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Making America Healthy Again: Stephen Bezruchka

Airs at: Tue, 09/26/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The U.S. pays more for health care than any other country yet has shamefully poor results. People are paying through the nose for their hospital stays, surgeries and prescription drugs. An MRI in the U.S. costs five times what it costs in Australia. Instead of quality af... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 25, 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this edition of the Old Mole with these segments: Cities and counties across California are taking over the production and distribution of electricity, offering everyone renewable sun and wind electricity. They are even charging less than the corporate ... Read more

The Arrival: Trump's Travel and Refugee Ban

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  Leading up to the US Supreme Court hearing on Trump's travel ban, we'll hear about the orders impact on people from affected, Muslim-majority countries, and how advocacy groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations are responding. On this edition of Making Conta... Read more

September 22 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 09/29/2017 at 5:00pm
  Only 117 events this week. Honestly. Updated Wednesday, September 27 - now 131 events.   You rely on KBOO and the Portland Resistance Calendar to not only bring you the upcoming social justice events and to get these events out of Facebook, but to provide context as we... Read more

Continuous Imposing of Sanctions to North Korea

Airs at: Thu, 09/21/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Despite the continuous threats from North Korea, President Trump plans to impose more sanctions onto the small country. The executive order allowing for further sanctions would enhance the Treasury Department's authority to target individuals or businesses that deal with a ... Read more

Graeme MacQueen, 9/11: The Pentagon's B Movie

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
This is my fourth episode in my series on 9/11. Most will dismiss this as a conspiracy theory as the CIA and its obedient media have instructed us. But some will open their minds and face the evidence. Opening minds is what we do on Progressive Spirit. Already in this seri... Read more

Greg Palast on CROSSCHECK!

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome KBOO's favorite muckraking investigative journalist...Greg Palast. Greg Palast is an investigative reporter, whose news-breaking stories appear on BBC Television, The Guardian and now in Rolling Stone Magazine. (It was Palast who uncovered how ... Read more

KBOO Membership Drive Special

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
This one hour Membership Drive special will feature Prison Pipeline hosts for a news and views discussion. Thank you to our listeners from hosts Karen James, Adam Carpinelli, Emma Lugo, Doug McVay, Amy Johnson and Carlos Chavez. Please support Prison Pipeline and KBOO durin... Read more

A Protest for Sessions Visit in NW Portland, Tuesday

Airs at: Tue, 09/19/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A rally in Portland took place on Tuesday in protest of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' visit to the city. This rally drew nearly 200 people outside of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services building in Northwest Portland. Sessions was to speak to Federal Immigration O... Read more

ANGELA DAVIS! Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  From the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list to being Distinguished Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at University of California Santa Cruz, Angela Davis has remained a committed and eloquent force for communities of struggle.  Angela Davis work... Read more