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Move-out day along the Springwater Corridor

Produced for Between Us
Today was the first day of scheduled evictions of houseless people who have been living along Portland Oregon's Springwater Corridor Trail for more than a year.  After delayed for a month, police and community advocates began moving along the 21-mile trail moving the indige... Read more

Night of 1000 PSAs

Airs at: Fri, 09/30/2016 at 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Tune into KBOO for a Live Performance by the KATHLEEN STEPHENSON RETIREMENT PSA ORCHESTRA as we play Public Service Announcements from the tenure of our beloved AM News Director Kathleen Stephenson. Hours of warnings about food, safe driving, health concerns, and more will ... Read more

Beloved Community

  John Shuck hosts Beloved Community and Progressive Spirit On “The Beloved Community” we address the philosophical and spiritual foundations for non-violence, activism, political engagement and peace building. We hear voices of those who are building the Beloved Communit... Read more

Break the Silence: Break the Stigma

Airs at: Wed, 08/31/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Radiozine
  Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher speaks with Patty Lyons, Associate Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness/Multnomah or NAMI/Multnomah, Jackie Paris, Artistic Director at Playback Theater, and Avi Klepper also of Playback Theater about "Break the Silence: Br... Read more

OPAL's Low-Income Fare Campaign

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
  Host Jo Ann Hardesty interviews representatives from OPAL about their low-income fare campaign. OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon builds power for Environmental Justice and Civil Rights in our communities. They organize low-income communities and people of color to achie... Read more

Preference: queer arts and history

Airs at: Tue, 08/30/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Preference
.   From September 10 through September 18, Theater Diaspora will be presenting staged readings of A Language of Their Own, at Portland Center Stage at the Armory. We'll be joined in the studio by the cast and director of the play, written by Chay Yew (pictured here, to ... Read more

Old Mole Variety August 29th 2016

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris host this episode of the Old Mole which includes Laurie Mercier talks with Michael Shannon Executive Director Oregon Fair Trade Campaign. Shannon joins the Old Mole to talk about Fair trade and the Campaign to stop the TPP. Bill Resnick interviews Joseph... Read more

Jenna Yokoyama, Pacific Underground

Airs at: Sat, 08/27/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
Jenna Yokoyama is a Japanese American. She co-hosts the show Pacific Underground (Facebook, Twitter) on KBOO in Portland, Oregon.   It is heard on the FOURTH Friday of every month at 11:00 a.m.   It is also on podcast via Soundcloudand iTunes.    According to its website, ... Read more

Century Of Lies for August 28, 2016

Airs at: Sun, 08/28/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on part two of our Seattle Hempfest special: reform beyond Washington state, with audio from Jodie Emery (Canada), Keith Saunders (MA/NH), Rachel Kurtz (OR), Danielle Muggli (MT), and Serra Frank (ID). Read more

Ralph Nader – Progressive Matters, Part two of a two-part program

Airs at: Tue, 08/30/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  The discontent in the U.S. is more than palpable. Income and wealth inequality continue to soar. The middle class is getting hammered. Fifty million are poor. Americans are disheartened about the nation’s course. According to a new Gallup poll 82% of voters believe the c... Read more