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Dr. Blue Bickford from the Braille Project talks about teaching teachers of the blind.

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Sounds of Awareness

Host Paul Van Dyck interviews Dr. Blue Bickford and the Braille Project who returns to Portland State University, teaching teachers of the blind. Read more

Portland Plan Part One

Airs at: Wed, 12/23/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Underground

The Portland Plan will be our City’s strategic plan for the next 25 years, ensuring that Portland is a thriving and sustainable city and our people are prosperous, healthy and educated.Youth Collective Members Zoe and Garrett attended the Portland Plan meeting. Part 1 – Zoe... Read more

Voices from the Edge: Open Mic

Airs at: Thu, 12/17/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Voices from the Edge host Dave Mazza invited listeners to lead the conversation on issues they felt important. Among the topics discussed were the U.S.'s failure to support strong carbon reduction goals at the Copenhagen conference, the ongoing environmental threats of LNG ... Read more

December 14 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/14/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this program about the political climate in Copenhagen; children's books for progressives; the life and music of Floyd Red Crow Westerman; Invictus (the Clint Eastwood movie about South Africa); and Jhumpa Lahiri's book Unaccustomed Earth. For infor... Read more

Children's Books for Progressive Families

Airs at: Mon, 12/14/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Portland's independent women's bookstore In Other Words is expanding its selection of books for children, selecting those that convey progressive values of equality, diversity, peace, and democracy. Amber Roland from In Other Words talks with Bill Resnick about some o... Read more

Queer Open House & Recruitment for The Other Team, Queer Youth Radio Show

Calling all Portland area youth:: do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning or are an ally to the queer community? KBOO is hosting two open houses for The Other Team recruitment: Sunday Dec 20 from 3-5 pm and Monday Dec 28 from 5-7 pm. We need YOU... Read more

Voices from the Edge: What's behind Oregon's domestic violence murders-suicides?

Airs at: Thu, 12/10/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Fourteen Oregonians died last month in five murder-suicides and one attempted murder suicide. Why this sudden outbreak now of men using guns to murder their spouses, ex-spouses and themselves when domestic violence homicides in Oregon have been on the decline? In 1997, 22 d... Read more

December 7 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/07/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Hosted by Denise Morris, this show discusses how to make jobs part of the economic recovery, the Afghanistan "surge," student protests against the tuition hikes in California, and how homophobia begins at home and what to do about it. For information about our theme music... Read more

Students Organizing Against Tuition Hikes in California

Airs at: Mon, 12/07/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The Old Mole's Laurie Mercier talks with Quinn Nguyen and Iris Bustos, student activists at UC Santa Barbara about the recent protests and one-day fast at UCSB. They also discuss the larger coalition-building among UC students with service workers and the larger commun... Read more

Voices from the Edge: The Portland Police Association

Airs at: Thu, 12/03/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Jo Ann and Dave talked about the recent demonstration by the Portland Police Association, in which the association expressed a vote of no confidence in Chief Sizer and Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman following the latter's decision to suspend Officer Chris Humphreys fo... Read more