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Portland Police: Sworn to Protect - Dedicated to Serve

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  From a secret gang list to a highly visible show of force in response to contentious public contract negotiations, the Portland Police are once again in the spotlight for thier reaction to recent citizen protests.  Host Cecil and Celeste discuss the complicated history ... Read more

The Murder of Fred Hampton/Words of Fred Hampton Jr

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  The Murder of Fred Hampton began as a film portrait of Hampton and the Illinois Black Panther Party, but half way through the shoot, Hampton was murdered by Chicago police.  In an infamous moment in Chicago history and politics, over a dozen policemen burst into Hampton'... Read more

Artist Behind Kwanzaa Stamp

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
The US Postal Service issued a Kwanzaa Forever stamp this year. The artist, Synthia Saint James, created the original Kwanzaa stamp in 1997. The colorful stamp art features a young African-American woman as the embodiment of Africa. She wears a lavender dress with a collar ... Read more

Work Hard.....Take Care Of Yourself:

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2016 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Join EarToTheStreets of Portland on KBOO radio air/internet waves for the price of hard work while taken time for a healthier you! We welcome on the show Sasha Campbell-Garbutt...author of 'The Well: Where Fitness Begins From Within'. Sahsha Campbell-Garbutt is an Intrinsi... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 28, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear: 1.  Mark Brenner of Labor Notes discusses the challenges for labor in the Trump years. 2.  Sheldon George talks with Jan Haaken about his book Trauma and Race: A Lacanian Study of African American Racial Identit... Read more

Trauma, Race, and African American Identity

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Sheldon George, professor of English at Simmons College in Boston about his new book, Trauma and Race: A Lacanian Study of African American Racial Identity. They discuss the murder in 2012 of an African American young man, Jordan Davis, by an older whi... Read more

The Aftermath . . .

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Greg Palast on Political Perspectives

Airs at: Wed, 11/30/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
    Greg Palast is an investigative reporter, whose news-breaking stories appear on BBC Television and in The Guardian and Rolling Stone Magazine. Palast has released a new movie: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires and Ballot Bandits, based on his boo... Read more

Uhuru Sasa Poetry Share

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Uhuru Sasa cultural club at the Oregon State Penitentiary held its annual Poetry Share in October. This year’s theme was What Matters.  Host Karen James interviewed MC Harold Jones and the performers about their poetry.  Uhuru Sasa welcomes community volunteers to help ... Read more

World AIDS Day 2016

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Hosts Cecil and Celeste will discuss the impact of HIV/AIDS in recognition of World AIDS Day.  Bethel A.M.E. and Sankofa Collective NW in partnership with community partners is holding Remember, Reflect, Reaffirm: Annual World AIDS Day Observance. They'll share informati... Read more