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Flashpoints with Dennis Bernstein

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: Riding the freedom bus, as students and young people all across America continue to protest Trump's ascension to the White House. Also, a report back back and update from Standing Rock, as the Flashpoints team heads out to North Dakota for a week of... Read more

Political Perspectives: Angela Davis x Ta-Nehisi Coates

Airs at: Wed, 11/16/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Angela Davis in a rarely heard 1972 interview at Malcolm X College, presented with permission from the Chicago Film Archives. Davis discusses the upcoming presidential election, campaigning for 3rd party candidates Gus Hall and Jarvis Tyner and her freedom after 16 mont... Read more

The Push to Release Guantanamo Prisoners: 70 Days to go

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

The Push to Release Guantanamo Prisoners; 70 Days to go Guest host Linda Olson-Osterlund will be joined from London by Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison. They will talk about the seventy days le... Read more

Gandhi's Gift

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

“Gandhi’s Gift” is the first major documentary about Mahatma Gandhi to be made in the U.S. and asks the question, “Were Gandhi’s final years his finest?” Co-producer Cynthia Lukas will join Cecil and Celest in studio to discuss the film and Gandhi's legacy of resistance.... Read more

Evening News on 11/10/16

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2016 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News

On tonight's evening news report: -Analysis on the Donald Trump election from the Council on American Islamic Relations, independent journalist Arun Gupta, Ralph Nader -We hear students speaking out against fossil fuel infrastructure expandion in the city of Portland -A l... Read more

LIVING IN TRUMPLAND

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

As we stagger past the shock and dismay of this presidential election, it's important that we understand what we must do as individuals and as a community to counter the forces that have been unleashed by the election of Donald Trump. To help us navigate these difficult wat... Read more

Olio by Tyehimba Jess

Airs at: Thu, 11/17/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

In Olio Tyehimba Jess presents a musical history of the long fight against slavery, marshaling a vast cast of historical figures including the slaves, some freed, whose music was the basis for the blues and jazz in the 19th century. They ask, "Once burst loose from human... Read more

Winners & Losers this Election Season

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Community dialogue is important. Voices from the Edge lends a KBOO microphone to informed guests you might not hear anywhere else. With an hour to invest, the call-in format engages listeners in meaningful conversations about crucial issues like racial disparity, governm... Read more

Flashpoints: Greg Palast

Airs at: Wed, 11/09/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints Greg Palast joins host Dennis Bernstein for an election day post mortem on voter intimidation. Also, The Pipeline: How Marin and San Francisco financial firms fuel the fracking boom. Read more

Matthew Fox, A Way to God: Thomas Merton's Creation Spirituality Journey

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Beloved Community

The Beloved Community is show for activists: uniting mind, heart, and action. This month I speak with someone who models activism, intellect and spirituality, Matthew Fox. Silenced by the Vatican for his views, he left the Catholic priesthood in the early 1980s. Mat... Read more