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Pachucas, Pachucos and their Culture

Airs at: Fri, 11/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
Host Carlos Chavez interviews Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Gerardo "Lalo" Licon. Lalo studied history at the University of Southern California and wrote his dissertation on the Pachuco Culture. Many recognize the Pachucos as the so ... Read more

Dispatches from the War on Sex: Mississippi's 'personhood' initiative

Airs at: Tue, 11/08/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Voters in Mississippi will decide tomorrow on a 'personhood' initiative which, if passed, would confer legal personhood upon a fertilized ovum. This would of course render abortion illegal, and any other act that interfered with said ovum... Read more

City complains about code violations

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
Portland area residents, property and business owners are at odds with the Portland City Bureau of Development Services complaint based program of enforcement regarding city code violations. Many argue that there is an overwhelming inconsistency in the way that violation ar... Read more

Manvee Vaid on Indian Folk Art

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for APA Compass
Manvee Vaid is a practicing artist and curator of Indian Art based out of Chicago, Illinois. She experiments with various art media ranging from acrylic, oils, gold gilding and faux finishing to murals. She has a bachelors in fine arts from Sir JJ school of Arts, Mumbai Ind... Read more

Chiapas Photography Project is hosting 2 Mayan women photographers and Project Director

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
 The guests are members of the Chiapas Photography Project (CPP) which currently hosts 2 Maya women photographers and the director of the project in the Portland area for lectures and workshops.  Their photos offer a privileged look at family, home and village life today. T... Read more

Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart on his new Smithsonian Collection of the world's music

Airs at: Sat, 10/15/2011 at 12:00am
Most of you are familiar with Mickey Hart for his decades of work as one of The Grateful Dead's drummers.  But did you know about his work with the Smithsonian Institution, specifically with their Smithsonian Folkways music label? Well earlier this week, the Smithsonian rele... Read more

"The Economics of Happiness," an interview with Helena Norberg Hodge

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
Host Kathleen Stephenson interviews Helena Norberg-Hodge, the internationally renowned environmentalist and leading critic of conventional notions of growth and development. She is the recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the alternative Nobel Prize. S... Read more

Backbone Campaign: Organize to oppose tar sands pipeline

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg speaks with Bill Moyer and Jay Marx of the Backbone Campaign about their organizing efforts to oppose the tar sands pipeline from Alberta Canada to the Gulf Coast. Read more

Tillicum Wawa - Voices of the People

Airs at: Thu, 07/28/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Tillicum Wawa

Tillicum Wawa - Voices of the People

Airs at: Thu, 08/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Tillicum Wawa