Environment/Climate

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THE VIKING IN THE WHEAT FIELD: An Interview with Author Susan Dworkin

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Genetic diversity is nature's path to survival. But over the course of agricultural history human beings have done an exceptional job at narrowing the genetic diversity of the crops we grow and eat. This limiting of the genetic pool ultimately results in crop failures and... Read more

Voices from the Edge 05-05-11

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
What's causing the migration of people of color from our North and Northeast Portland neighborhoods?  Where are they going? Jo Ann and Dave discussed these drastic population shifts and some of the causes, including rent/ housing increases, transportation needs, availabilit... Read more

Wendy Brown: "Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs: The Thrivalist's Guide to Life Without Oil"

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng speaks with Wendy Brown, author of Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs: The Thrivalist's Guide to Life Without Oil. In the age of Peak Oil,environmental catastrophe and a failing economy it is imperative that we transform the suburbs into sustainable c... Read more

"Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Madness Radio
 Host Will Hall speaks with Ethan Watters, author of "Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche," which looks at western mental disorders and pharmaceutical treatments are exported around the world." The most devastating consequence of the spread of American cu... Read more

RECOVERING A LOST RIVER: An Interview with Author Steven Hawley

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In the Pacific Northwest, the Snake River and its wilderness tributaries were once some of the world’s greatest salmon rivers. As recently as a half century ago, they retained some of their historic bounty, with millions of fish returning to spawn. Now, due to four f... Read more

Positively Revolting on 04-29-11 Starhawk

Airs at: Fri, 04/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Ani and Lyn speak with Starhawk, discussing the sacred Earth and the nuclear crisis on the eve of Beltaine. Join KBOO now at kboo.fm or call membership central at 503-232-8818!   Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 04/29/11

Airs at: Fri, 04/29/2011 at 8:00am - 12:00pm
Stop Nuclear Madness Join us all morning as we look at one of the world's most crucial issues, nuclear power. "As a physician, I contend that nuclear technology threatens life on our planet with extinction. If present trends continue, the air we breathe, the food we eat, ... Read more

Safecast maps crowd-sourced radiation data from DIY "citizen scientists"

Airs at: Wed, 04/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
When last month's 9.0 earthquake and tsunami breached six Japanese nuclear reactors in Fukushima, releasing radiation into the atmosphere, Marcelino Alvarez of Uncorked Studios was not soothed by the official reports that there was "nothing to worry about." He hit upon the ... Read more

April 25 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Clayton Morgareidge hosts today's show.  We hear a discussion of political obstacles in fighting climate change and what needs to be done; some questions about who creates jobs and what a job is; a conversation among Movie Moles about women on the Oregon Trail in Meek's Cu... Read more

Politics of Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Why has the US been behind other industrial countries in the planetary struggle to reduce carbon emissions?  Eric Pooley is an award-winning magazine editor and author of The Climate War who has joined the Environmental Defense Fund as Senior Vice President for Strategy an... Read more