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Ten Good Things in 2015

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Looking back at 2015, Medea Benjamin found ten good things to celebrate -- ten wins for the left. Tom Becker reads from her piece in Huffington Post.  Read more

Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Takes Effect Tomorrow

Airs at: Tue, 12/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
On January first a law will go into place assigning certain protections and benefits to domestic workers in the State of Oregon, called the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.  For more KBOO reporter Jared Dancler spoke with Tom Breedlove, an expert on household labor and taxe... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 28, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts the last Old Mole episode of 2015, which features segments on climate, economy, housing, insanity, and music by Helly Luv, Nina Simone, and the Pretenders, as well as poetry by Marge Piercy. This week the theme song is performed by Jerron Blind Boy Paxt... Read more

Mass Shootings and Insanity Pleas

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel talks with Jan Haaken, director of the documentary Guilty Except for Insanity,  about questions around competency and the insanity plea in the Robert Lewis Dear case, the shooting that left three dead at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs in Nove... Read more

For an Economy of Generosity

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge discusses moving from an economy of parsimony to an economy of generosity. [image via wikimedia] Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 21, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 12/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes Christmas songs by Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as segments on the climate impacts of the TPP,  the politics of the Peanuts' Christmas cartoon, and the impacts of the women's movement on family life... Read more

Climate Impacts of the TPP

Airs at: Mon, 12/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers hosts a round table discussion on the climate impacts of the Transpacific Partnership, featuring Miya Reback, development and campaign coordinator for 350.org Portland, Kristen Sheeran, Oregon Director for Climate Solutions, and Michael Shannon, Executive ... Read more

Century Of Lies for Nov 1 2015

Airs at: Sun, 11/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week: Bernie Sanders talks about criminal justice reform and marijuana legalization on the floor of the US Senate, and we talk with Rick Doblin of MAPS about MDMA and medical cannabis research. Read more

KBOO Noon News 112715

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Between Us
Tune in every weekday at five for more local, national and international news produced by volunteer reporters in our Portland studios. Read more

Century Of Lies for November 22 2015

Airs at: Sun, 11/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week in part one of our coverage of the Drug Policy Alliance's international reform conference, we hear from Deborah Peterson-Small of Break The Chains, we talk with Martha's mum Anne-Marie Cockburn, and we say goodbye to a good friend who recently passed away, Thomas ... Read more