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A Forest Journey

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
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In his 1989 book A Forest Journey, John Perlin shows how an abundance (or scarcity) of wood has greatly shaped the culture, demographics, economy, politics, and technology of societies over the millennia. Until our dependence on fossil fuels, wood was the principal fuel and... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 27, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
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  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Dreaming An-Other World: We haven’t heard much about the EZLN of southern Mexico recently, but they’ve been active. In this episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond updates... Read more

Pirates are Progressive

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
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Histories and popular culture of the Golden Age of Piracy offer tales of resistance to capitalism through multiracial democracy and sexual and gender liberty. Frann Michel discusses the books The Many Headed Hydra:  Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the ... Read more

Dreaming An-Other World

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
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We haven’t heard much about the EZLN of southern Mexico recently, but they’ve been active. In this episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond updates us and reminds us of their unique mode of struggle. Norm is joined by two distinguished actors to present dramatic r... Read more

The Making of American Whiteness. Dr. Carmen Thompson

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for More Talk Radio
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An interview with Carmen P. Thompson, historian, and author of The Making of American Whiteness: The Formation of Race in Seventeenth-Century Virginia. She earned her Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and her Masters of Arts in African... Read more

Goddess Obscura - 3/27/2023

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Goddess Obscura
  In addition to the usual line-up, here are our Featured Goddesses this week:  BlueBonnets - a Rock/Blues band hailing from Austin, Texas. Led by Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's, this group knows how to lay down a groovy blues sound that'll have you on your feet. Plus, th... Read more

Swing 'n' Country with Mary: Special WHM Edition for 3/25/23

Airs at: Sat, 03/25/2023 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Swing 'n' Country
As part of Women's History Month and in conjunction with KBOO's All Thrills, No Frills winter fundraising drive, this edition of Swing 'n' Country will focus solely on the music of women in country music, many of whom pioneered the way for later female artists. For the 3rd ... Read more

A Matter Of Public Records / Episode #46

Airs at: Sat, 03/25/2023 at 3:00am - 6:00am
Spring time in Portland Oregon...and the rain continues. The Rain is one of the nice things about Portland actually. The air always seem clean and the trees are green. Rain is also good for taking some time to calm down, and to reflect on your present circumstances, while l... Read more

Music of the Moment on The Songcircle

Airs at: Fri, 03/24/2023 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Produced for The Songcircle
Hot off the presses -- vital artists respond to our tempestuous times in song. Today's Songcircle features brand-new music from Iris DeMent, Slaid Cleaves, Van Morrison, U2, The Long Ryders, Dom Flemons (formerly of Carolina Chocolate Drops), Eric Bibb, and Lonnie Holley, p... Read more

Film at 11 grows eerie and futuristic for Friday, 24 March 2023

Airs at: Fri, 03/24/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
This week, Jeff Godsil reminds us of Michael Moore's Farenheit 9-11, followed by a reprise of Britts Gordon's comments on  Jia Zhangke's first feature film, Xiao Wu, also known as Pickpocket, but first, Matthew of KBOO's monthly bedtime story program Gremlin Time assesses t... Read more