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KBOO Membership Drive Special

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
This one hour Membership Drive special will feature Prison Pipeline hosts for a news and views discussion. Thank you to our listeners from hosts Karen James, Adam Carpinelli, Emma Lugo, Doug McVay, Amy Johnson and Carlos Chavez. Please support Prison Pipeline and KBOO durin... Read more

A Protest for Sessions Visit in NW Portland, Tuesday

Airs at: Tue, 09/19/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News
A rally in Portland took place on Tuesday in protest of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' visit to the city. This rally drew nearly 200 people outside of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services building in Northwest Portland. Sessions was to speak to Federal Immigration O... Read more

Rébellion en France

Airs at: Wed, 09/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  Today, we get an update on a growing rebellion in France against center right President Macrons attack against labor unions and what is left of Frances welfare state. On the ground in France, we get the latest from Stphane Enjalran, national secretary and spokesperson fo... Read more

ANGELA DAVIS! Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  From the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list to being Distinguished Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at University of California Santa Cruz, Angela Davis has remained a committed and eloquent force for communities of struggle.  Angela Davis work... Read more

Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Positively Revolting
    Gore Vidal said of our guest pioneering political blogger and National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation John Nichols, "Of all the giant slayers now afoot in the great American desert, John Nichols sword is the sharpest", and what better place to swing a metaphorica... Read more

Labor Radio on 09/18/17 - Interview w/ Portland City Council candidate

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for Labor Radio
  The Candidates Speak Host Michael Cathcart sits down with Julie DeGraw to discuss her campaign for Portland City Council seat #2.   Connect with Michael on Twitter @MichaelBCath (Show begins at timestamp: -28:55) Read more

Portland Police Officer Throws 'Distraction Grenade' at Documentary Filmmaker

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News
A Portland police officer has, last week on September 10th, thrown a 'distraction grenade' directly at a documentary filmmaker, before it exploded on the ground. The device, as the police called it, was a 'rubber ball distraction device' which is similar to a flash-bang gre... Read more

Capitalism...Getting Past It: Cynthia Kaufman

Airs at: Tue, 09/19/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  The present phase of capitalism is a great success story for the uber rich. Torrents of wealth flow overwhelmingly to a sliver of the population. Millennials in large numbers are seriously questioning the existing economic order. They are even willing to, hold your breat... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour September 18th, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
    Denise Morris host this episode of the Old Mole which includes How do we even begin to think about the inner demons that afflict us, like guilt, self-loathing, and free-floating anxiety? Clayton Morgareidge’s new book Demystifying Demons: Rethinking Who and What We ... Read more

The Trump campaign

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Journalist Arun Gupta on Trump's patriarchal white nationalism and marketing skills, and the class dynamics of the Trump campaign. Recorded in April by Denise Morris.   Read more