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In Depth: Alan Wieder on Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

Airs at: Thu, 12/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO's Jenn Chavez interviews Alan Wieder, author of "Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War against Apartheid" about Nelson Mandela and his role in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Read more

Update on PPS-PAT Contract Talks with PAT President, Gwen Sullivan

Airs at: Mon, 11/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks to Gwen Sullivan, President of the Portland Association of Teachers. They bring an update on the contract talks between the Portland Association of Teachers and the Portland Public School district board, the possibility of a strike, and the fight for qual... Read more

KBOO Youth Collective: Ben and Jerry's Partner Shop Community Profile

Airs at: Fri, 11/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
New Avenues for Youth runs nonprofit businesses that provide employment training opportunities for homeless and at-risk youth. Our social purpose enterprises are a key vehicle for youth to develop the skills needed to obtain permanent employment, access post-secondary oppor... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 11 2013

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this Veterans Day episode and we hear: BIll Resnick and Goudarz Eghtedari talk about Iranian politics Iven Hale shares stories of sexual trauma in the military Tom Becker shares a piece by George Monbiot about global capital undermining democracy... Read more

Well-read Red: PPS/PAT contracts talks, what they are and aren't about

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel reports on Portland Public School and Portland Association of Teachers contract talks. Teachers are not fighting for wages, so much as work and ultimately learning conditions -- including class size, standardized testing, and prep-time during the day. She share... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour October 28 2013

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this Old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick talks with Fight for $15 labor activist, Trisha Kahle, about the movement and its political contexts   Larry Bowlden reviews Portland-area author Whitney Otto's "Eight Girls Taking Pictures".   Well-re... Read more

Public Enemy: Bill Ayers on his critics, the sectarian left, and his new memoir

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with education activist, Bill Ayers, about his recent memoir "Public Enemy: confessions of an American dissident". The book responds in part to critics who used Bill's controversial history as a founding member of the The Weather Underground (radical left r... Read more

Columbis Day Well-read Red: Frann Michel on repression and resistance in indigenous history

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel brings us the Well-read Red in honor of Indigenous People's Day. Being the Federal holiday known as "Columbus Day", she offers timely reflections on the repressed history of colonialism in the New World and mounting challenges from within education and organize... Read more

KBOO Youth Collective: Interview with Shanne Sowards

Airs at: Wed, 09/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
Joshua interviewed Shanne Sowards, program director of Squires, a mentoring program for teen fathers. Their mission is to empower, encourage, and support teen fathers to provide long term emotional, physical, and financial support for their child. October 12th they will hav... Read more

Filip Hristić: Creative School

Airs at: Wed, 08/14/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Experience Points
Host Ren Green sent herself to Principal Filip Hristić's office at Portland's Creative Science School to talk about engaging teachers, Constructivist learning, and the Storyline Method.(Music: "Advil Confirmed" by JD Falk) Read more