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What Trump/Pence Regime Has Already Done…

Airs at: Fri, 11/03/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Positively Revolting
  What they have done to Women & LGBTQ: Promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion; appointed Neil Gorsuch. Signed a law giving states the option to deny funding for Planned Parenthood and other organizatio... Read more

Matthew Hoh on CIA Activity in Afghanistan and US Strategy

Airs at: Wed, 11/01/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson recently visited both Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the wake of those trips last week there has been much speculation about possible overtures to the "moderate Taliban" to join a peace process, and potentially gain seats in the civilian Afgha... Read more

Coos River Estuary Intervenes in Jordan Cove FERC Proceedings

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Evening News
On Wednesday, the Coos River Estuary filed a motion to intervene in the permitting process for the Jordan Cove Energy Project. The motion was filed as part of proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC. Jordan Cove is a proposed terminal for lique... Read more

I Can't Breathe: MattTaibbi

Airs at: Thu, 11/02/2017 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for Presswatch
  Matt Taibbi, journalist with Rolling Stone and author of Insane Clown President, returns to Presswatch the discuss his new book I Can't Breathe. About  I CAN’T BREATHE: A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous kil... Read more

The Iran Deal: Trita Parsi

Airs at: Tue, 10/31/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  The self-styled deal maker is a deal breaker when it comes to the historic agreement limiting Iranian uranium enrichment in return for the lifting of sanctions. Trump refused to certify Iranian compliance and passed the ball to Congress which now must decide. But the UN ... Read more

Ubu Hour Nov 2017

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/07/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
Tonight on the Ubu Hour We re-air a radio peice by Grace Marian, that was orignally broadcasted January 2009, IN LOVE WITH A COMPUTER VOICE. Four years before the Spike Jonze film Her, Grace wrote this piece with a similar theme. And an Ubu Sports Spectacular, the thrillin... Read more

Palestine's Youngest Journalist, plus Interview with Khalil Bendib

Airs at: Fri, 10/27/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for One Land Many Voices
Today on One Land Many Voices, we have a two-part show for you: in the first half, we'll speak with the creator of the new film “Radiance of Resistance”. The film is told through the eyes of two young journalists. Janna Ayyad (11) and Ahed Tamimi (15). This film just won Be... Read more

The Guantanamo Files: Andy Worthington

Airs at: Fri, 10/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Positively Revolting
  Linda Olson-Osterlund speaks to Andy Worthington...a British historian, investigative journalist, and film director. He has published three books, and been published in numerous publications. In 2009 Worthington was the co-director of a documentary about the Guantánamo ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick speaks with Jag Davies about how to end nearly all the damage of drug abuse. Some countries and many localities are decriminalizing in whole or in part. Hear how they did it. Larry Bowlden reviews the novel The Last Bus to Wisdom by working class author Ivan Do... Read more

Building Resilience in a Post-Carbon Society: Richard Heinberg

Airs at: Tue, 10/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  David Suzuki, the renowned Canadian environmental activist, author and broadcaster, says, “If you fly over a forest and look down, you'll see every green tree and plant reaching to the heavens to absorb the ultimate energy source: sunlight. What a contrast when you look ... Read more