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Old Mole Variety Hour for April 8, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts the show which includes: Media Landscape: Frann Michel reflects on the state of contemporary media. Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State: Bill Resnick interviews Norman Solomon about the US warfare state of today.   When God ... Read more

Pop Culture Roundtable!

Airs at: Fri, 04/05/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
Join the Pacific Underground Collective (Tabitha, Jake, Sara, and Matt) for a roundtable on Asian Pacific Americans in Pop Culture!     Read more

Shaping a Future: Life After Prison - Part 6

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On Sunday, October 29th 2017 nine individuals told their stories in a performance titled: Shaping a Future: Life After Prison. The performance was the culmination of a series of writing workshops sponsored by the Regional Arts and Culture Council. The project conceived of a... Read more

Betty Izumi: How Teaching “Food Gratitude” Encourages Kids to Eat Veggies

Airs at: Fri, 03/29/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
How do you get picky kids to eat the foods that are best for them? Tune in to Radiozine at 11AM TODAY to find out! Theresa Marquez, host of the Rootstock Radio podcast, sits down in the KBOO studios with Betty Izumi - dietician, associate professor at the joint School of P... Read more

It Takes A Village To Build A Heart/Be A Panty Droppa ft Gio of Real Talk PDX

Airs at: Tue, 03/19/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 03/31/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
We're keeping it moving this week with a very special guest: @gio_t of Real Talk with PDX_GT podcast! He is dropping allllll the panties in and out of the studio (just listen, you'll understand), all whilst telling and showing the world what real growth looks like. We're al... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Debra Gwartney

Airs at: Thu, 03/14/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Our In Depth guest today is Debra Gwartney, author of the new memoir I Am a Stranger Here Myself, from University of New Mexico Press. Debra teaches in the writing program at Pacific University in Forest Grove, and is the author of Live Through This: A Mother’s Memoir of Ru... Read more

"The Girl With Seven Names"

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Larry Bowlden reviews Hyeonseo Lee’s The Girl With Seven Names, a memoir about the author's young life in North Korea, which she was taught to regard as the best and most prosperous country in the world. Almost by accident, she found herself in China and then began a lon... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 11, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Thom Becker hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick talks with John T. James about the extent and the causes of fatal medical errors. 2. Frann Michel discusses Earth Strike. 3. How and why the capital-labor struggle disappeared from political c... Read more

JUMP: A Co-Production with Milagro and Confrontation Theatre

Airs at: Wed, 03/27/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Milagro presents the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of JUMP a Co-Production with Confrontation Theatre which is a story of family, fantasy, and mental health. We spoke with Confrontation Artistic Director (and the director of the play) La'Tevin Alexande... Read more

Making Abortion Accessible

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
It's not enough to make sure that abortion services are legal and available if women cannot access those services due to the cost of the medical treatment. In 1973, the landmark Roe vs Wade decision affirmed that a woman's right to choose to end a pregnancy became the law ... Read more