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A (fuller) conversation with Dr. Jared A. Ball, and the music of Al Jarreau

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Jared A. Ball has been on the airwaves of KBOO several times; in interviews related to news programming, on airings of Hard Knock Radio, and even on 'guess who's coming to radio??!!' (in a segment on A Tribe called Quest and Phife Dawg). However, we had been wanting to do a... Read more

Seattle IWW Reflects on UW Shooting One Month Later

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
The Industrial Workers of the World, also known as Wobblies, and IWW, are notorious for doing what bosses view as causing trouble in workplaces. They call it worker organizing and are mounting grassroots campaigns across an array of industries, and their reach is global. T... Read more

Teachers and Social Justice Unionism

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Teachers unions with Social Justice Caucuses in the Portland area are the Portland Association of Teachers and the Reynolds Education Association.  Hyung Nam of PAT and Stephen Siegel of REA discuss their efforts to forge teacher-community alliances to save and improve publ... Read more

Salt of the Earth

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  Produced at the height of the Hollywood Red Scare by blacklisted filmmakers, 1954's Salt of the Earth is a groundbreaking drama that highlights the roles of Latina women and striking mineworkers.  Jenn Chavez talks with the organizers of an upcoming event at the Hollywoo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 20th 2017

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes    Bill Resnick and Bill Smaldone continue their interview on fascism and Trumpism. In the second part today they discuss how Trump and our warrior politicians and forces can manufacture a threat to thi... Read more

DIRECT ACTION: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  As Americans take to the streets in record numbers to resist the presidency of Donald Trump, L.A. Kauffman’s timely, trenchant history of protest offers unique insights into how past movements have won victories in times of crisis and backlash and how they can be most ef... Read more

Sex worker rights, bodily autonomy, and criminalization.

Airs at: Tue, 02/14/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
    Red, Portland sex worker activist and organizer, will be joining us in the studio again to talk about sex worker safety, bodily autonomy, and criminalization. This is in front of two events: a City Club forum on February 28th on human trafficking (an ever-present conc... Read more

Anarquismo, Insane Music for Insane People #19, Agog

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/11/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
Join us this Friday evening continuing our membership drive to listen to more Insane Music for Insane People from the Belgium Label Insane, as well as the recording Anarquismo, which includes pieces by the band Antorcha (Las Antorchas), and much more! Read more

#cut50: The Fight to Slash the Prison Population in Half

Airs at: Thu, 02/02/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Jessica Jackson Sloan is the national director and co-founder of #cut50, a bipartisan effort to cut the U.S. prison population in half. Jessica is a human rights attorney who began her career representing California death row inmates in their appeals. Her first marriage ... Read more

Beyond Vietnam: Martin Luther King Jr

Airs at: Tue, 01/31/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Martin Luther King Jr.’s charismatic “I Have a Dream” speech is emblazoned in our historical memories. But another address to a much smaller audience on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York is no less significant. There King demonstrated his deep understanding o... Read more