African American

Left and the Law: Monumental Racism

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In honor of Black History Month, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker start their Left & the Law segment with Trump's executive order in early 2025 to rewrite American history. The order directed various departments of the federal government to remove references to slavery an... Read more

News In Depth: Cascade Festival of African Films, and the Global Citizen International Digest

Airs at: Thu, 02/12/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  It's February, which in Portland means the Cascade Festival of African Films is showcasing works from African filmmakers all month long. KBOO's S.W Conser speaks with South African filmmaker Tara Moore, about her film "Legacy: ... Read more

Keith Knight, Gentleman Cartoonist - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 02/12/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Rapper, cartoonist, and social activist Keith Knight is a longtime fan of the Portland comics scene as well as community radio.  He was delighted to make a detour to the KBOO studios during his visit to the 2006 Stumptown Comics Festival, where his slideshow and stage... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 16, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 02/16/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: You Are Not American: Laurie Mercier speaks with Amanda Frost, the David Massee Professor of Law and Director of the Immigration, Migration and Human Rights Program at the Un... Read more

You Are Not American

Airs at: Mon, 02/16/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier speaks with Amanda Frost, the David Massee Professor of Law and Director of the Immigration, Migration and Human Rights Program at the University of Virginia School of Law. They discuss how citizenship has always been contested and racialized in the United... Read more

Talking Earth--Wheatfall Fair-Layman and Giovanni on 02/09/26

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2026 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Talking Earth
Emmett Wheatfall lives in Portland, Oregon where he writes, records, publishes, and performs poetry. Twice nominated for Oregon Poet Laureate and is the winner of the prestigious 2024 Oregon Poetry Association Patricia Ruth Banta Award.  Press, an imprint of Barclay Pres... Read more

Public Health, Politics, and Protest: A Roundtable Discussion

Airs at: Sat, 02/21/2026 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
  At 4pm, we welcome four amazing contributors to Portland, Oregon, and Multnomah County, civic and community life. They will tackle the prevailing turbulent discourse, and narrative: Immigration and Federal ICE Agents; the impact, the chaos, and a runway towards re... Read more

Everybody Reads 2026

Airs at: Thu, 02/05/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Everybody Reads 2026 celebrates Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s  book, Lovely One.  In addition to distributing 8,000 free copies of Lovely One through libraries and high schools, the library also offers a series of events related to the  program.  All are free to the pu... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 9, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Hosted by Frann Michel, this episode includes these segments: African-Americans and the Bomb:   When Dr. Vincent Intondi became interested in the African-American response to atomic weapons, he was told over and over again by various scholars that the Black community h... Read more

African-Americans and the Bomb

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
When Dr. Vincent Intondi became interested in the African-American response to atomic weapons, he was told over and over again by various scholars that the Black community had no history of protest against the bomb. That, he quickly discovered, was completely false. The ... Read more