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Old Mole Variety Hour for January 13, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts the Old Mole today and we hear: Green Jobs: Bill Resnick interviews Sam Gindin, who for fifty years has worked to build radical unions. Politics and Secularism: Readings on atheism, morality and politics. Reproductive Rights: Jan Haaken interviews Andra Ca... Read more

Songs from the Queer Ether.

Airs at: Tue, 01/14/2020 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

Today, we're playing music! Somya and I will also hang out with you and chat on things from HIV safety, to queer heroes, and beyond. Music on this show: Swedish pop supergroup Alcazar - Crying at the Discoteque Jade Elektra - Undetectable Mahawam - We've Only Just Begu... Read more

Exploring the lives of undocumented Oregonians with the Immigrant Story

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

A new exhibit called “DREAMS Deferred” is opening at the Oregon Historical Society, designed to showcase the voices of undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America who came to our country as kids or young adults. KBOO's Annette Newell speaks with Sankar Rama... Read more

Food Town USA

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Organizing around food can address the intersection of many critical social justice issues and transform communities. In his new book, Food Town USA: Seven Unlikely Cities That are Changing the Way We Eat, food writer Mark Winne invites readers on a tour of America’s most s... Read more

Andy Worthington On Guantanamo Bay

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

On today's episode Linda Olson-Osterlund will be disscussing Guantanamo Bay with Andy Worthington, call in with your questions! Andy is a writer, campaigner, investigative journalist and commentator. He is internationally recognized as an authority on Guantánamo and the “wa... Read more

Police Chief change and what to expect in 2020: a conversation with Portland Copwatch

Airs at: Tue, 01/07/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

Former Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw resigned her office at the end of December, taking a job as Philadelphia’s Police Commissioner. Appointed in 2017, she was Portland’s first female African American police chief, and she also be the first African American woman... Read more

'No War in Iran' rally demonstrates local commitment to peace

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2020 at 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

Friday, January 3rd, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Portland outside of City Hall to protest the threat of war with Iran. KBOO's SJ Oxendine brings us this report. Read more

"Til Victory is Won" 35th Annual MLK Day Tribute Broadcast

Airs at: Mon, 01/20/2020 at 11:00am - 6:30pm

Produced for: MLK Day Special

KBOO will again broadcast live, for the 35th year, from the 35th anniversary of the World Arts Foundation's annual "Keep Alive the Dream" Commemoration of Martin Luther King Day in Portland. The broadcast will be from 11 am to 6:30 pm on Monday January 20th, 2020. World Ar... Read more

Buscando America on 01/07/20

Airs at: Tue, 01/07/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

El Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional cumplió 26 años y en esta emisión escucharás las palabras del Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés. Continuamos con lo que sucedió en el 2do Encuentro de Mujeres que luchan. Karen Torrente presenta Voces ke luxan sobre lo que sucedió ... Read more

Autoworkers and Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Sam Gindin about the United Auto Workers and GM in Canada, and raising expectations around not just bread-and-butter issues but retooling the auto industry to combat climate change. Sam Gindin is the former Research Director of the Canadian Autoworke... Read more