Community Building

Help for Disabled Assault Survivors

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Disability Awareness

Grace welcomes Jill Tucker, the lead advocate for Disability Awareness Resource Team & Ashley Carroll, DV & Disability Program Coordinator for Multnomah County. Project DART (Disability Awareness Resource Team) is a group of advocates and volunteers joining together to... Read more

The Women Who Made New York

Airs at: Fri, 03/24/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

We are happy to talk with Julie Scelfo, author of The Women Who Made New York. Women have long been left out of US history, from the local to the national. Given our cultural biases, we are still apt to think of city-builders as men. The Women Who Made New York seeks ... Read more

Shaping a Future: Life After Prison

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Carol Imani is a community college writing instructor who has also taught writing to adolescents in juvenile detention and incarcerated adults. In 2015 she led a series of writing workshops for family members of people in prison which was called With You on the Journey. The... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: What CPB Cuts Mean for America

Airs at: Wed, 03/22/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:15pm

Produced for: News In Depth

KBOO Development Director, Becky Meiers talks with KBOO Evening News Director Zeloszelos Marchandt about how cutting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and National Endowment for the Arts effects our First Ammendment right to free access to information and the... Read more

The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Airs at: Thu, 03/23/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

In The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husb... Read more

Growing Food...Empowering Communities...Changing Lives

Airs at: Thu, 03/23/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Jo Ann Hardesty speaks to Barbara Bernstein, producer of the new documentary Gaining Ground. GAINING GROUND presents the personal stories of farmers and activists confronting the challenges of feeding their local communities sustainably grown food. The documentary inter... Read more

Transitions and Transformations: Conversations with Anthony Flaccavento and Deshna Ubeda

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

The theme of this episode is transitions and transformations. Here are two people who see changes on the ground and are helping direct them toward a more flourishing outcome. My first guest ever on this program, when it was called Religion For Life, is Anthony Flaccavento... Read more

Hali Stone Free Breakfast Program in Cleveland Threatened with Closure

Airs at: Mon, 03/20/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

A free breakfast program in Cleveland, modeled on the Black Panther party’s platform for economic self-sufficiency, is under threat from local officials and building management. For more, KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Suncere Ali Shakur, the founder of the program. Th... Read more

Sean The Bus Driver hosts ALEXA WILEY on Plugged In 03/17/17

Airs at: Fri, 03/17/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 03/18/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Plugged In

Chris Hedges on the Rise of Trump and American Fascism

Airs at: Mon, 03/20/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

It's all about "The F-Word," our monthly exploration of fascism"which is corporate control of the state, combined with repression of human rights and ramped up police and military. Today we devote this entire hour to "The F-Word" with a major address, "The Rise of Trump,... Read more