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8 hours for what we will

Airs at: Tue, 05/08/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Dr. Eric Loomis joins Abe and Joe to discuss the past and future of organized labor in the U.S. During America’s earlier Gilded Age, the working classes faced formidable establishment opposition — including a conservative and pro-business Supreme Court. Abe and Joe are joi... Read more

Shaping a Future: Life After Prison - Part 5

Airs at: Mon, 05/07/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Shaping a Future: Life After Prison - Part 5 On Sunday, October 29th 2017 nine individuals told their stories in a performance titled: Shaping a Future: Life After Prison. The performance was the culmination of a series of writing workshops sponsored by the Regional Arts a... Read more

The Nakba: Seventy Years of Oppression, 1948-2018

Airs at: Fri, 05/11/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
May 15th marks the 70th anniversary of Israel’s statehood. Palestinians refer to this as the Nakba, the Catastrophe, when more than 700,000 Palestinians left their homes from fear or were forcibly removed by Israelis who took their homes. On this 70th anniversary of the occ... Read more

Buscando America on 05/15/18

Airs at: Tue, 05/15/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
En este programa podrás escuchar el proyecto sonoro Pedimento de Griselda Sánchez, Radioasta Mixteca, Huemac Olivares y Oscar Peña. Un registro de memoria oral contada por los abuelos de las comunidades de Tilantongo, Apoala, Magdalena Jaltepec, y San Isidro Jaltepetongo. ... Read more

Buscando America on 05/01/18

Airs at: Tue, 05/01/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
Esta emisión festejamos el Día del Trabajo y estuvimos transmitiendo desde la ciudad de Salem.  Read more

Just Transition

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
In the struggle to prevent massive fossil fuel projects from transforming Northwest communities into centers for oil, coal and fracked gas facilities, proponents of these projects claim these terminals, refineries and production facilities will create much needed jobs. Whil... Read more

Rational sex offender policies sought by Oregon Voices

Airs at: Wed, 05/23/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Recovery Zone
Members of Oregon Voices discuss their efforts to advocate for evidence-based approach to sexual offenses In the U.S. there are 750,000 people on sexual offender registries, including nearly 30,000 in Oregon. Who gets labeled as a sex offender? What are the rules and restr... Read more

Spring 2018 News and Public Affairs Day

News & Public Affairs Day only happens during a Membership Drive, bringing really great speakers: The best minds of our times. The most pertinent topics. Our most insightful programming. Brought to you as part of our Membership Drive. Here's the lineup for the daay: 7 - ... Read more

Happy Earth Day from Threshold Shift

Produced for Threshold Shift
The mountains are calling...   Happy Earth Day, everyone! In honor of KBOO's 24-hour Earth Day soundscape history I am inviting you to check out the Threshold Shift archive where you can hear sounds from all over the world...from Papua New Guinea, to Madagascar, to the Ce... Read more

Harm Reduction and Social Justice

Airs at: Sun, 04/08/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
  This week, host Doug McVay talks to students about harm reduction in a time of drug war, plus we hear from delegates from Czech Republic, Costa Rica, and Australia about decriminalization, human rights, harm reduction, and international drug policy reform.   Read more