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Nakba Day

Airs at: Wed, 05/15/2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we are acknowledging Nakba Day. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, known as the "Nakba", or "Catastrophe". The anniversary puts the spotlight on one of the world’s... Read more

Civil Rights Offices Against Academic Freedom

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 grew out of the civil rights movement and its demands for legal protections at the federal level around practices of racial discrimination.  Jan Haaken discusses with Jennifer Ruth how Title VI of the Civil Rights Act has become the primar... Read more

KBOO Strong

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier talks with Eugene Bradley, long-time KBOO volunteer and former board and finance committee member, about the recent Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) cuts and how KBOO has historically navigated similar financial challenges and persevered to su... Read more

PDX Progressive Talk Radio on 08/20/25

Airs at: Wed, 08/20/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
 Good morning,  I’m Sherry and today we spotlight two critical federal actions affecting our community: the cut in funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and AG Pam Bondi’s legal threat over Oregon’s sanctuary policies. These issues touch not just our media ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 25, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Community Radio and Civil Rights: This episode is hosted by Frann Michel and features these segments: KBOO Strong:  Laurie Mercier talks with Eugene Bradley, long-time KBOO volunteer and former board and finance committee member, about the recent Corporation for Publ... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 08/19/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
"Sellout: The Trump-Putin Summit in Alaska," a foreign-policy disaster for the US and for Ukraine. Read more

Leah guest star for All My Greatest Teachers Showed Me Love

Airs at: Wed, 08/20/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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Capitalism's Enduring Use for Borders

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Ivan Drury Zarin explains how borders serve to undermine worker solidarity under capitalism.  This talk was part of an event held last month by Solidarity on the Origins & Problems of the Anti-Migrant Panic. That panel discussion was the culmination of a reading and d... Read more

Left & the Law: Conspiracy Thinking & the Epstein Case

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Trumpism has always been animated by dark conspiracies about Democrats and "elites" and a belief in the divinely ordained power of Trump to expose and punish his enemies.  The failure to deliver on the much hyped promise to release documents associated with the Epstei... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 08/12/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
"Will the US Invade Mexico?" Pres. Trump has long harbored the notion of deploying US forces to attack the drug cartels in Mexico. The legal and other obstacles to doing so, including Mexico's strong opposition, seem to escape him. Is this another deliberate distraction ... Read more