"BROADCAST TO ASK DETROIT: WHY NOT END HOMELESSNESS NOW?"

13th Annual Homelessness Marathon begins 4 p.m., PST, Tues. Feb 23rd
and run for 14 hours until 6 a.m., PST, Wed. Feb. 24th

"We have a mindset in this country that homelessness is a problem that can wait," comments Jeremy Weir Alderson, founder of the Homelessness Marathon, "but it's a dire emergency for the people who are homeless, a drain on our economy, and a stain on our national honor. We ought to solve this problem, and we could if we would only turn our attention to it."

Host Erik Jorgen Jorgenson speaks with Peg Malloy from Portland Housing Center about home ownership in Portland in the new economy.
 

Host Allison Milionis speaks with Ginger Kathrens, the documentary filmmaker of the PBS series, Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies. They will discuss the plight of wild horses in the West and the work of the Cloud Foundation, a Colorado 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, that grew out of Ginger Kathrens’ knowledge and fear for not only Cloud’s herd but other wild horses in the West.

Ginger Kathrens is an Emmy Award-winning producer, cinematographer, writer and editor and author. She filmed and produced the acclaimed Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies and Cloud’s Legacy. Her documentation of Cloud represents the only continuing chronicle of a wild animal from birth in our hemisphere.

Oregon lawyer Lauren Regan speaks on "One Struggle, One Fight: Intergenerational Political Prisoners." This talk was recorded this past Friday at Reed College as part of a panel discussion.

Most of us thought big business already had too much congressional clout. Corporate banks have weakened banking reform, insurance giants have weakened health care reform, coal and oil companies use their lobbyists to delay climate crisis solutions and weaken environmental regulations.  And now, under the guise of enforcing the free speech rights of the First Amendment,  the Supreme Court has reversed decades of campaign finance reform.  In a clearly partisan move, a majority of five justices has allowed corporations to spend unlimited cash on campaigns.  What can we do about it?

Hosts Ed Goldberg and D.K. Holm review the latest movies. (This program is usually heard on the third Thursday of the month at 11:30AM, but it is being heard at this special time this month only.)

Quasi return to Drinking From Puddles just a day after the release of their fantastic new recording  American Gong !!

Now a trio, of some of the most played musicians in the over two decade history the program (both as Quasi, and as members of the bands Heatmiser, Donner Party, Sleater-Kinney, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks and Calamity Jane) the new Quasi is a deep over the left-field fence home-run, and am thrilled to have 'em back on the program!