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January 28, 2020: Ten Year Anniversary of Aaron Campbell; and Group in Wyoming Calls for Justice and Police Oversight

Airs at: Tue, 01/28/2020 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
      On this week's show, we hear from the Stop the Violence event held on Saturday, January 25 at Maranatha Church in NE Portland, marking the ten-year anniversary of the police killing of Aaron Campbell. Campbell's death was the latest in a series of police killings t... Read more

Smart City PDX

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie talks with Hector Dominguez, Open Data Coordinator for Smart City PDX, about how to build community input in crafting facial recognition, surveillance, and other technologies policies. Data-collecting technologies are quickly creeping into every aspect of our public ... Read more

1/29/19 Daily Impeachment Report

Airs at: Wed, 01/29/2020 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Today is day nine of Donald Trump’s trial in the US Senate for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The senate held a question and answer session with both the House Impeachment Managers and Trump’s legal team. Representative Zoe Lofgren challenged the Trump legal tea... Read more

January 14, 2020

Airs at: Tue, 01/14/2020 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  CATCHING UP WITH TIM LEDWITH Last year, we spoke with Tim Ledwith, who was assaulted on NE Broadway in 2018 by Proud Boys Tusitala "Tiny" Toese and Donovan Flippo. That interview, which details the incident, can be found here. In early 2019, renewed scrutiny on police i... Read more

1/30/20 Today's Report on the Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump

Airs at: Thu, 01/30/2020 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
President Trump’s impeachment trial for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress continued today. The Senate carried out a second day of questions and answers for the House impeachment managers and Trump’s legal team. Tomorrow the Senate expects to call for a vote on whe... Read more

Oregon Secretary of State candidate Jennifer Williamson offers a vision for election equity and security

Airs at: Thu, 01/30/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Jennifer Williamson has been the Oregon House Majority Leader since 2016, representing Northwest and Southwest Portland since 2013. Now, she is running for Oregon Secretary of State. In office, Williamson has worked on issues like reproductive rights, tighter gun control... Read more

William Miller Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
William Miller is running for District 50 in the Oregon House of Representatives.  He talks with Don Merrill about how his aunt brainwashed him to watch CNN as a six year old, his native American roots, and how, the causes he cares most about are really a part of a larger f... Read more

Jeff Smith Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Jeff Smith is a Republican who is running for the US House of Representatives in District 2 in the 2020 election.  He talked with Don Merrill about what his party needs to do to flip 100,000 independent voters in Multnomah county, whether he is splitting the vote in favor o... Read more

Kyle Krohn Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Kyle Krohn is a candidate for Position 11 of the Oregon Court of Appeals.  He talked with Don Merrill about criticizing the tendency of the court to not explain its rulings, the trouble he got in for doing that, how he can prove he is the most productive appellate attorneys... Read more

KBOO Talk Radio: Ralph Nader's articles of Impeachment

Airs at: Thu, 01/30/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for: 
This week on KBOO's Talk Radio Linda Olson-Osterlund takes your calls about Trump's Impeachment and shares audio from Ralph Nader's interview with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now about the 13 articles in question.    Count One: Solicitation of Bribery Count Two: Obstruction o... Read more