Civil Rights/Human Rights

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Interview with Meghan Schrader on the History of Eugenics and Disability

Airs at: Fri, 06/07/2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
John Griffiths, host of Disability Justice, interviews Meghan Schrader, Instructor and Mentor at the E4 Texas Program at the University of Texas at Austin.  Meghan has master's degrees in special education and musicology.  She also has a personal blog Meghan Schrader | Diar... Read more

LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage | Live Panel 2: Elders

Airs at: Tue, 06/11/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we will be celebrating LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage on Tuesdays, 7:00 to 8:00pm, with live panels from our studios, where we will have guests from these communities talk to us about their culture, presence, struggles, and relevance. Calls are welcome, 503-231-8187 ... Read more

LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage | Live Panel 1: The Transgender Experience

Airs at: Tue, 06/04/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we will be celebrating LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage on Tuesdays, 7:00 to 8:00pm, with live panels from our studios, where we will have guests from these communities talk to us about their culture, presence, struggles, and relevance. Calls are welcome, 503-231-8187 ... Read more

LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage | Pride Month

  The month of June is Pride month, an opportunity to shine a light on the vast heritage of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning, intersex, asexual or agender, as well as two-spirit community members.   Join KBOO this June, July and August 2024, as w... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 3, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The San Onofre Syndrome: The Nuclear Free Team of the Sierra Club Grassroots Network is offering a series of three films to watch online without charge, with the second of the films av... Read more

The New McCarthyism

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier speaks with Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, about the new McCarthyism on college campuses and the extraordinary crackdown not only on student protests of the war on Gaza but against professors... Read more

Safe Consumption Sites

Airs at: Wed, 05/29/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Safe Consumption Sites. Safe consumption sites, supervised consumption facilities, overdose prevention centers, drug consumption rooms – whatever you call them, these vital harm reduction interventions save lives, provide wound care, reduce the... Read more

UC Academic Workers Strike Against Repression and For Palestine

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Sarah Mason and Jack Davies, members of UAW 4811 at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are on an unfair labor practices strike (with two more UC campuses set to go out next week), demanding the school administration cut ties to Apartheid Israel, drop charges and rein... Read more

Let's Talk! Autism and Multiple Disabilities, Pt. 1 with Indigo Russel

Airs at: Fri, 05/24/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Let's Talk!
Let’s Talk! Autism and Multiple Disabilities, Pt. 1 With Indigo Russel Transcripts generated by AI technology, edited by Carrie Cantrell for correctness, accuracy and accessibility. Summary In this episode of Let's Talk Autism, hosted by Amanda Antell, the focus is on the... Read more

Rule of Law in the Balance

Airs at: Wed, 05/22/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Rule of Law in the Balance. Since late during the Duterte presidency and continuing under President Ferdinand Marcos Junior, extrajudicial drug war killings in the Philippines have continued at the rate of about one per day. Arrest warrants in ... Read more