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BALDWIN V. BUCKLEY

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  The Radiozine continues to commemorate the birthday of James Baldwin with his portion of the 1965 debate with Willam F. Buckley at Cambridge University. In the Atlantic Ta-Nahisi Coates wrote: "I know a lot of conservative intellectuals hearken back to his day as a time ... Read more

DeRay Mckesson: On the Other Side of Freedom

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome author and activist DeRay Mckesson to KBOO ahead of his Portland appearance at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on September 20th.  Call (503) 231-8187 during this Fall Membership Drive to join the conversation and to get a copy of DeRay's new ... Read more

Criminalizing Native Dissent

Airs at: Wed, 08/08/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
  Jacqueline Keeler welcomes two Native activists who've been targeted by law enforcement for their politcal expressions. Tracy Molina is a Native veteran and activist who was arrested on Saturday at the Patriot Prayer Rally in downtown Portland. She was charged with seco... Read more

Dr. Cynthia McKinney and the Deep State

Airs at: Fri, 08/10/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Beloved Community
  Former U.S. Congresswoman (1992-2002, 2004-2006) from Georgia and 2008 Presidential candidate for the Green Party, Dr. Cynthia McKinney, speaks with John Shuck on the Beloved Community. Topics include her entry into politics, racism, the various factions of the Deep Sta... Read more

Can You See the White? (Part 2)

Airs at: Fri, 08/10/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for Valley Views
Faith is a white woman who reflects on personal and societal events that shaped her life’s journey to racial justice and equity awareness.  I asked Faith to be on the show because she and I have had many conversations about race that may be inspiring to listeners.  I admire... Read more

MALCOLM X vs JAMES BALDWIN

Airs at: Tue, 08/07/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Radiozine
  -from OpenCulture.com One often hears lamented the lack of public intellectuals in America today. Very often, the lamenters look back to James Baldwin, who in the 1950s and 1960s wrote such powerful race-, class-, and sex-examining books as Go Tell It on the Mountain, G... Read more

Presswatch on 08/02/18

Airs at: Thu, 08/02/2018 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for Presswatch
Armed Alt-Reich Nazi sympathizers are coming to town, and the Portland Police are ready to let them do as they will. Transgender people are being harrassed by the US government.  California is burning. Aside from that, things are good--how are you? Read more

Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice

Airs at: Wed, 08/01/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for Radiozine
  In 2008 the United States elected its first black president, and recent polls show that only twenty-two percent of white people in the United States believe that racism is a major societal problem. On the surface, it may seem to be in decline. However, the evidence of di... Read more

Movie Moles: Not Sorry to Bother You

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken and Frann Michel review and recommend the science fiction comedy film Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley. They discuss code switching and the use of white voice. They note that it fails the Bechdel test and the female character does rese... Read more

"The Best Books I Ever Read," Patricia Heard Hopson

Airs at: Thu, 08/02/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
  Patricia Heard Hopson, retired Portland Public Schools librarian discusses favorite books with Emma Jackson Ford.   Read more