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Drug Workers and Decolonization

Airs at: Wed, 05/17/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
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This week on Century of Lies: Drug Workers, Decriminalization and Decolonization. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation with Hilary Agro, an anthropology PhD student at the University of British Columbia and a researcher whose studies include drug policy, activism, and ... Read more

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Kush 5/16/23 with The Incredible Kid

Airs at: Tue, 05/16/2023 at 10:00pm - Wed, 05/17/2023 at 12:00am
This episode of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Kush begins oscillating between Reggaeton, Bhangra and Bhangra-remixed Reggaeton, moving onto Urban Desi, Electro Cumbia, and then throwing some Tamil and Telugu surprises before just playing a whole lot of Bhangra and then just ending th... Read more

Protest NCC for Queer and Trans Youth

Airs at: Tue, 05/16/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Transpositive PDX
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Please join us for Transpositive on KBOO Community Radio on Tuesday, May 16th as we talk with Carter Lee, Emma and Nicolette about a protest that Carter is organizing at NCC Hillsboro.  We will discuss growing up in religions that rejected us and how we survived abuse, indo... Read more

Ellen George

Airs at: Tue, 05/16/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
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On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Ellen George about her show “Slow Gestures” which is at PDX Contemporary Art until May 27, 2023.  George talks about painting on birch plywood panels that warp off the wall, her use of precious metal st... Read more

Classic Radio Crime Dramas featuring Frank Lovejoy and Jack Webb

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/16/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
Settle down on a warm evening with of a couple of  crime dramas from the golden age of radio.  First, Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone reporter for the Chicago Star, in the series Night Beat from 1950. While waundering through a riverside carnaval Randy gets caught up in ... Read more

Talking Earth: Minto, Cowley and Brings Plenty, May 15, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Talking Earth
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This episode of The Talking Earth on KBOO, hosted by dan raphael, features local poets Nashtashia Minto, Trevino Brings Plenty and Ulric Cowley. Dan will also read poems by Alice Notley and Rita Dove.  Nastashia Minto is the author of Naked: The Rhythm and Groove of It. The... Read more

Stop Cop City

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
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Adam Carpinelli interviews community organizers talking about the Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta Police Foundation is trying to build the largest police training facility in the U.S. in Weelaunee Forest, a watershed surrounded by primarily Black residen... Read more

Cool Off on The Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Back with more music and crazy fun with Fortunato on a sunny Monday Afternoon. Featured on today's show will be an episode of The Adventures of Superman from September of 1945 starring Bud Collier as Superman. In this episode, the most dangerous woman in the world, The Scar... Read more

Goldendale Energy Storage Project

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
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Boston-based Rye Development wants to build the largest pumped-storage hydroelectric development in the Pacific Northwest and in the process destroy irreplaceable Tribal Cultural and Religious Resources. Pumped storage is touted as the most efficient way to store solar and ... Read more

River Sing Me Home

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
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Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews, River Sing Me Home, a novel as beautiful as its title. Says the author Eleanor Shearer, “This is a story that does not shy away from the brutality of slavery, but that ultimately still has something uplifting at its heart.”  The emancipation... Read more