Global Affairs

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Nakba Day

Airs at: Wed, 05/15/2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we are acknowledging Nakba Day. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, known as the "Nakba", or "Catastrophe". The anniversary puts the spotlight on one of the world’s l... Read more

Ali Fitzgerald - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  As Syria struggles to emerge from decades of conflict, we revisit our November 2018 conversation with Drawn to Berlin author Ali Fitgerald. Drawn to Berlin follows Ali's encounters with Syrian youth, as she teaches comics workshops at a makeshift refugee center in German... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 01/07/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The looming crisis in US-Iran relations as Trump prepares to take office. Read more

Drug War in the Amazon Basin

Airs at: Wed, 01/08/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Drug War in the Amazon Basin. The Amazon basin and the tri-border region of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru have been particularly hard hit and transformed by the drug war. The Global Initiative on Transnational Organized Crime released a new report... Read more

Oil For Kisses ep 44 - VOICE YOUR DISGUST

Airs at: Sat, 01/04/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Oil For Kisses
With this month's presidential administration taking charge yet again, I saw it fit to thematically address this worrisome scenario with the show this month. For OFK #44, I'm joined by longtime friend Jesse Novak to explore protest music of varying sorts over the past sever... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 12/31/2024 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The year in review and the year ahead. Read more

Ukraine

Airs at: Wed, 01/01/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Ukraine. At the recent European Harm Reduction Conference in Warsaw, Poland, a panel entitled "Harm Reduction in the War in Ukraine" explored innovative strategies developed to address the complex challenges posed by the war. On this week’s ed... Read more

The Charter of Rights

Airs at: Wed, 12/25/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: The Charter of Rights. The Scottish Government has released a new Charter of Rights for People Affected by Substance Use. The Charter was developed by an independent commission called the National Collaborative, which started work back in 2022... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 30, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts the final Old Mole broadcast of 2024, which includes the following segments: War and Climate Crisis in the Middle East: Laurie Mercier  speaks with Dr. Zeinab Shuker, who is an assistant professor of sociology at Sam Houston State University and ... Read more

Global Warming and the Crisis of Imagination

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In his 2016 collection of three essays, novelist Amitav Ghosh takes up a question of immense importance: what explains humanity’s collective failure to avert the existential threat posed by climate change? Capitalism and colonialism are the great structural forces that keep... Read more