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Changing The Way We Look At 'Slavery'

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
There has been an ongoing debate on whether or not the inundation of the 'slave narrative' in our culture is beneficial.  While our narratives certainly need to be told, what we are presented with tends to be myopic and individualistic in scope.  Victories can never be view... Read more

Ball of Confusion (Election?! Edition)

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
  Temptations sing: "One, two, one, two, three, four, ow People moving out, people moving in Why, because of the color of their skin Run, run, run but you sure can't hide An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth Vote for me and I'll set you free   Rap on, brother, rap on ... Read more

The Ghosts of Birds by Eliot Weinberger

Airs at: Thu, 11/03/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  A new collection from “one of the world’s great essayists” (The New York Times). The Ghosts of Birds offers thirty-five essays by Eliot Weinberger: the first section of the book continues his linked serial-essay An Elemental Thing, which pulls the reader into “a vortex f... Read more

Ramiro Ramírez Duarte, Live Music with Ethnic Instrumentation

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 10:00pm - Sat, 10/15/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
En La Ruleta tendremos un especial con Ramiro Ramírez Duarte ex integrante del grupo La Tribu, grupo escencial e importante dentro de los avances del Etnorock y de sonidos nuevos. Tendrenos el placer de tener a Ramiro Duarte en cabina, quien compartirá música en vivo, así c... Read more

Underground USA

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Underground USA is a symposium at the University of Oregon's Portland campus on October 15th, paying tribute to great underground artists of the Pacific Northwest. Joining us in the studio to talk about the event is Underground USA keynote speaker Patrick Rosenkranz, au... Read more

African-American Male School Adaptability Crisis

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Author Joe L. Rempson, states:  "Division and differences marked both the founding of our nation and the adaptation of our people. However, the fathers of our nation's founding were able to compromise and overcome their differences. Not so of our African American Adaptation... Read more

The Modern Maya on Folkways and on National Indigenous Institute

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Spiritual indigenous music from Mexico. Some of these documents were recorded by Henrietta Urchenko and Laura Boulton. Originally released in the Folkways Records label, and later re-issued by Mississippi Records, along with some recordings by the Indigenous National Instit... Read more

EcoFilm and the Pillars of Portland

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  In this special membership-drive episode of The Film Show, Jenn Chavez previews the Portland EcoFilm Festival with director Dawn Smallman and documentarians Taggart Siegel and Jon Betz, who have produced The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Queen of the Sun, and the new film Se... Read more

Free Culture Radio for September 21 2016

Airs at: Wed, 09/21/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
Seeing as it's now Oktoberfest, this month's edition of Free Culture Radio is all about beer culture -- which is a task that is at once both simple and difficult, because in many ways mainstream American culture is beer culture. It's so ubiquitous that it's hard to see, in ... Read more

Will Bennett, Golden West Project, And FEMI KUTI!

Airs at: Thu, 09/15/2016 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Tune-in to KBOO for EarToTheStreets starting at 7:00pm. On this KBOO pledge drive episode of ETTS we will hear discussion with Will Bennett, a well-known community liaison and a member of the Friends Of The Golden West Project. Stay tuned to ETTS to hear a special broadcas... Read more