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Earth Day Special Programming

  On Monday, April 22nd, KBOO Community Radio celebrates Earth Day with special programming devoted to everything Mother Earth, ecological justice, environmental awareness, climate activism and animal rights advocacy. Either poetic and imaginative, or highly researched and... Read more

Human Rights and Decolonization

Airs at: Wed, 12/11/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Human Rights and Decolonization. The UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held joint meetings December 4 and 5. Topics being discussed included the WHO Expert Committee’s upcoming review of t... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 16, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Climate and Justice: Just three weeks after the disappointing outcome at the United Nations COP 29 (Conference of Parties) meetings in Azerbaijan, the largest case in the histor... Read more

1/6 - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 12/12/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In the runup to the second presidential term of Donald Trump, we revisit our June 2023 conversation with the creative team behind 1/6: The Graphic Novel, a speculative spin on the real events of January 6, 2021. Writers Gan Golan (The Adventures of Unemployed Man) and Al... Read more

"Vow of Silence": New documentary on the assassination of Anna Mae Aquash, with Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Wed, 12/11/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
      https://www.hulu.com/series/vow-of-silence-the-assassination-of-annie-mae-afce5118-e361-4041-ace9-9ac52bafefa7 Read more

Nukes for Needless Energy

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As we transition to a truly renewable world two of the things we need less of are more and larger server farms and nuclear power reactors to feed them electricity. Yet that is the plan being hatched by Microsoft, Amazon and other tech giants. Amazon is eyeing Eastern Oregon... Read more

Making Solidarity and Making Community

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
With the looming prospect of a new Trump administration, left activists face a perilous political moment. Today we look back at the Central America solidarity movement of the 1980’s to discover what lessons can be learned from a movement that succeeded in blunting US milita... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 12/10/2024 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The collapse of the Syrian dictatorship Read more

Portland City Council Digest for December 4, 2024

Airs at: Wed, 12/04/2024 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Listen to this story below. Close to a hundred people, including staff and media, were in the temporary Council Chambers at the start of Wednesday morning’s 9:30 meeting. The City Council has been meeting at the city’s Development Services Center near the PSU campus whi... Read more

Annual report on Multnomah County Jails says system is 'in crisis'

Airs at: Fri, 12/06/2024 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Listen to this story below. "The Multnomah County Jail System is in crisis and at risk of jeopardizing health and safety." That's the finding from the 2024 Multnomah County Corrections Grand Jury report, released by District Attorney Mike Schmidt on December 3rd. Orego... Read more