Faith/Religion/Spirituality

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Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 02/25/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz interviews Ladino singer/songwriter Sarah Aroeste live. Aroeste is one of the few Jewish artists working today who writes original songs in Ladino, the Judeo-Spanish dialect spoken by Jews in Spain, after they were expelled from that country in 1492. Inspi... Read more

At Peace: Choosing A Good Death After a Long Life

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Dr. Samuel Harrington, MD, is the author of At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life. In this important book, which James Fallows of The Atlantic calls “deeply humane,”  he argues the case for taking a clear-eyed yet compassionate view towards the end of life. M... Read more

The Exodus: How It Happened and Why It Matters

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Many of us have grown up watching The Ten Commandments on television. Each year we would watch Charlton Heston kill an Egyptian, rescue Midianite damsels, confront the Pharaoh with amazing miracles and the lead the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt and through the Red Sea.... Read more

Heart Berries

Airs at: Thu, 02/22/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman’s coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of Post Traumatic ... Read more

Kalista Lacie Kilpriest

Airs at: Fri, 02/16/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Kalista Lacie Kilpriest comes into the KBOO studios to tell her story, and takes us through the twists and turns of her life starting with her adoption from the Southern Americas into Portland, Oregon. The process she describes reveals direct connections between our communi... Read more

And The New Drug Czar Nominee Is ....

Airs at: Sun, 02/11/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The White House has chosen a new drug czar; Oregon legislators are working to set up mental health checkups for all law enforcement officers in that state; and we hear more about the state of civil rights in the United States. Read more

Vision Action Network of Washington County

Airs at: Fri, 02/09/2018 at 9:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  On the next Beloved Community, John Shuck speaks with Glenn Montogomery. He is the executive director of  Vision Action Network.  The mission of Vision Action Network is "to engage stakeholders across sectors to collaboratively address critical issues in Washington Count... Read more

Poor People's Campaign Brings Call for Morality and Justice to Salem

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This coming Monday, February 5th, a number of Oregonians will deliver a letter to the state capitol in Salem, as part of the nationwide Poor People’s Campaign. The campaign describes itself as "A National Call for Moral Revival," and is inspired by, though far from an exact... Read more

Matter and Desire

Airs at: Mon, 02/05/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Andreas Weber is a Berlin-based philosopher, biologist, and writer. He holds degrees in marine biology and cultural studies. He proposes the development of a “poetic ecology” which intimately attaches our species to every being and underpins the entire range of human exp... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 01/28/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz interviews internationally renowned klezmer fiddler Alicia Svigals about Beregovsky Suite, the first solo recording she's released in 20 years. This album, a collaborative project with Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Uli Geissendoerfer, brings to life long-l... Read more