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Buscando America on 07/23/19

Airs at: Tue, 07/23/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Ramón Márquez, director de La72 Hogar Refugio para personas migrantes en Tenosique Tabasco,  habla de la red de organizaciones de Guatemala y México para conocer la problemática en la frontera Sur. En esta emisión escucharás sobre las intensas movilizaciones y el  paro naci... Read more

Have You Ever Been Told To "Go Back To Where You Came From?"

Airs at: Wed, 07/17/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Portland-based journalist Jacqueline Keeler asked KBOO listeners in light of Congress passing a resolution condemning Trump's racist tweets telling unnamed "Progressive Congresswomen" to  "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they cam... Read more

Law Enforcement Support For Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 07/17/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The Scottish Affairs Committee of the UK House of Commons held a hearing on drug policy recently and heard from high-ranking active-duty police officers about the need for harm reduction, including supervised consumption facilities, and decriminalization of simple possessio... Read more

The “Unwanteds”: Looking for Help, Landing in Jail

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews Sarah Radcliffe, Managing Attorney for the Mental Health Rights Project at Disability Rights Oregon, about her new report, The “Unwanteds”: Looking for help, Landing in jail. An analysis of how trespass arrests at Portland-area hospitals criminalize m... Read more

Buscando America on 07/09/19

Airs at: Tue, 07/09/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En cabina la banda local Ojos Feos habla de su nuevo disco titulado "La Situación". Escucha un segmento del capítulo 176 de Gente de Pocas Palabras el cual es una muestra selecta de textos del más reciente libro de Rogelio Guedea, “Vida breve” editado por la Universidad de ... Read more

Full Interview: Donna Martin, Sister of Andre Gladen

Airs at: Tue, 07/02/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
On Saturday, July 6, 2019, the family of Andre Gladen is hosting an "Angelversary" celebration of Andre's life outside of Adventist Hospital, at the corner of SE 96th Avenue and Market Street. The event is from 11AM to 1PM. In the family's words: "Andre Gladen, a 36-year-o... Read more

Conversations with Vivian McPeak and Michael Krawitz

Airs at: Wed, 07/03/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies we speak with Vivian McPeak, Executive Director of Seattle Hempfest, about partial success in an ongoing battle with Washington state over free speech issues; plus we speak with Michael Krawitz from Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access abo... Read more

Dr Karen Blair This Week on Transpositive PDX

Airs at: Tue, 07/02/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Transpositive PDX
Please join us this Tuesday at 6pm on Transpositive PDX on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Dr Karen Blair to discuss a recent article published in Psychology Today regarding trends in social acceptance of dating. The study focuses on social acceptance and trends in dat... Read more

Detention in Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Airs at: Fri, 06/21/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
On this episode of Pacific Underground, Producer Sara is joined by fellow Japanese-Americans Jenna Yokoyama and Chisao Hata for an intergenerational discussion on the recent decision from the Trump Administration to incarcerate migrant children at the Fort Sill base in Okla... Read more

Education In and Outside of Prison

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2019 at 1:00am - 2:00am
  Suzanne LaGrande interviews Chris Wilson, author of The Master Plan, an inspiring memoir of a man sentenced to life in prison, who decided to create a new future for himself.   Growing up in a tough Washington, D.C., neighborhood, Chris Wilson was so afraid for his life ... Read more