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More Talk on 12/21/09

Airs at: Mon, 12/21/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod host a discussion of the issue of wearing religious clothing in public schools. In Oregon teachers are prohibited from wearing religious garb in school. The law dates to 1923  when an open supporter of the Ku Klux Klan, presided as speaker of... Read more

Professor Zaher Wahab on what it's like in Afghanistan today.

Airs at: Wed, 01/06/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Hosted by Michelle Schroeder Fletcher  Today's guest is Zaher Wahab, Professor of Education at Lewis & Clark College. He was born and schooled in Afghanistan. He currently teaches Foundations of Education, Race-Culture-Power, Paulo Freire, and the Middle East in Global Per... Read more

Life During Wartime Top 10's 2009

Our Top Ten Records decided at 2 am after a show... don't hold us to it, but we have good taste!Wasted Time – FutilityDestino Final – AtropadosNeedles – DisastreMarked Men – GhostsIron Lung/Walls/Pig Heart Transplant - Public HumiliationCondominium 7” ‘s Reigning Sound - Lo... Read more

Dr. Blue Bickford from the Braille Project talks about teaching teachers of the blind.

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
 Host Paul Van Dyck interviews Dr. Blue Bickford and the Braille Project who returns to Portland State University, teaching teachers of the blind.   Read more

Portland Plan Part One

Airs at: Wed, 12/23/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
The Portland Plan will be our City’s strategic plan for the next 25 years, ensuring that Portland is a thriving and sustainable city and our people are prosperous, healthy and educated.Youth Collective Members Zoe and Garrett attended the Portland Plan meeting. Part 1 – Zoe... Read more

Voices from the Edge: Open Mic

Airs at: Thu, 12/17/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Voices from the Edge host Dave Mazza invited listeners to lead the conversation on issues they felt important. Among the topics discussed were the U.S.'s failure to support strong carbon reduction goals at the Copenhagen conference, the ongoing environmental threats of LNG ... Read more

December 14 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/14/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick hosts this  program about the political climate in Copenhagen; children's books  for progressives; the life and music of Floyd Red Crow Westerman; Invictus (the Clint Eastwood movie about South Africa); and Jhumpa Lahiri's  book Unaccustomed Earth.   For infor... Read more

Children's Books for Progressive Families

Airs at: Mon, 12/14/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Portland's  independent women's bookstore In Other Words is expanding its selection of books for children, selecting those that convey progressive values of  equality, diversity,  peace, and democracy.   Amber Roland from In Other Words talks with Bill Resnick about some o... Read more

Queer Open House & Recruitment for The Other Team, Queer Youth Radio Show

Calling all Portland area youth:: do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning or are an ally to the queer community? KBOO is hosting two open houses for The Other Team recruitment: Sunday Dec 20 from 3-5 pm and Monday Dec 28 from 5-7 pm. We need YOU... Read more

Voices from the Edge: What's behind Oregon's domestic violence murders-suicides?

Airs at: Thu, 12/10/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Fourteen Oregonians died last month in five murder-suicides and one attempted murder suicide. Why this sudden outbreak now of men using guns to murder their spouses, ex-spouses and themselves when domestic violence homicides in Oregon have been on the decline? In 1997, 22 d... Read more