Second Wednesday guest/co-host Jacqueline Keeler joins weekly host Paul Roland for an hour of commentary and discussion of Tuesday night's debate between the two major party candidates for president of the U.S. Get your calls in early to our studio line, 503-231-81...By KBOO Community Radio

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Independent journalist and documentarian Abby Martin discusses Earth's Greatest Enemy, an upcoming feature length documentary that examines one of the largest polluters and contributors to global climate change in the world: the United States military,l and why the milit...By KBOO Community Radio

Today's guest, Richard Heinberg, is senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, a think tank based in Corvallis, Oregon, which provides information and analysis on climate change, energy scarcity, and other issues related to sustainability and long term community resilie...By KBOO Community Radio

Today's guest, Forrest Palmer, is, in his own words, "an electrical engineer currently practicing in Houston, TX. Due to the fact Houston is ground zero in the continental United States for environmental collapse, he is currently looking to move to the South East reg...By KBOO Community Radio

We welcome back Norman Solomon to KBOO and Wednesday Talk Radio, to talk about two crucial topics: first, whether or not Joe Biden should run again for President, or, as Solomon suggests, "step aside" in favor of a younger, more progressive candidate; and second, the sub...By KBOO Community Radio

Today's guest, Annie Levin, co-founded the "Sing in Solidarity" radical choir in New York City as a way to demonstrate unity and convey a message, emotionally sustain the singers and strengthen rallies, actions and movements. From her article, Radicals Go Caroling: The...By KBOO Community Radio

Go here for songs and articles by David Rovics on the Palestine issue.For a look at Rovics' views on deplatforming, see:Winning Arguments in the Matrix. Or Extracting Ourselves from it.By KBOO Community Radio

Host Paul Roland is back after a few weeks off due to personal issues. He welcomes once again his second Wednesday guest host Jacqueline Keeler to talk about recent "landback" cases, including a recent announcement by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on the Landback acc...By KBOO Community Radio

Today's guest, Paul Koberstein, co-founded Cascadia Times in 1995 and has been editor since its inception. A journalist for 40 years, Koberstein was a staff writer for The Oregonian and Willamette Week. He and Kathy Durbin were two of the first mainstream journalists to ...By KBOO Community Radio

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The neighborhood bully been driven out of every landHe's wandered the earth an exiled manSeen his family scattered, his people hounded and tornHe's always on trial for just being bornHe's the neighborhood bullyThis is one of the many verses in Bob Dylan's explicitly...By KBOO Community Radio

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Host Paul Roland welcomes three guests to look back at the mobilization against the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit held in Seattle in August:Katie Comfort, US Coordinator of the International Women's Alliance;Johnny Olson member of Migrante Portland and re...By KBOO Community Radio

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When burdened by the tangible angst and unease around the future of our planet, a term like “climate anxiety” can seem insufficient. It can feel paltry and shallow, implying we are fretting or fussing over an imagined future. In reality, seeing the mounting global disast...By KBOO Community Radio

Host Paul Roland returns after a three-week hiatus. Today he welcomes as guest David Rovics, who has been writing and performing politically charged music for decades, and has increasingly turned to writing about critical social and political issues, including those prev...By KBOO Community Radio

Paul welcomes Code Pink co-founder and peace activist Medea Benjamin to his show seven months after her appearance last December. She'll bring us her perspective on where the Ukraine conflict stands, and then discuss the politics in the White House and Congress, the p...By KBOO Community Radio

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, a regional economic forum established in 1989, with 21 member "economies," including the US, Japan, China, Australia, Indonesia, and Thailand, will be holding their third Senior Officials' Meeting in Seattle from late July through m...By KBOO Community Radio

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Here is a double episode because you can ruin a dinner party by starting talking about the Enneagram and being UNABLE TO STOP. Also, here about my deep love for grilled cheese.https://baddinnerparty.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/episode6-102017-11-06-am.mp3By Abby Norman

We’ve been having a lot of conversations lately about emotional labor. What is it? Why is it invisible? How can you tell? Also, why do my kids not know about car doors shutting?!?! https://baddinnerparty.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/episode5.mp3By Abby Norman

Turns out prison is not sexy and everything about it is problematic. But they don’t talk about that on Orange is the New Black. https://baddinnerparty.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/episode4.mp3By Abby Norman

Abby invites her friend Anna Rabe to dish all about immigration! As an Australian immigrant married to a military man, Anna has a perspective that often stops people in their (ignorant) tracks! https://baddinnerparty.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/bdpepisode3.mp3By Abby Norman

Meet Abby’s husband! Find out how he practically has a degree in ruining dinner parties and learn about the superbowl party I accidentally set the oven on fire. Oops. https://baddinnerparty.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/episode-2.mp3By Abby Norman

When school comes up, Abby is sure to run a dinner party! Listen to her discuss school district reputation, how it changes your property value, and why people are banking on bad schools. Also, quinoa salad and spiked lemonade! https://baddinnerparty.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/bdpepisode1.mp3By Abby Norman

Abby explains who she is, why she ruins dinner parties, and gives you food and drink for her quintessential dinner party. She might talk about her boobs. It happens sometimes. https://baddinnerparty.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/introbdp.mp3By Abby Norman

This episode of Shaken and Stirred features Charles Gedeon reading his story, "The Vapidity of Business School." The story discusses why business schools and their students should broaden their studies beyond business. The story was originally posted on Medium: https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious/the-vapidity-of-business-school-5d02f2def9c0You can…

This episode of Shaken and Stirred features Vale Donzelli reading his story, "The Art of Unlearning." The story explains why it's important to be able to throw away old truths and be open to discovering new ones. The story was originally posted on Medium: https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious/the-art-of-unlearning-4354a96ce061You can follow the auth…

This episode shares a story told by the author, detailing her tips on how to get into the zone and be more productive. The piece is titled “Three Tricks To Find Your Flow” by Dr. Christine Carter.The story was originally published on Medium here: https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious/three-tricks-to-find-your-flow-f871eadd6d55…

This episode shares a story told by the author, detailing her experience of battling severe sickness with the expectation of death. The piece is titled “5 Years Ago I Wrote My Obituary” by Abby Norman. The story was originally published on Medium here: https://human.parts/5-years-ago-i-wrote-my-obituary-508fefa59fea?source=latest---------3&gi=902dd…

Today's episode shares our first story as retold by the author herself with Allison Pohle reading her piece I Moved Away From Home, But I Couldn’t Move Away From Myself. The story was originally published on Medium here: https://medium.com/my-teen-diary/i-moved-away-from-home-but-i-couldn-t-move-away-from-myself-b861ae3deb5fYou can find the author …

This episode features Dogear co-founder Doug Clinton reading his post launching Dogear Transformer, a new service from Dogear that helps authors record audio versions of their written content. The audio for this recording was captured on an iPhone 6 and optimized via post production. Given the quality difference of the normal microphones we use com…

Dogear's Shaken and Stirred episode #18 suggests that rhino farming might be the best way to save the species. Carly Nairn's The Rhino's Last Stand, originally published in Guernica, reports on poaching, the current ban on rhino horn, and farmers who are working to breed rhinos as a way to keep them safe (and potentially benefit from selling their …

Dogear's Shaken and Stirred episode #17 might just break your heart. David Grimm's "How Hurricane Katrina Turned Pets Into People" talks about the heartbreaking situations that befell New Orleans pets and owners when the storm forced some to leave their animals behind while fleeing. Something good did come out of the heartache though, with new laws…