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Another awkward Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Show...

Airs at: Fri, 05/05/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
May is Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month so we've decided to have another awkward episode about it. Last year, the crew of Pacific Underground found themselves in the not so comfortable position of being live on air while realizing that most of us didn't care to ce... Read more

Oppression Olympics with Scot Nakagawa; Author Hari Kunzru talks about "White Tears"

Airs at: Fri, 04/28/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
In a time where discussions around activism has taken over the social media scene, the topic of oppression olympics has become a relevant one. Although not a new idea, the pitting of marginalized groups against one another has been a tool of oppression used in our countr... Read more

Keepin It Real- Membership Drive Special!

Airs at: Wed, 05/24/2017 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Keepin It Real
  Keepin It Real, which usually airs the first Wednesday of the month, is coming to you with a special episode during KBOO's Spring Membership Drive! Tune in as Nick Deezy and Arone welcome local rapper Lil Sage and documentary film producer Tevin. They will discuss rac... Read more

Wendy Sample: National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk

Airs at: Thu, 04/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  As the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization, NAMI provides support, education and advocacy for millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI is a lifeline for people and families who need a place to turn and try and make sense of these affli... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 24, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tod Sloan hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear-- 1.  Alex Diamond talks with Bill Resnick about his experience teaching in a poor schools in Memphis. 2.  Desiree Hellegers reads from a history of how the bodies of people of color were used to study and teach an... Read more

Medicine, Anatomy, and Ideology

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers reads an excerpt from Craig Steven Wilders' Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery and the Troubled History of American Universities that illuminates the long history of medical experimentation on people of color in the U.S., and that challenges claims about scie... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 24, 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tod Sloan will be our host for this edition of the Old Mole, and we will hear-- an interview on teaching in poverty schools, the tragedy of it and some wonderful possibilities a reading on the long history of medical experimentation on people of color in the U.... Read more

Spies of Mississippi 

Airs at: Fri, 04/21/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Spies of Mississippi is a journey into the world of informants, infiltrators, and agent provocateurs in the heart of Dixie. The film tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation and maintain “the Mississippi way of ... Read more

Fire And Tears: Racism and Resistance Past and Present

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement along with Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy.  But he was in many ways unsung.  Middle Georgia State University Professor Andrew Manis talks about the legacy of Fred Shuttlesworth.   In ... Read more

Stephen Hanks on The Albina Jazz Festival

Airs at: Wed, 04/26/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Stephen is truly passionate about history. In 2013 he published the Akee Tree about his family’s history and genealogy. A few years ago, he started researching the local stories of early Portland African American pioneers, and created walking tours to share with the p... Read more