Faith/Religion/Spirituality

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Joseph Baker, American Secularism

Airs at: Sun, 11/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Joseph Baker is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at East Tennessee State University.   His latest book, American Secularism:  Cultural Contours of Nonreligious Belief Systems, co-authored with Buster G. Smith, explores the rise of secularity in the United ... Read more

Salvation Army Story

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Paul Sowards is a bell ringer for the Salvation Army in Wilsonville, Oregon. He says the organization has saved his life as well as let him reach out to people in his own unique way. But for a secular community like Portland, the Salvation Army is viewed skeptically for ... Read more

KBOO Noon News 112715

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Tune in every weekday at five for more local, national and international news produced by volunteer reporters in our Portland studios. Read more

Jeffrey Robbins, The Problem of God

Airs at: Sun, 10/25/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Jeffrey Robbins is Chair and Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania. He is the author or editor of eight books.  He is a Westar Fellow and a member of the new "God and the Human Future" Seminar. He along with Thomas Sheehan ... Read more

Martin Winiecki, Global Revolution

Airs at: Sun, 10/18/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Martin Winiecki is the coordinator of the Institute for Global Peace Work in Tamera, Portugal.   Terra Nova is a movement, a school, a community, and a vision for a world at peace.  He speaks with me about the community and the book he helped translate from  German by Dr. D... Read more

Jerry Coyne, Faith Vs. Fact

Airs at: Sat, 10/10/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Jerry Coyne is a professor in the department of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago.   He specializes in understanding the origin of species.  In addition to numerous scientific papers and his scholarly book in his field, Speciation, he is the author of the p... Read more

Peter Watson, The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God

Airs at: Sun, 10/04/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Peter Watson is an intellectual historian and the author of fifteen books on the history of ideas. His latest book is The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God. He traces the history of atheism from Nietzsche to Dawkins. His book is a fascinatin... Read more

First Day of Retail Pot Sales in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Today was the first day of legal retail pot sales in Oregon, and spirits were high at dispensaries across the Portland area. In this piece, KBOO reporter Jim Thompson speaks with customers lines up outside Shango's, a dispensary in Hillsboro, followed by KBOO reporter Doug ... Read more

The Psychology of Mass Shootings

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
After a mass shooting claimed ten lives this morning at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, President Obama adressed the nation with visible frustration, saying, "[Thoughts and prayers do] not capture the heartache and grief and anger that we should feel, and it does noth... Read more

Douglas County Residents Respond to Roseburg Shooting

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On the morning of October 1, a gunman entered Umpqua Community College in Roseburg and killed at least ten people and injured twenty before being killed by law enforcement. Residents of Douglas County are still in shock over today’s events but they are pulling together. Vig... Read more