Government/Politics

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Scotland the Brave

Airs at: Wed, 05/21/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Scotland the Brave. On Wednesday May 7 2025, the UK Parliament’s Scottish Affairs Committee held a hearing entitled: Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility. The Committee was looking at the ... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 05/20/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
"Donald in Arabia" discusses the president's primarily business trip, at which he raked in hotels, cryptocurrency, and supposedly, weapons deals. Read more

Evening News on 05/20/25

Airs at: Tue, 05/20/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: The arrest of a federal judge in Wisconsin prompts new guidance for how Oregon courthouses should handle ICE arrests A new fund in Washington hopes to expand the use of prescribed burns to prevent wildfires And, a congresswom... Read more

Zenith Gets Its Hearing

Airs at: Mon, 05/26/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On May 12, The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality held a public hearing, where over 300 people testified against DEQ approving Zenith Energy’s draft Air Contaminant Discharge Permit. This is the last permit Zenith needs to expand its dangerous fuel facility in No... Read more

BLM History

Produced for:  Radiozine
First, Elizaha talks about Martin Luther King JR and his life's work. We discuss the impact of MLK's death on America.  Next, Gabby talks about the celebration of Black History Month. Gabby emphasizes the need to come together and lift each other up rather than bring ea... Read more

Evening News on 05/19/25

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: The Oregon May special election will close tomorrow, Tuesday May 20th City Councilors are attempting to soften the 93 million dollar Portland budget shortfall. And tolls on the new I-5 bridge will start later than expected. Read more

Evening News on 05/16/25

Airs at: Fri, 05/16/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: The Wisconsin judge charged with interfering with an ICE arrest pleads not guilty, Portland’s music community pushes back against the PCC’s plans to end the Music and Sonic Arts Program, And, the Southeastern Oregon paper the... Read more

Evening News on 05/14/25

Airs at: Wed, 05/14/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this episode of the KBOO Evening News:   A federal judge rules the ICE arrest of a Venezuelan man in Oregon was illegal.   Oregon lawmakers grapple with a budget shortfall.   And, the trade war hits sustainable businesses in Oregon. Read more

Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System

Airs at: Wed, 05/14/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century: Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System. Recently at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the Fourth Annual Session of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement held publ... Read more

The Hype About Hydrogen

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
News reports claim that emerging technologies that will solve the climate crisis, such as hydrogen, are just around the corner. But in reality these technologies are risky, costly and don’t really work all that well. Hydrogen in particular would actually speed up climate... Read more