Wednesday Talk Radio

Host Trillium Shannon speaks with participants in this Saturday's event called "Cascadia-2-Detroit: U.S. Social Forum Report Back. They'll talk about what happened at the Forum and what the relevence of the Forum is here in Portland.   Saturday evening (Aug 28, 7-10pm) a ... Read more

Hosted by Lisa Loving  The peace movement is joining with cross-cultural organizers on a bi-lingual Peace Tour to examine the daily struggles of communities of color in our own city. Join host Lisa Loving and guests Megan Hise  from the Portland Central American Solidarity... Read more

Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Zaher Wahab, who just returned from five months in his native Afghanistan teaching other college professors at the country’s only graduate program in education.   Zaher Wahab was born and schooled in Afghanistan, received a B.A. in soci... Read more

 Hosted by Lisa Loving Charles McGee II and Amanda Lawrence from the Josiah Hill Clinic join us in the KBOO Studio to talk about the importance of being tested for lead levels in the blood, even for adults.  Most of the emphasis around lead has centered around lead exposure... Read more

 Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's guests are Larry Collins, Michael Harper, and Furlton Burns from POPA, People of Purpose and Associates.  Our topic is mentoring and supporting those with the greatest burdens stacked against them. This is a very positive organization, providin... Read more

 Hosted by Marianne Barisonek   Rosalind Peterson, founder of the Agricultural Defense Coalition, wrote the following: The Agriculture Defense Coalition is dedicated to protecting agriculture, our water supplies, trees, and pollinators from a wide variety of experimental we... Read more

Linda Olson-Osterlund conducts a discussion with listeners on the use of "pretext" stops and racial profiling by local police. Pretext stops occur when police become suspicious about a car or its occupants, and then use a minor traffic infraction as an excuse to initiate a ... Read more

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 Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's guests are representatives from the Portland Youth Summit 2010    Imani Muhammad     Benji Pachino    J. C. Cordeta Callers suggested the following web sites for Youth Involvement: Peace and Justice Works Partnership for Safety and Justice Bettie... Read more

Should you be allowed to record on-duty police performing official duties?  Regardless of your opinion, the legal answer varies depends on where you live.  Here in Oregon, ORS 165.540 is the law, and seems straight forward enough,  But it's the law, so not always.  Beaverto... Read more