Government/Politics

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TWO PARTIES – ONE GREAT BIG MESS: How the Two Party Political System Thrives, While Freedom of Choice Dies (Part 1)

Airs at: Fri, 01/04/2019 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Join me for a 3-part conversation with my husband, Max Mania.  Max recently ran as a candidate for Benton County Commissioner – unaffiliated with any party, and I operated as his Campaign Manager.  Unfortunately, he lost his bid.t.  I operated as his Campaign Manager.   In ... Read more

Press**Watch: Abolish Capitalism

Airs at: Thu, 12/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Let's talk among ourselves as revolutionaries.   Here are some talking points:   To abolish our systems of oppression, to build a better world, we must first be able to imagine destroying the system we live in, and we must be in the process of developing the vision of wh... Read more

Root Causes of a Failed System: Chris Hedges

Airs at: Tue, 12/25/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Neil Postman in his classic work Amusing Ourselves to Death nailed it when he wrote, “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, whe... Read more

Intersex issues, Candy Royalle, Portland Lesbian Choir, & Santa Bear

Airs at: Tue, 12/25/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We'll be listening to the syndicated program Making Contact. Today's program is on intersex issues, both medical and personal, and gender identity concerns. We'll hear a poetry clip from Candy Royalle, Australian queer poet and artist who died earlier this year. You can re... Read more

Michael Eric Dyson on Trump, Truth, and Race

Airs at: Fri, 12/21/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Americas unwillingness to assess the ugly truth about systemic inequality has created a perpetual sinkhole of denial. A reality that existed long before Trumps presidency. Its AMERICAs Legacy. On this edition, we hear from Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, professor of Sociology ... Read more

The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

Airs at: Thu, 12/20/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Today on Sojourner Truth, we continue our 7-part series on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, known as SNCC. During Part 2 of the series, you will hear more voices of some of the women who organized with SNCC, including Mary King, who worked in SNCCs Communi... Read more

Gabe Roth: How We Can Fix the Court

Airs at: Wed, 12/26/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
Fix the Court was created to take the Supreme Court of the United States to task for its lack of accountability and transparency, and proposes reforms that include term limits and cameras in the court. Executive Director Gabe Roth, will discuss the work of his organization,... Read more

Evening News on 12/19/18

Airs at: Wed, 12/19/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
US Troops Leaving Syria “We have defeated Isis in Syria” Donald Trump tweeted this morning. And since Isis was “my only reason for being  there,” he will be withdrawing the over 2,000 US troops currently there. In August, the Pentagon estimated that as many as 14,500 Isis ... Read more

The War on Yemen: A Conversation with Dr. Aisha Jumaan

Airs at: Tue, 12/18/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  The US Senate voted this week 56-41 to end US support of the war on Yemen. According to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders: “The Saudi intervention in Yemen has created the worst humanitarian disaster in the world, with millions of people facing imminent starvation. The tim... Read more

Seeking Asylum on the US-Mexico Border

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In their Left & the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker talk about the current situation of asylum seekers on the US/Mexico border, and a set-back last week for the Trump administration in their attempts to block migrants at the Southern border and to defy US law on t... Read more