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Anything goes for the U.S. military these days; plus more on the Great Birth Control Fracas of 2012.

Airs at: Tue, 02/14/2012 at 12:00am
  It's the Winter Membership Drive! Abe and Joe take your contributions, your phone calls, and hold forth on the newly-unaccountable U.S. military. Plus, the latest in the Great Birth Control Fracas of 2012.           Read more

Let's look back on a good couple of weeks for women.

Airs at: Tue, 02/07/2012 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor. It's been a good couple of weeks for women. First, there was the ruling that nonprofitsmust cover contraception in their employees' health plans, even if doing so runs counter to church doctrine. Then there was the stunning betrayal -- and equally st... Read more

Positively Revolting on 02-03-12 Author Riane Eisler

Airs at: Fri, 02/03/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Pleasure and joy are sacred states. In a society in which pleasure is denied and commodified, taking pleasure seriously is a revolutionary act. Join ani and Lyn for a conversation with Riane Eisler, author of the books, "The Chalice and the Blade", "Sacred Pleasure: Sex, M... Read more

Morality Hijacked! What to do?

Airs at: Fri, 01/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Morality Hijacked?! Philosopher Susan Neiman, author of Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists, challenges progressives to take back the high moral ground. More information about Moral Clarity is available at Books on KBOO Read more

Voices from the Edge on 01-26-12 Life in and after a cult

Airs at: Thu, 01/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Life in and after a cult: A conversation with a former member of "The Move" Sam Fife began offering his vision of divine rule on earth in his small New Orleans church in the 1960s. By 1979, when Fife died in an airplane crash, The Move of the Spirit had grown into an intern... Read more

Making an Exit: From the Magnificent to the Macabre - How We Dignify the Dead

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Join host and Portland area funeral director Elizabeth Fournier as she talks with Sarah Murray, author of Making an Exit: From the Magnificent to the Macabre---How We Dignify the Dead. Writer and journalist Sarah Murray never gave much thought of what might ultimately happ... Read more

'A Tribute to Good Health!! ' An interview with nonagenarian David Meade

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Roberta Hall hosts a conversation with David Meade: 'A Tribute to Good Health!! '   David is 90 years old. They discuss his work with the Chicago Daily News in the 1960s -- that took him to conferences all over the world-- and his growing understanding of US militarism, an... Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 11/24/11

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
John Trudell speaks on "For Future Generations," a talk with poetry recorded on June 12th, 1998 at Westminister Church in Northeast Portland. John Trudell is an acclaimed poet, national recording artist, actor and activist whose international following reflects the uni... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 12-01-11 Miracles Club

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Miracles Club: a comprehensive, culturally competent approach to addiction recovery What started in 1993 with three men wishing to create a safe and sober environment to sustain the African American Community has evolved into the Miracles Club, a non-profit organization pr... Read more

The Spiritual War on the Uterus in Rick Perry’s Texas and Beyond

Airs at: Wed, 11/30/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Lisa Loving hosts a discussion of the "Spiritual War on the Uterus in Rick Perry’s Texas." She'll speak with journalist Sarah Posner about the religious crusade against abortion in the Lone Star State. Posner details the shift in religious efforts against abortion in Texas... Read more