Activism

September 8 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 09/08/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 09/15/2017 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Portland Resistance Calendar

88 events this week! (And 28 more added - updated Thursday, 9/14) This might be an all-time-high. But let's not get caught up in size. It's really about the greatness of the events and we have something for everyone. Especially if you like rallies. There are many resp... Read more

#DisownStone Scores a Victory

Airs at: Sun, 09/10/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

The #DisownStone campaign scored a win this week, we talk with Amanda Reiman, PhD, about building a diverse, progressive cannabis industry, plus the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment to protect medical cannabis programs is blocked from consideration in the new budget so w... Read more

The Oregon Episode: Big Summit Prairie--Eclipse Fest, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, White River Wilderness

Airs at: Fri, 09/08/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

Welcome back to Threshold Shift, a Resident Sound Artist Series on KBOO 90.7 FM. The recordings on Threshold Shift are collected and contributed by sound professionals, scientists, and student-citizens in the field. We have attempted to leave these field recordings as ra... Read more

Poetry, Music, and Justice with John Slaughter and Makana

Airs at: Fri, 09/08/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Beloved Community

My guests today are passionate, engaging, lovers of life and justice. They are both artists. They present their art to transform the world. Makana hails from the isle of O‘ahu, Makana is an internationally acclaimed slack-key guitarist, singer, composer, philosopher, activi... Read more

An Incomplete Bibliography

Airs at: Tue, 09/05/2017 at 8:00am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

-Koerth-Baker, M. (2016, July 7) The Loudest sound in the world would kill you on the spot. Retrieved from https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-loudest-sound-in-the-world-would-kill-you-on-the-spot/ An absolutely FABULOUS, kid-friendly introduction to how sound works ... Read more

Brzezinski’s Brilliant Idea

Airs at: Thu, 09/07/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

The United States backed Afghan Islamists in order to give the Soviet Union their own Vietnam. Now the Soviet Union is gone and the US is still bogged down in Afghanistan. And Islamic fundamentalism has spread throughout the world. Read more

Humanizing Public Education: Jonathan Kozol

Airs at: Tue, 09/05/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

The Austrian-born economist Friedrich von Hayek may be intellectual godfather of neoliberalism: present-day right-wing economics. His book, The Road to Serfdom, is considered to be the bible of anti-government, free market ideas and the privatization of just about everyt... Read more

An Incomplete Bibliography

Produced for: Threshold Shift

-Koerth-Baker, M. (2016, July 7) The Loudest sound in the world would kill you on the spot. Retrieved from https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-loudest-sound-in-the-world-would-kill-you-on-the-spot/ An absolutely FABULOUS, kid-friendly introduction to how sound wor... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 28, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick and Nico Larco discuss the major social impacts of coming technologies; 2 Desiree Hellegers and Naomi Little Bear Morena about Morena's movement anthem, "You Can't Kill the Spirit" 3. Larry Bowld... Read more

Border Struggles

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken talks with No More Deaths volunteer Sophie Smith about the recent wave of repression faced by humanitarian aid workers on the US-Mexico border under the Trump Administration. Sophie reports on the new challenges that face the decades-long effort to stop death ... Read more