War/Peace

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A People's History - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 09/23/2021 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Mike Konopacki is a longtime labor cartoonist who collaborated with historians Howard Zinn and Paul Buhle to adapt Zinn's book A People’s History of the United States into comics form. Konopacki joined S.W. Conser in July of 2008 to offer a behind-the-scenes look at the... Read more

Mediating Democracy

Airs at: Wed, 09/15/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
As part of KBOO’s international Day of democracy special programming I sit down with Mike Duerr, a retired U.S. Army Officer who served as a conflict mediator during the course of the U.S./NATO occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq. After his Army service, Mike continued to st... Read more

Welcome, Again, to Negativland

Airs at: Tue, 09/14/2021 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
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Cartoonists in Afghanistan - Never-Before-Aired Stories

Airs at: Thu, 09/09/2021 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In October of 2010, political cartoonists Ted Rall and Matt Bors joined S.W. Conser in the KBOO studios for a live interview about the unembedded fact-finding trip they took through Afghanistan two months earlier.  Due to time constraints, many of their additional storie... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 23, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 08/23/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The Old Mole Variety Hour is pleased to present Thirty Years in the Streets of Portland: The Activist Photography of Bette Lee. Follow the link to view a collection of Bette's photos with her reflections. 2012 Occupy Portland, Not Afghanistan: Photo by Bette Lee Patri... Read more

Who Created the Taliban?

Airs at: Mon, 08/23/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Stephen Zunes, who teaches, writes, and agitates, specializing in U.S. foreign policy, the Middle East, and the virtues of strategic nonviolent action. They discuss the roots of the Afghanistan debacle, in particular the CIA’s creation of the Taliban... Read more

Thirty Years in the Streets of Portland! The Activist Photography of Bette Lee

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bette Lee Photo Giveaway!   If you’ve been to a protest during the past three decades, you’ve probably seen Bette Lee, the short, slight woman behind the camera, always in the thick of things, documenting the resistance that Portland is famous for. From the 1990 march to... Read more

Thirty Years in the Streets of Portland! Bette Lee on Her Activist Photography

Airs at: Mon, 08/09/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Photo by Bette Lee If you’ve been to a protest during the past three decades, you’ve probably seen her, the short, slight woman behind the camera, always in the thick of things, documenting the resistance that Portland is famous for. From the 1990 march to condemn the murd... Read more

BOOTLICKER: THE INTERVIEW

Airs at: Wed, 06/09/2021 at 10:00pm - Thu, 06/10/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Life During Wartime
    On this episode of Life During Wartime, Rose Lewis spins up a sweet summertime session. Foat Dawg raids the airwaves. Wolfman interviews Canadian Hardcore punk band, Bootlicker, about their upcoming LP release on Static Shock and Neon Taste Records. Matt C plays all t... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour 5/23/21

Airs at: Sun, 05/23/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Folks of every brand of religion believe that they espouse peace, but do not always live up to it.  Even atheists that 'only believe in science' have committed human atrocities and failed to get along.  When I look at my own religion, I see that the yearning for peace is st... Read more