Category Archives: Features

Conversation With Carl- The Lone Light of Progressive Talk in Portland returns to the air

Posted on February 5, 2013 by tomdwyer

At the far end of Division Street sits a small building with a banana on the side.  Once home to an overstock liquidator, it now houses a massage therapist, two vegan restaurants, and a homemade beer shop, but there’s more … Continue reading →

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What NOW?!! Toons- Last year’s laughs

Posted on January 7, 2013 by tomdwyer

  And click any of the thumbnails below for a version large enough to actually read..

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2012 Year In Review- Our Feature articles from 2012

Posted on January 7, 2013 by tomdwyer

It’s our privilege to send you this newsletter each month, and we don’t take that privilege lightly.  You didn’t have to give us your email address, but you did.  You don’t have to keep us off your “blocked senders” list … Continue reading →

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Sellwood Bridge Closure- The Sellwood Bridge is closed from Jan 17th -24th. Here’s what we’re doing about it.

Posted on January 7, 2013 by tomdwyer

January is a month for Your Car Matters to take it easy.  We have fun going back and looking at everything we wrote about last year. However, there is one issue that can’t just get the “look back” treatment this … Continue reading →

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What NOW?!! Toon for November-December

Posted on December 5, 2012 by tomdwyer
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The KPOJ Debacle- Death comes to Progressive Talk in Portland

Posted on December 4, 2012 by tomdwyer

Well!  The Friday after the election turned out to be quite a day for us at the shop.  Obama had been in office two whole days when we got the news that KPOJ was dead.  The following week was total … Continue reading →

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Icelandic Revolution- Iceland’s Crowd-sourced Constitution

Posted on December 4, 2012 by tomdwyer

“Inside Job”, the story of the 2008 global financial meltdown and its aftermath, opens with the story of Iceland.  Before the crisis it was a small but stable country with a quiet and secure financial sector, but the crisis hit … Continue reading →

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Election Night Bash Wrap-up- The good guys won, but what else happened?

Posted on December 4, 2012 by tomdwyer

One of life’s truly horrible experiences is when someone you know dies unexpectedly.  There’s a surreal feeling whenever you think of them… “I was just talking to him last week”, or “She seemed so healthy”.  We’re experiencing that now when … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Election Night Bash Speech

Posted on November 30, 2012 by tomdwyer

(delivered by Tom Dwyer at the 2nd Quadrennial Election Night Bash, Historic Bob White Theatre, Nov 6, 2012) Good evening everyone, I’m Tom Dwyer and welcome to the Election Night BASH! Before anything else, I’d like to extend a very … Continue reading →

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The KPOJ Debacle Page

Posted on November 16, 2012 by tomdwyer

      READ ALL ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF XRAY.FM, the successor to KPOJ, RIGHT HERE! Update 11/21/13- All Oregon radio stations, including KPOJ, are up for license renewal this year.  We created a petition to deny KPOJ’s renewal, and will send … Continue reading →

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