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Interview with Terry Robinson

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us on Monday, January 17th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Terry Robinson, an innocent man on death row in North Carolina.  Sentenced to death over 20 years ago, Terry Robinson is a warm and engaging man who shares his stor... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 17, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts this Martin Luther King Jr. Day special which includes music by artists Farrell Williams, Noname, and Ambrose Akinmusire, plus the following segments: Critical Race Theory: Bill Resnick talks to Malik Miah who made a living as an aviation mechanic a... Read more

A Legal Retrospective of 2021

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker look back on the legal terrain of 2021, taking up gains and losses around social justice reforms. They start with a short civics lesson on the three branches of lawmaking governing our lives:  the Executive, Ju... Read more

Oregon DA Candidates Promise Reform

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
District Attorney candidates Spencer Todd, Marion County, and Brian Decker, Washington County discuss their platforms as Safety & Justice Oregon provides an overview of their “8 Steps to Justice” a practical guide for progressive District Attorneys. This December 2021 event... Read more

Roe on the Rocks: Barriers in Idaho

Airs at: Thu, 12/23/2021 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Roe on the Rocks
  The "Roe on the Rocks" podcast, executive produced by KBOO's Claire Rischiotto, takes a look at how Oregon, a state with some of the most progressive abortion laws in the nation, will be impacted if Roe is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. While abortion is legal in ... Read more

Doing What Works

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline, a conversation with Dr. Ashish Thakrar, a Fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, about methadone and buprenorphine treatment in prisons and jails; plus a dis... Read more

2021 Year in Review

Airs at: Mon, 12/27/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join Prison Pipeline hosts Karen James, Emma Lugo, Adam Carpinelli and Doug McVay as we wrap up 2021 and look forward to the New Year.     Read more

Roe on the Rocks

Tune in to KBOO at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 22nd, for the premiere of "Roe on the Rocks," a limited series radio show and podcast taking listeners through the months leading up to the Supreme Court case that effectively overturned Roe vs. Wade. What did the U.S. look like wh... Read more

Prison Pipeline's Holiday Special

Airs at: Mon, 12/20/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join hosts Emma Lugo, Adam Carpinelli, Doug McVay and Karen James for Prison Pipeline’s Holiday Special as we broadcast your holiday messages to your loved ones in prison.  We’ll hear music from the Coffee Creek Christmas Choir, shout outs from the Family Preservation Proje... Read more

Interview with Zach Whalen of Project Avary

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us on Monday, December 13th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Zach Whalen of Project Avary.  Project Avary was founded in 1999 by Danny Rifkin, co-manager of the Grateful Dead and San Quentin Chaplain, Earl Smith. They initial... Read more