Political Perspectives

 Host Marianne Barisonek interviews H.P. Albarelli, author of A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret Cold War Experiments.  Albarelli writes about the mysterious death of biochemist Frank Olson, revealing the identities of his murderers in shocki... Read more

Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher interviews Lake Oswego filmmaker Matt Briggs about his new documentary film "Deep Green," which takes viewers to nine countries and efforts to look at ways to reduce global warming and promote sustainability. "Deep Green" is showing Tuesday ... Read more

The future of the Boardman Coal Fired Power Plant, the source of 40% of Oregon' s energy, is up in the air along with the 5 million tons of carbon dioxide, 15,000 tons of sulfur & nitrogen oxides, & 200 pounds of mercury it produces every year that make it the largest sourc... Read more

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Leonard Barrett, activist with the Village Building Convergence and permaculture garden designer, talks about “Urban Block Repair: Creating City Food Forests Through Urban Community Gardening Projects.” This talk was recorded at the 2010 Village Building Convergence on June... Read more

Jenka Soderberg hosts a roundtable discussion on the Israeli military attack on the flotilla of boats full of civilians attempting to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip. Read more

KBOO speaks with Alison Weir of If Americans Knew, Peter Hart from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, and Gaza-based independent journalist Rami Almeghari on the Israeli attack Monday May 31st on a humanitarian aid flotilla on its way to the Gaza Strip.  Includes updates o... Read more

Stephanie Potter hosts a discussion of the indigenous grandmothers weaving a world that works. Her guests are Grandmother Agnes Baker-Pilgrim and Linda Neal of the Earth and Spirit Council. www.earthandspirit.org Carol Hart's documentary on 13 indigenous grandmothers "For th... Read more

Stephanie Potter hosts a discussion of the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers weaving a world that works. Her guests are Grandmother Agnes Baker-Pilgrim and Linda Neale of the Earth and Spirit Council.   Carol Hart's documentary on the 13 indigenous grandmothers "For the... Read more

Host Michelle Schroeder speaks with activist and author Paul Loeb. He is the author of Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in Challenging Times (St Martin's Press 1999 and 2010, now with over 100,000 copies in print), The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citi... Read more