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Zenith Action

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
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On December 14, 2022 activists gathered at Portland City Hall to educate City Council members about the dangers of Zenith Energy, and the gross betrayal of trust by Commissioner Ryan when he granted Zenith a new LUCS (Land Use Compatibility Statement). Jan Haaken talks with... Read more

The Near Suicide of Public Health

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
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When the covid pandemic broke out in 2020 the public health system in the US was at a low point: underfunded, fragmented, and politically weak, kicked to the curb by its overbearing cousin, clinical medicine. It was not always so, notes Ed Yong in a commentary from October ... Read more

Mystical Hope

Airs at: Sun, 02/05/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for Pathways
Cynthia Bourgeault is a modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader who divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine, and a demanding schedule of traveling globally to teach and spread the recovery of the Chri... Read more

Parsing Sound: Episode 22 - The Whole World

Airs at: Sat, 02/04/2023 at 10:00pm - Sun, 02/05/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for Parsing Sound
Unity is more than just a matter of strength. It is a matter of dignity, of self-respect, of collective empowerment.  Read more

Swing 'n' Country

Airs at: Sat, 02/04/2023 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Swing 'n' Country
Graham Parish, along with his Dad (Robert), present three-hours of curated vintage and new country music. Their second program of 2023 features tunes from a multitude of great artists including: Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Patsy Cline, Ernest Tubb, David Crosby, The Grateful D... Read more

Oil For Kisses 26 - Changing Stripes

Airs at: Sat, 02/04/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Oil For Kisses
Friend and former musical collaborater Adam Walker and I excavate and dissect the musical left turns of classic bands of underground metal, post punk and more. Read more

Goodbyes

Airs at: Fri, 02/03/2023 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Produced for The Songcircle
Folksinger and activist Robert Hoyt passed away this week; we say farewell with some performances recorded live in the KBOO studios. We also bid farewell to David Crosby, Tom Verlaine of Television, Motown great Barrett Strong, and Shirley herself, Cindy Williams. Read more

Due to continuing technical difficulties, Film at 11 for Friday, February 3, 2023 re-airs an episode from mid June 2021 featuring a review of the Japanese epic The Human Condition

Airs at: Fri, 02/03/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
In this repeat from June 18, 2021 we cover three recent releases, while  Britta Gordon discusses Abbas Kiarostami’s early Koker trilogy (Where is the Friend’s House, 1987; And Life Goes On, 1992; Through the Olive Trees, 1994), while Jeff Godsil reports on Georges Franju's ... Read more

Fresh Folk on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 02/03/2023 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we hear new music from ace fiddler Sami Braman, Northern Georgia singer-songwriter Pony Bradshaw, the Milk Carton Kids, Eastern Kentucky's CornMaiz Stringband, and Scottish duo Hannah Read & Michael Starkey, as well as... Read more

Nuclear Colonialism: Part 1 on Uranian Mining in the Dine Nation & Bad Press, the Right for Free Press in the Muscogee Nation

Airs at: Wed, 02/01/2023 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for American Indian Airwaves
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  Part 1 Nuclear Colonialism with Leona Morgan (Dine Nation) is a three-part interview that will broadcast over three consecutive episodes of American Indian Airwaves. The series focuses on our guests community work since 2007, which includes combatting against many aspect... Read more