Civil Liberties

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It Takes A Village To Get Promoted/Change A Nation ft. Bryson The Alien and Jenni Moore

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 11:45pm - Fri, 05/31/2019 at 12:45pm
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
Artist Bryson the Alien and Portland Mercury Music Editor Jenni Moore stop by to drop some real. Read more

SF's Transgender Cultural District; and No Pride in Policing!

Airs at: Tue, 05/14/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
Looking past our own shores: We'll be talking with Aria Sa'id, executive director for the Transgender Cultural District, in Compton. From her website: "Prior to her new role as Executive Director of the Compton’s Transgender Cultural District, Ms. Sa’id served as LGBT Poli... Read more

Incarcerated Moms - Mother's Day Special

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join host Isabelle Sinclair for a Mother's Day special focused on the impact of incarceration on mothers and their families. Mothers make up approximately 84% of the incarcerated population at Coffee Creek, and the Family Preservation Project provides them with vital resour... Read more

Oversight, Transparency & Accountability for Oregon District Attorneys

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews David Rogers, Executive Director of ACLU of Oregon, about his new report “A Peek Behind The Curtain: Shining Some Light on District Attorney Policies in Oregon” and promotes a current bill in the Oregon Senate, HB 3224, that requires every district at... Read more

Alternatives To Coercion

Airs at: Sun, 05/12/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, we talk to Lindsay LaSalle with the Drug Policy Alliance about harm reduction, alternatives to coercion, and the DPA's upcoming conference in San Francisco May 16 and 17; and with Teressa Raiford, a community organizer, social justice activist,... Read more

Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese-American Internment in World War II

Airs at: Fri, 05/03/2019 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Aired on KBOO Community Radio on 6/5/2015 during the Asian and Pacific American Compass public affairs hour. Tim Nakayama interviews renowned author and journalist Richard Reeves about his new book: Infamy -The Shocking Story of the Japanese-American Internment in World Wa... Read more

U.S. Empire & Latin America

Airs at: Tue, 05/07/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
The list of U.S. invasions, occupations, coups and sanctions in Latin America is a mile long. It is after all, “our little region over here,” and our “backyard” according to policymakers in Washington. Starting with the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 the continent and its people h... Read more

Wednesday Talk Radio on 04/24/19

Airs at: Wed, 04/24/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Guest host Linda Olsen-Osterlund takes a look at Facebook and social media's usage of personal data, its discriminatory practices, and all the other things that make people question the future and definition of privacy. Call in with your comments 503-231-8187. Read more

The Working Class

Airs at: Tue, 04/23/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Warren Buffett, the much-admired genius investor and one of the world’s richest men said, “There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” And who are the losers? The working class, people who work for an hourly wa... Read more

Portland poet Nastashia Minto, author of "Naked"; and the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival

Airs at: Tue, 04/23/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We'll be talking with Nastashia Minto, author of the new poetry collection, 'Naked': I never truly understood the beauty of another being until I began to find and love myself. Minto is a Georgia-born African American woman living and working in Portland. Reema Zaman call... Read more