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Oil for Kisses - 39 - I Don't Fear Hell, in celebration of Steve Albini

Airs at: Sat, 06/01/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Oil For Kisses
For episode 39, I'm joined by my friend and Inny guitarist/vocalist Brody Mennito to celebrate some of the best and most interesting moments of the late Albini's musical and recording career spanning four decades. Read more

Cascadia Coffeehouse on Friday, May 31

Airs at: Fri, 05/31/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we share new music from Tim O'Brien, fiddler Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Tom Rush, Natalie Spears, Brooks Williams, Laurie Lewis, Ana Egge, Paper Wings, Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen, and others.  We'll also hear a previousl... Read more

National Ranked Choice Voting Expert Grace Ramsey on Portland's New Election System

Airs at: Thu, 05/30/2024 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News, News In Depth
  Starting this fall, Portlanders will be using a new system of voting - Ranked Choice Voting - to elect their city councilors. It's a big shift, but it may be more intuitive for voters than it seems at first.  For more on Ranked Choice Voting, KBOO's Althea Billings speak... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 05/30/2024 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
In this edition of the GCID, I report on Putin's trip to China, Biden's tariffs on Chinese hi-tech goods, an unusual US request of Russia and China on nuclear weapons, and other news. Read more

Previewing Portland Youth Philharmonic's 100th Season closing concert with David Hattner, Hunter Noack, and Thomas Lauderdale

Airs at: Wed, 05/29/2024 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News, News In Depth
Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest running youth orchestra, closes its historic 100th season this Friday, May 31st at Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. The program, titled “A Century of Unforgettable Music”, includes George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody In Blue”,... Read more

Safe Consumption Sites

Airs at: Wed, 05/29/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Safe Consumption Sites. Safe consumption sites, supervised consumption facilities, overdose prevention centers, drug consumption rooms – whatever you call them, these vital harm reduction interventions save lives, provide wound care, reduce the... Read more

🔊Rocking Universally🔊

Airs at: Wed, 05/29/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Ital Vibes
Late Night Reggae 🔥 Mixed & Blended to the Max✨ **Live & Direct** Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 05/28/2024 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
Tonight's episode: An update on US-China relations: areas of progress and continued dispute. Read more

Governor Kotek, Declare State of Emergency at CCCF!

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Sarah Bieri, Staff Attorney, and Julia Yoshimoto, Senior Advisor and Director of OJRC’s Women’s Justice Project, who have released Death by a Thousand Cuts Volume 2, their ongoing report series on conditions at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility... Read more

UC Academic Workers Strike Against Repression and For Palestine

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for Labor Radio
Sarah Mason and Jack Davies, members of UAW 4811 at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are on an unfair labor practices strike (with two more UC campuses set to go out next week), demanding the school administration cut ties to Apartheid Israel, drop charges and rein... Read more