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Joe Uris covers Health Care and the War in Afghanistan

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2009 at 5:00pm
 The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show  Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Abe is on vacation today, so Joe Uris invites callers to share thoughts on the Health Care debate, Government programs in general, the Insurance industry, the War in Afghanistan, the Bush era Torture debacl... Read more

Flo Kennedy

Airs at: Wed, 08/19/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Whe Flo Kennedy died at the age of 84 on December 22, 2000, the progressive movement lost a fiery dedicated and outspoken lawyer; civil rights activist; lecturer and writer. For nearly 50 years, Flo was a prominent activist in the Black, gay rights and feminist movements. ... Read more

Tim Hermack from the Native Forest Council on the Greenwashing of America

Airs at: Tue, 08/18/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Wednesday Morning Talk Radio Guest Host Chris Andreae invites Tim Hermack, President and founder of the Native Forest Council in to KBOO to talk about the Greenwashing of America.   Read more

The Powers that Be have ensured that our health remains for sale.

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2009 at 5:00pm
 The Powers that Be have ensured that our health remains for sale.   Hosted by: Abe Proctor and Joe Uris, (But...  Joe Uris remains on vacation...  For now...) In what will surely one day be known as a case study in the downfall of our Republic, the Congress and -- presuma... Read more

It's garden-variety racism, people

White people, of course, having never experienced the business end of institutionalized racism, can only achieve an approximate understanding of it. Fortunately, Tim Wise is on the scene to help. Here's Wise on how racism is driving the opposition to health care. "You know ... Read more

Prospects for Healthcare Reform

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  What  is the minimum healtcare reform we need now, and what do we have to do to make it much better tomorrow?  Bill Resnick comments.   Read more

Katherine Hughes on the trial of Dr. Dhafir, an Iraqi Humanitarian Aid Worker

Airs at: Tue, 08/11/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 KBOO Wednesday Morning Talk Radio Today, Marianne Barisonek talks with activist Katherine Hughes about how Muslims are being targeted for harassment in general, and how Dr. Dhafir, an Iraqi Humanitarian Aid Worker, has been targeted in particular.   Read more

Changing Demographics Versus the Wingnuts

Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2009 at 5:00pm
 Hosted by: Abe Proctor and Joe Uris, except, of course...  Joe is still on vacation...   What's the thread running through the Birther movement, the health care protests, fear of socialism, anti-immigrationism, and generalized wingnut craziness?  It's Oppressed White Ma... Read more

Can talking about race make a difference?

Airs at: Wed, 08/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Last month, President Obama sat down over beers with a Cambridge cop and a Harvard professor to talk about an ugly incident that brought home how deep racial tensions still run in our nation. The president saw the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Sgt. James Crowly as a "... Read more

Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food

Airs at: Tue, 08/04/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
 On Wednesday Morning Talk Radio, Marianne Barisonek hosts, with guests Lisa Weasel, author of the book Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food and Rick North of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Read more