBOO's Spring Membership Drive! Abe and Joe survey the wreckage of the presidential election, take your calls, and welcome new members to the KBOO family -- just as Prince would have wanted. Read more