Global Affairs

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News update for 4/29/20

Airs at: Wed, 04/29/2020 at 2:00pm
Produced for:  Daily News Headlines
The Oregon death count from coronavirus may be significantly higher from what is being reported by the Oregon Health Authority. That’s according to local economist Ken Stokes, who did a study of past death rates for this time of year and found that the number of people who ... Read more

News update for 4/27/20

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2020 at 2:00pm
Produced for:  Daily News Headlines
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A Global Crisis

Airs at: Wed, 04/29/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Penal Reform International’s Director of Policy and International Advocacy Olivia Rope with an overview of PRI’s new report Global Prison Trends 2020, and ACLU National Prison Project Senior Staff Attorney Eunice Cho discusses COVID-19 threats ... Read more

Robert “Bob” Scheer - Part 1 - Ep 61

Airs at: Wed, 04/22/2020 at 6:30am - Wed, 04/29/2020 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  Fortress On A Hill
Robert “Bob” Scheer, famed journalist, interviewer, activist, and editor-in-chief of TruthDig.com, stops by the podcast to discuss his career, his interviews with American presidents from Nixon to Clinton, and his radio show / podcast Scheer Intelligence.  Here is part 1 of... Read more

Julia Hill Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Julia Hill is a democrat who is running for the Oregon House District 39 seat.  She talked with Don Merrill about how her international experience with the Peace Corps and Doctors without Borders could help Oregon deal with this current and future disasters., why her love o... Read more

News update for 4/24/20

Airs at: Fri, 04/24/2020 at 2:00pm
Produced for:  Daily News Headlines
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled yesterday that limits on campaign contributions are legal in Oregon. Previously there were no limits whatsoever on how much money donors gave to Oregon political races and ballot initiatives. This gave corporate interests and out of state pol... Read more

Covid 19 in Palestine and Israel

Join KBOO's Webinar on Friday, May 1st at 11:00am to hear from guest speakers Dr. Osama Tanous – a pediatrician specialist based in Haifa and Richard Silverstein of the Jewish blog, Tikun Olam. and Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei, the director-general of Gaza Community Mental Health P... Read more

Press**Watch

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
What is the nature of the beast driving the pandemic?   Dr. Henry Niman, the world-renowned Ph.D. virologist, will return to Press**Watch to discuss the latest on COVID-19.  If you heard his January and February Press**Watch interviews, you know his analysis is essential an... Read more

News update for 4/22/20

Airs at: Wed, 04/22/2020 at 2:45pm
Produced for:  Daily News Headlines
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Marjane Satrapi - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Marjane Satrapi is the artist and writer behind such graphic memoirs as Persepolis, Embroideries, and Chicken with Plums, and is the co-director of the animated feature film version of Persepolis.  She grew up in Tehran during the revolution that toppled the Shah and led... Read more