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A Conversation with Amy Goodman
In April of 2009, Amy Goodman, co-host of Democracy Now!, spoke at the Bagdad Theater in Portland, Oregon. The event was a fundraser for KBOO, and was hosted by KBOO's own, Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza.
- Title: A Conversation with Amy Goodman
- Length: 55:46 minutes (38.29 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 96Kbps (CBR)
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Bringing Haiti Home: A Journalist Looks Back; Interview with Kimberly A.C. Wilson
Kimberly A. C. Wilson is a reporter for the Oregonian newspaper and was sent to Haiti after the January earthquake to cover stories related to the Pacific Northwest. This radio program is taken from interviews conducted by Kboo host Linda Olson-Osterlund and provide a personal look back at her trip to Haiti.
Thanks to the Oregonian and Oregon Live for the use of audio of children singing and other background audio. Also thank you to The Masters of Haiti for their song Ti Chans
- Title: Bringing Haiti Home: A Journalist Looks Back
- Album: International Women's Day
- Date: March 8th, 2010
- Genre: Other
- Year: 2010
- Producer: Linda Olson-Osterlund
- Length: 58:12 minutes (53.29 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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No Regrets; Poems on abortion by Judith Arcana
Judith Arcana, local writer, poet and long time activist in support of a woman's right to choose, read her poems as part of Kboo's 2010 International Women's Day programming. They were used to inspire discussion for the am call in talk show, No Regrets; Women On Abortion.
- Title: No Regrets; Poems on abortion by Judith Arcana
- Album: International Women's Day
- Date: 3/08/2010
- Genre: public afairs
- Year: 2010
- Producer: Linda Olson-Osterlund
- Length: 1:01 minutes (479.43 KB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
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International Day Women's Poetry Piece
- Length: 29:07 minutes (26.66 MB)
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Katrina's Prisoners: Part three of three
In 2005, KBOO's Jenka Soderberg conducted a series of interviews in New Orleans, with people adversely affected by Hurricane Katrina. In this part:
1) Wajid, Sandy and Reggae - relief volunteers arrested and taken to Greyhound jail.
2) Chad Darbonne, the warden of the Greyhound jail.
3) Critical Reisitance press conference outside OPP.
- Length: 73:44 minutes (50.62 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 96Kbps (CBR)
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Katrina's Prisoners: Part one of three
In 2005, KBOO's Jenka Soderberg conducted a series of interviews in New Orleans, with people adversely affected by Hurricane Katrina. In this part:
1) Jackie - talking about the Angola 3 and the hurricane.
2) Stanley - talking about being inside Orleans Parish Prison during Katrina
3) Dale - arrested post-Katrina and put in the Greyhound bus station prison.
4) Stacey - arrested for curfew violation and held in the flooded OPP.
5) Eric Torrance - brutalized and taken to Greyhound jail.
- Title: Katrina's Prisoners: Part one of three
- Length: 61:43 minutes (28.26 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 22kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
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Katrina's Prisoners: Part two of three
In 2005, KBOO's Jenka Soderberg conducted a series of interviews in New Orleans, with people adversely affected by Hurricane Katrina. In this part:
1) Rashaun Davis - brutalized and taken to Greyhound jail
2) Daniel Frelix - arrested post-Katrina, taken to Greyhound jail.
3) David Luke - arrested pre-Katrina - was HIV-positive, and due to the ordeal of surviving the flood in OPP, and being held outside and at the Hunts prison, contracted AIDS.
- Title: Katrina's Prisoners: Part two of three
- Length: 66:00 minutes (30.21 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 22kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
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Robert McChesney: The Failure of Modern Media
Professor and radio host Robert McChesney speaking on the failures of the U.S. media, and the possibilities for the future.
- Length: 39:53 minutes (36.52 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Michael Meade: The World Behind the World
Writer Michael Meade speaking at the Old Church in Portland, Oregon, on 4/24/08.
- Title: Michael Meade: The World Behind the World
- Length: 87:48 minutes (50.24 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 32kHz 80Kbps (CBR)
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Thomas Homer-Dixon: The Upsiade of Down
Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon speaking about climate change at the First Congregational Church in Portland, Oregon, on 5/23/07.
- Length: 78:59 minutes (36.16 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 24kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
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How do the latest technologies affect our communities? How can we use science to benefit society and how do we keep it from harming us? KBOO's The Digital Divide attempts to answer these questions and ask a few of our own through interviews, recordings, and commentary. The show touches upon such issues as open source, privacy, transparency, intellectual property, free speech, accessibility, hacking, net neutrality, file sharing, piracy, social networking, pollution, bioethics and more.
National Lawyers Guild attorney Maunica Sthanki to discuss the transfer of thousands of prisoners from detention centers in New York City to South Texas.




