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Ep.9 Pea(ce) Soup

Airs at: Tue, 09/19/2017 at 10:30pm - 11:15pm
Produced for Peace, Love and Soup
Sept. 2017  - International Peace Day falls on September 21st, therefore this month we will be emphasizing the Peace - in Peace, Love & Soup. We're going to talk to Wintry Whit Smith who is spreading peace education worldwide with her Peace Village Global curriculum!   Sh... Read more

The Portland Entheogenic Exploration Society

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Helen Daring from PEERS: Portland Entheogenic Exploration Society colloquially known as Portland's Psychedelic Society talks about international science news involving studies supporting micro-dosing that successfully treats certain mental and physical health challenges. R... Read more

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum Talks Civil Rights

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
       Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is Oregons first female AG and she's been busy championing and fighting for civil rights and for the extinction of white supremacy and fascism. Kboo Evening News reporter Annette Newell sits down with Rosenblum for a close to the hea... Read more

Amy Knight, author of Orders to Kill

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
      New York Times critically acclaimed author Amy Knight is considered the wests foremost scholar of the KGB, now named the FSB. Amy's latest book: Orders to Kill exposes the journalists and political critics that have turned up dead under Putins influence. Mz. Knight ... Read more

THE F-WORD: RICHARD WOLFF ON THE ECONOMICS OF FASCISM

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  We have a new episode of "The F-Word,' our series on fascism. And we are excited to have as our guest today for an extended discussion professor and author Richard Wolff, co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of the nationally syndicated program 'Economic Update.'  O... Read more

Columbia Gorge Fire Containment at 13 Percent

Airs at: Wed, 09/13/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
As of Wednesday morning, the fire crews were able to contain the Eagle Creek fire up to 13 percent. However, the fire still continues to burn, although slowly, at 35,636 acres. The Oregon State Fire Marshal has said Wednesday that fire crew members have decreased to under 9... Read more

Oregon Grand Jury Arrests Man Suspected of Arson in Connection With Four Wildfires

Airs at: Tue, 09/12/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News
An Oregon Grand Jury has indicted a man on three counts of arson and other charges in connection with a string of four wildfires. This man, named Christopher Wilson at age 37, is suspected to have started the fires on Highway 97 on August 29th. The worst of which has spread... Read more

UN Security Council Unanimously Passes Resolution Imposing Sanctions Against North Korea

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News
In spite of North Korean threats to make the U.S. pay a heavy price, the UN Security Council unanimously passed today a resolution imposing sanctions against North Korea. This resolution was prompted when North Korea expanded and tested their ballistic nuclear missile progr... Read more

Capitalism vs. Socialism: Richard Wolff

Airs at: Tue, 09/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  The great radical historian Howard Zinn once told me, half in jest, that one of the greatest disasters to befall socialism was when the Soviet Union put it in the official name of the country: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. I asked him to explain and he said, T... Read more

Rafiki Village Project

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  In this episode of the Radiozine, host Jennifer Kemp interviews David Newman and Laura Orgel, president and secretary of the Rafiki Village Project. The Rafiki Village Project is a local non-profit that helps to support villages in rural Tanzania, working in tandem with ... Read more