Veteran's Voice Radio Show

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Airs at: Fri, 04/19/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Every 3rd Friday of the month from 9:00am to 10:00am.

 

With Northwest Veterans for Peace

 

Veteran's Voice Radio Show with Northwest Veterans for Peace deals with matters of war and peace. Also deals with veterans health issues and the after effects of war.

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"The Bunker Project"

Airs at: Fri, 06/15/2012 at 12:00am
Join Bill and me (Marvin Simmons) when we will interview Bud Brown and Robert Helmick of "The Bunker Project". Bud is a Viet Nam veteran and professor at Western Oregon University. Robert Helmick is a Gulf War veteran. They will explan what "The Bunker Project" is all ab... Read more

Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance tell their stories

Airs at: Fri, 04/20/2012 at 12:00am
Hosts Marvin Simmons and Bill Bires speak with members of the Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance. The group is working to create a community of people who desire to find justice, answers and support for the generational victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin. It was found... Read more

The Bonus Soldiers March and the Kellogg–Briand Pact

Airs at: Fri, 03/16/2012 at 12:00am
Today Veteran's Voice presents an archival program on the Bonus Soldiers March, which started here in Portland. The Bonus Army was an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers—17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., i... Read more

David Swanson, about his new book The Military Industrial Complex at 50

Airs at: Fri, 02/17/2012 at 12:00am
  Hosts Marvin Simmons and Bill Bires of Northwest Vets for Peace speak with writer, reporter and speaker David Swanson, about his new book The Military Industrial Complex at 50 . He is also the author of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfe... Read more

Mark Thompson on his recent article, "The Other 1 Percent"

Airs at: Fri, 01/20/2012 at 12:00am
Hosts Northwest Vets for Peace interview Time Magazine investigative reporter Mark Thompson about his recent article, "The Other 1 Percent," on the increasing disconnect and distance between the military and the rest of the U.S. population. Thompson has reported extensivel... Read more

Veteran's Voice on 12/16/11

Airs at: Fri, 12/16/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Marvin Simmons and Bill Bires of Northwest Vets for Peace discuss Marvin's recent three-month visit to Vietnam. They'll also talk about the "Survival Guilt" used to diagnose PTSD. And, if there is time, they will look at veterans reintegrating back into society. Read more

Revisiting Vietnam; Survival Guilt and Diagnosing PTSD and the Reintegration of Veterans

Airs at: Fri, 12/16/2011 at 12:00am
Marvin Simmons and Bill Bires of Northwest Vets for Peace discuss Marvin's recent three-month visit to Vietnam. They'll also talk about the "Survival Guilt" used to diagnose PTSD. And, if there is time, they will look at veterans reintegrating back into society. Read more

Women on War Part 2

Airs at: Fri, 11/18/2011 at 12:00am
Today's show features Part 2 of "Woman on War," a panel discussion from the Veterans' Voice archive. This program was initially broadcast in the early 90's. Carolyn Mills interviews women who have been affected by war. Read more

Veteran's Voice 10/21/2011

Airs at: Fri, 10/28/2011 at 12:00am
An interview with Don Blackburn, Viet Nam veteran-peace activist-poet,who will talk about "All You Have Given: Meditations on War, Peace & Reconciliation" his book of poems. He will also read from his book. Don Blackburn was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1947 and ra... Read more

Veteran's Voice on 09/16/11

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Co-host Marvin Simmons writes from Duc Hoa, Viet Nam: "The radio show this month is a celebration of our 20 years with KBOO 90.7 fm radio. The program is an archival show from the early 1990's called "Women on War." The host is Carolyn Mills, who interviews 3 women whose l... Read more