Community Building

Old Mole Variety Hour August 31st 2020

Airs at: Mon, 08/31/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Densie Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes: Will He Go? Bill Resnick interviews Lawrence Douglas, Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College about his book Will He Go? Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown in 2020. Dou... Read more

Drop into the Floating World with Threshold Shift Aug. 29

Produced for: Threshold Shift

This Saturday, August 29 from 12 - 3am PST, Threshold Shift will be taking you beyond the Pale into the Floating Worlds of the Irish Sea and Panther Creek in the Wind River Watershed. The show is getting back to it's ecophile roots for what we hope will be a soothing, ... Read more

The Floating World

Airs at: Sat, 08/29/2020 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

Sounds from the Irish Sea and Panther Creek (Show transcription) Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift on KBOO 90.7 FM Portland. I'm your host Nicole Martin and in this quarter's episode we'll be getting back to our roots, our tap roots if you will, featuring long... Read more

River of Dreams

Airs at: Mon, 08/31/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Ursula LeGuin’s story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" describes a utopian city where everyone lives good lives, except for the neglected child chained in a basement. Portland, which prides itself on its progressive attitudes, also has such a metaphorical child: the ... Read more

Library Workers Organize Against Lay-offs

Airs at: Wed, 08/26/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Multnomah County library staff have been told that up to 128 library jobs may be cut. Library director Vailey Oehlke has made no effort to clarify the number of positions that will be cut to library staff. This has instilled a sense of fear and uncertainty for staf... Read more

Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health.

Airs at: Tue, 08/25/2020 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

Today, we'll be talking with Adrian Shanker, editor of the newly-released and critically-acclaimed book, Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health. Adrian is Executive Director of Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, PA. An accomplished activi... Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop: Episode 7 with Ashley Stull Meyers

Airs at: Wed, 08/26/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Art Talk Bus Stop

Ashley Stull Meyers is a writer, editor, and curator based in Portland, Oregon. She has curated exhibitions and public programming for a diverse set of arts institutions along the west coast, including those in San Francisco, CA, Oakland, CA, Seattle, WA, and Portland, O... Read more

Library Workers Fight Layoffs

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2020 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Byrd and Cathy Camper, both librarians in the Multnomah County Library system and members of AFSCME local 88 talk about impending layoffs. In the midst of a pandemic, where some library workers are working from home, some in the building or out in the community, some on ... Read more

PDX Black Youth Movement, Waz Wu, Black Resilience Fund

Airs at: Wed, 08/19/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Food Show

This episode features inspiring interviews with: Kai Ingram, organizer with PDX Black Youth Movement @pdxblackyouthmvmt Waz Wu, blogger and graphic designer @wazwu Cameron Whitten, co-creator of the Black Resilience Fund @blackresiliencefund The PDX Black Youth Moveme... Read more

Presswatch on 08/13/20

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Presswatch

Here's a lovely KBOO podcast for you. Teressa Raiford graciously agreed to an interview despite her ferocious schedule, so you get to hear from the founder of Don't Shoot Portland, an activist who has spread the power of knowledge, and courage, and caritas, to benefit e... Read more