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Genius Box: "I feel god in this convention center"

Airs at: Fri, 01/16/2026 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Genius Box
  We went in for one paddling, and by golly, I think we'll go back for more. On this episode of Genius Box, Reed and Althea discuss: SCANDAL! Local real estate developer caught live-racist-texting the City Council President debate. Over the shoulder, large font with the ... Read more

The Digital Dispossession: Who Owns Our Future? - E Pluribus Unum Hosted by Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Thu, 01/15/2026 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  E Pluribus Unum
Hello, and welcome to "E Pluribus Unum," where we peel back the layers of rhetoric to understand who truly benefits from the systems being built around us. I’m Jacqueline Keeler, and today, we're staring into the digital abyss being carved out by what I call "Digital Man... Read more

News In Depth: Street Roots Article "Unreckoned" and Portlanders Testify on Proposal to Unmask Law Enforcement

Airs at: Wed, 01/14/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Althea Billings speaks with Street Roots reporter Jake Thomas about his article, "Unreckoned: Oregon is supposed to provide cash compensation to people sent to prison for crimes they didn’t commit. With many still waitin... Read more

Deportation Nation

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Luisa Martinez speaks with immigration lawyer and activist Daniel Kanstroom about the political economy of labor migration, the historical antecedents of current US immigration policy, the racialization of immigration enforcement, and immigration policy through the lense... Read more

Undammed

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Last year four of the dams on Klamath River were removed.  The largest dam removal project in United States history, this is a remarkable test case to show how nature and people can thrive on free-flowing rivers. But there are still many dams around the United States and... Read more

Derf - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this 75% longer conversation with graphic novelist Derf Backderf, we dive deeper into Derf's origins as a student journalist; his immersion in Ohio's underground music scene, which inspired the book Punk Rock and Trailer Parks; and his popular alternative comic The... Read more

Drug War History

Airs at: Wed, 01/14/2026 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century it’s part two of our conversation with Sanho Tree, Director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. We discuss US foreign policy and drug war history, social media, and marijuana rescheduling. Read more

News In Depth: Rewilding Conference, ACLU on ICE Killing of Renee Good and Portland Tranpsportation Committee Preview

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO Reporter Lizard speaks with Peter Bauer, the organizer of 9th Annual North American Rewilding Conference, taking place in Portland on January 23–25, 2026. at Bridgespace Commons, 133 SE Madison St, Portland OR 97214. Bauer... Read more

Resisting The Empire

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Resisting the Empire. Cities across the United States are under siege by an out-of-control autocratic federal government and its gun-toting goons. So far in the month of January, a federal agent named Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Nicole... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode,the main stories are reactions to the US invasion of Venezuela, further Trump administration retreats on the environment, and the protest movement in Iran. Read more