Government/Politics

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Century Of Lies for September 18 2016

Airs at: Sun, 09/18/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
King County, Seattle, Washington, will soon have two supervised drug consumption facilities. That recommendation is part of a final report by King County's Heroin and Prescription Opiate Task Force, which released its final report on Thursday Sept. 15. King County Executive... Read more

Aurora Levins-Morales, nationally known Puerto Rican-Jewish feminist, author and activist

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Flashpoints
  Host Dennis Bernstein devotes the entire show to an interview with Aurora Levins-Morales, nationally known Puerto Rican-Jewish feminist, author and activist, who is planning to travel the US in her mobile radio station, talking about the confluence of ecology, health and... Read more

DEMOCRACY FROM THE BOTTOM UP

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
The end of a stable climate, along with the end of cheap energy and the possible end of economic “normalcy,” could spell the end of political normalcy. If the U.S. election season is any guide, we may already be witnessing the early stages of a political sea change, as nati... Read more

Seattle Jim Page live on Movin' On

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2016 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Movin' On
"If Jim Page ain’t the bastard son of Woody Guthrie I’m T-Bone Walker”  --ROBERT HUNTER   LIVE on KBOO! Seattle Jim Page will wake us all up with his honest assessments of our world, tempered with humor, irony, and compassion. Jim plays live on KBOO and Laurie Sonnenfeld ... Read more

Noam Chomsky – Toward a Better Society

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  By popular demand we rebroadcast this recent interview with Noam Chomsky for Alternative Radio. Noam Chomsky, by any measure, has led a most extraordinary life. In one index he is ranked as the eighth most cited person in history, right up there with Aristotle, Shakespe... Read more

David Daley – Gerrymandering: Tilting Elections

Airs at: Thu, 09/15/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  In his new book, David Daley, the editor in chief of Salon, describes what the Republican strategist Ben Ginsberg has called “Project Rat_____ ”: the strategy of shadowy (but thus far legal) packing, splicing and dicing of congressional districts to secure Republican dom... Read more

Journalist David Daley on "Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy"

Airs at: Wed, 09/21/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher speaks with David Daley, the former editor-in-chief of Salon and the author of "Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy," the explosive account of how Republican legislators and political operatives fund... Read more

The White Donkey - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 09/08/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  In this extended version of our interview with Oregon artist Maximilian Uriarte, we talk more about his graphic novel The White Donkey, which has been hailed for its frank depictions of post-traumatic stress disorder in young veterans.  Max hopes to adapt the graphic nov... Read more

Century Of Lies for September 11 2016

Airs at: Sun, 09/11/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week we learn about the state of medical marijuana in Washington state post-502, featuring audio from patient advocate Alison Bigelow, former state legislator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, and more. Read more

WITNESS TO THE REVOLUTION: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year American Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul

Airs at: Wed, 09/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Clara Bingham about her book WITNESS TO THE REVOLUTION: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year American Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul, a riveting oral history of American society in the turbulent years of 1969-1970 as tol... Read more