Civil Rights/Human Rights

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An African-American and Latinx History of the United States: A Conversation with Paul Ortiz

Airs at: Fri, 06/08/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  Professor Ortiz will be at Powell's Books on June 18th for a book signing. Dr. Paul Ortiz is Associate Professor of History at the University of Florida and is Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program.  Professor Ortiz has published and taught in the fields o... Read more

Human Rights Defense Center

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Emma Lugo interviews Paul Wright of the Human Rights Defense Center about the exorbitant fees prisoners families are being charged just to visit them, as well as catching up on what is happening with immigration detention, prisoner health care and institutional incenti... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 14

Airs at: Wed, 04/11/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
  April 11, 2018 Inessa Anderson chats with Canadian singer-songwriter, Jennifer Berezan. Jennifer is intent on blurring the artistic boundaries and most importantly, the distinction between musical styles, politics, spiritual life, and environmental activism.  Darka D... Read more

All Governments Lie - Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

Airs at: Thu, 05/31/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
  Per Fagereng welcomes producer Jeff Cohen to KBOO ahead of the Portland screening of his film All Governments Lie.  Jeff Cohen is the founding Director of the Park Center for Independent Media and Endowed Chair / Associate Professor.  The center’s mission is to study the... Read more

On The Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation's Capital

Airs at: Wed, 05/30/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On this show, as U.S. activists respond to the recent massacre in Gaza by ramping up the Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement, they are opposing a bill advancing in Congress that would strip Americans of the right to boycott the apartheid state of Israel. We speak to Be... Read more

Project Censored

Airs at: Wed, 05/30/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Discussions on the corporate media's depiction of Russia, a new documentary about 'fake news,' and rising voter discontent.  Hosts: Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III, Desiree McSwain. Producer: Mitch Scorza.  Read more

Buscando America on 05/29/18

Airs at: Tue, 05/29/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa hablamos con Blanca Stacey Villalobos sobre la curación y el empoderamiento a través de los sueños. Además en cabina tuvimos a dos integrantes de la banda Ojos Feos un proyecto del Pacific Northwest compuesto por músicos viajeros y dedicados a la organizaci... Read more

LAS CAFETERAS: POLITICAL FOLK FOR THE SOUL

Airs at: Tue, 05/29/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  Las Cafeteras, the Chicano band from LA, and what I like to think of as unapologetic political folk music for the soul! They brilliantly mix traditional son jarocho with contemporary issues. Las Cafeteras hail from the Zapatista-inspired EastSide Cafe in East LA. Their f... Read more

Greg Palast Returns

Produced for:  Presswatch
About time I wrote a KBOO blog post....   Greg Palast is going to join me tomorrow (9AM Pacific, Thursday April 25th 2018) to talk about the Koch brothers' extensive, AI-driven, antidemocratic machinations.  We know from Greg exactly how the Republicans stole the last Pre... Read more

Queering Christianity: A Conversation with Angela Yarber

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Rev. Dr. Angela Yarber discusses the revolutionary work of the Holy Women Icons Project. As an intersectionally ecofeminist organization, the Holy Women Icons Project seeks to empower marginalized women and to be an accomplice in the work for justice for ethnic and racia... Read more