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Weekly Disruption for Aug 5, 2016

Airs at: Fri, 08/05/2016 at 8:00am - 8:15am
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
Weekly Disruption is back for another round of disrupting the news. This week we disuprt the news about Korryn Gaines and the toxic masculinity behind a killing of Anna Bui; the Khan family continue to disrupts Trump; Hollywood's further whitewashing in animated films; Suic... Read more

City of Women on 08/05/16

Airs at: Fri, 08/05/2016 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  City of Women
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 CUBA, A DIARY OF THE REVOLUTION, Interview with Deena Stryker

Airs at: Fri, 08/05/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with photojournalist and author Deena Stryker about her book, CUBA, A DIARY OF THE REVOLUTION: Inside the Cuban Revolution with Fidel, Raul, Che, and Celia Sanchez It has been nearly five decades since Deena Stryker, then Boyer, journeyed ... Read more

Northwest Community Coalition for Police Accountability Summer Gathering

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Host Jo Ann Hardesty speaks with Liz Moore, Director of the Spokane Peace and Justice Action Works and Rev. Harriett Walden of Mom's for Police Accountability about their upcoming conference, Northwest Community Coalition for Police Accountability Summer Gathering, at Po... Read more

Voting Restrictions and Racial Discrimination Plus Excerpts from "Citizen Four"

Airs at: Wed, 08/03/2016 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  A Federal Judge Finds Conservatives' Voting Restrictions Are Motivated by Intentional Racial Discrimination: And we ll feature compelling excerpts from Citizen 4, the documentary that chronicles the release of thousands of secret, eye-poping NSA documents by Whistle Blow... Read more

The Trumpf of the Will

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2016 at 11:30pm - Tue, 08/02/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
THE TRUMP F'OF THE WILL..   A once great nation in ruins... enemies spilling over the border, and more enemies within... violence and strife here and abroad.. and only one man can solve the problems.. one man who can make the nation win again..  Listen to his words and soak... Read more

Against Less Evil-ism

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Well-read Red Frann Michel gathers arguments from the left against the insistence from liberals that we must vote for Hillary Clinton in order to defeat Donald Trump.   The spectacles of the Republican and Democratic national conventions will have appalled most KBOO liste... Read more

Thomas Frank on What's the Matter with the Democratic Party?

Airs at: Tue, 08/02/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Thomas Frank is the founding editor of The Baffler magazine. He is the author of What's the Matter with Kansas? The Wrecking Crew, Pity the Billionaire and Listen, Liberal. Franklin Delano Roosevelt must be flipping in his grave as many of his cherished New Deal program... Read more

The Legacy of Colonialism and Its Effect on Mental Health in India

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Madness Radio
  How does the legacy of colonialism affect mental health in India? Are women’s rights, spiritual freedom, and ant-colonialism intertwined? Do women who choose a path of spiritual renunciation have the same freedom as men? Where are human rights more respected: in traditio... Read more

Special Coverage: Elections 2016

Keep this page bookmarked, as we will be updating it with KBOO's election coverage through November 2016!   Green Party National Convention Special Coverage (August 6) -includes Jill Stein, Cornel West, Ajamu Baraka   Republican National Convention Special Coverage (July... Read more