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The Historic Black Williams Project

Airs at: Tue, 06/27/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
  KBOO's Eric Bartels speaks to Kayin Talton Davis...the project manager of The Black Williams Project. N Williams/Albina was Portland’s largest African American community. The goal of the Black Williams Project is to highlight this history, through a multimedia public ar... Read more

CRCI Reading Group Interviews Ibram X. Kendi

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
On June 21st, the Liberation Literacy reading group at Columbia River Correctional Institution (CRCI) interviewed National Book Award winner and historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi about his book Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. Liber... Read more

#SupportDontPunish

Airs at: Sun, 06/25/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week we remember a good friend, the drug policy reformer and marijuana activist Mickey Martin, and present an interview with him from 2013. Plus, June 26th is the Global Day of Action for Drug Policy Reform, so we speak with Fergal Eccles of Students for Sensible Drug ... Read more

Domestic Violence and Disability

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Disability Awareness
  For women with disabilities, violence by caregivers is very serious, all too common, and still nearly invisible. Special barriers, both physical and attitudinal, can make it especially hard for them to exit the situation. Activists are determined to make shelters and ser... Read more

Going Beyond the Headlines, a Month in Review

Airs at: Fri, 06/23/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Positively Revolting
So many important events are happening, that it's nearly impossible to stay on top of the currents sweeping through our society. As Lyn and Ani re-immerse themselves in US politics and news, it's made our heads spin.  We have so many questions, and so few answers.   We wou... Read more

Munitions Used by Local Cops on June 4

Airs at: Thu, 06/22/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Evening News
On June fourth, Portland Police and other law enforcement agencies swept hundreds of protesters out of Chapman Square in Downtown Portland. The protesters were there to counter a right-wing rally in Terry Schrunk Plaza. KBOO has been reporting on the clearance and its after... Read more

On Catcalling...

Airs at: Thu, 06/22/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
We have been wanting to do this show for a long time...  Despite the popularity of videos such as the one where a woman walked around New York City for ten hours (and the debate which ensued afterwards), catcalling (or the act of "a loud whistle or a comment of a sexual nat... Read more

The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel's New Others

Airs at: Fri, 06/23/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for One Land Many Voices
Today we present a talk and book reading given by Mya Guarnieri Jaradat at TaborSpace in Portland on Tuesday June 20, 2017, about her new book: The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel's New Others. Described as "essential reading" by journalist Ben Ehrenreich, this new book by M... Read more

Project Censored Show

Airs at: Wed, 06/21/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  Nolan and Nicholas spend this week's show in conversation with author and historian Katherine Olmstead; their topic is "conspiracy culture in media."  Katherine Olmstead teaches History at the University of California Davis campus. She has written several books about 20t... Read more

Slavery, Property, and Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
    The abolition of slavery was seen as an assault on property rights, and so it was, as millions of enslaved people valued in the billions of dollars ceased to be property on June 19, 1865 (Juneteenth). This constituted a radical change that points the way towards aboli... Read more