Law/Court/Crime

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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

The Gap: Over-policing doesn't reduce crime with Partnership for Safety & Justice and Gift Giving Strategies

Airs at: Fri, 12/10/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea start the show by interviewing two folks at the Partnership for Safety and Justice, Shannon Wight, the Deputy Director, and Julianne Jackson, the Movement Building Director. A few opinion pieces have been penned in Street Root... Read more

SCOTUS and Reproductive Rights

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments this month on the constitutionality of Mississippi’s ban on abortions past 15 weeks in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case. In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker take up this case and the legal re... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 13, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Time to get it Right: Johanna Brenner interviews Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) President, Elizabeth Thiel, about how their union proposes to solve a staffing crisis... Read more

The Case for Matthew Baker Jr

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us on Monday, November 29th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Damita Bishop, Kalyn Womak and Angie Lanier about the case for Matthew Baker Jr. Matthew Baker Jr. is an innocent man who has spent five years in jail without a t... Read more

Measure 110: Disrupting the Criminal Legal System

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline, a conversation with Ron Williams, Outreach Director for the Health Justice Recovery Alliance, about Measure 110, the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act; plus we speak with Wanda Bertram, Communications Strategist for the Prison Pol... Read more

The Left and the Law

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss recent judgements in a case brought by Chevron in a NYC Federal court against environmental lawyer Steven Donziger who represented indigenous Ecuadorans in their suit against Chevron for environmental d... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 22, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Sharon Grant hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: COP 26: Climate change is accelerating, relentlessly, making human life much less comfortable and indeed, say the climate scientists, threatening to produce the 6th Great Extinction ... Read more