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The Politics of Living - Episode 17

Airs at: Wed, 07/04/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
July 4, 2018   The Politics of Living – July 6, 2018 - 30 minute show   Content Contributors: Tave Fasce Drake: Gazpacho and Tomato Trivia Kristin Thiel: The She Ra Solution M L lauri (Let's Stop For A Minute) Vicky Mazzone (Host & Producer)   Technical Assistance: ... Read more

The Covenants of the Prophet with the Christians of the World: A Conversation with John Andrew Morrow

Airs at: Wed, 07/04/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Why do the powers that be try to convince us that there is a “clash of cultures” or a conflict between Islam and the West or between Islam and Christianity?   To answer that, Dr. John Andrew Morrow discusses his book, The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Chris... Read more

A People's History of the United States: Howard Zinn

Airs at: Tue, 07/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  "You wanna read a real history book?" Matt Damon asks Robin Williams in the movie Good Will Hunting. "Read Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States. That book'll knock you on your ass." It'll do that and more. Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United Sta... Read more

BEYOND STONEWALL: THE PUSH FOR LGBT CIVIL RIGHTS

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  We go back to the night in June 1969 at the New York City Stonewall Inn that sparked the LGBT rights movement. On today s show we ll hear about the day that galvanized a generation and the continued fight for LGBT civil rights.  The first Pride parades took place in June ... Read more

Science Fiction in the Nuclear Age

Airs at: Thu, 06/28/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  We welcome Oregon State University professor Elliot Lavine back to the KBOO studios to preview his new course at Cinema 21 on classic 1950's science fiction films and their intersection with Cold War politics. We're also joined by Portland filmmakers Maria Allred and Dam... Read more

Juneteenth

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Today we discuss the roots and legacy of Juneteenth, which commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas. We also discuss the dire political and humanitarian situation in Yemen as well as ongoing developments in the new Poor People'... Read more

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged "by teachers, administrators, and the justice system "and degraded by the very institutions charged... Read more

Facing the Truth about Native America: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Airs at: Tue, 06/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  It is difficult to overstate the ferocity of the attack on the indigenous people of North America by the settler colonizers. The genocidal campaign had its roots in New England. In the 1600s the first seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony showed a naked Native American wi... Read more

The FBI and the Weather Underground

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Arthur Eckstein spent years reading declassified documents from the FBI about its investigation into the radical 1970's revolutionary group the Weather Underground. He joins us for the hour to talk about what he found and to retell this story that includes bombings of th... Read more

John Frame - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 06/14/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended conversation with artist and animator John Frame, we learn more about his design work for Charles Gounod's Faust, a co-production of Portland Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago.  John talks about his fascination with the centuries-old characters of Doctor ... Read more