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Hurricane Maria Might Exceed Harvey's Power

Airs at: Wed, 09/20/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Weather forecasters are running out of ways to describe Maria as it may exceed even Harvey in its damage and strength. Hurricane Maria had made landfall Wednesday morning with 155 mile per hour winds and intense rains, just after Irma had caused nearly one billion dollars i... Read more

In the Shadows of the American Century

Airs at: Thu, 09/21/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  The Rise and Decline of US Global Power Per Fagereng welcomes Alfred McCoy to KBOO.  Alfred McCoy is the J.R.W. Smail Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. McCoy has been recognized as "one of the world’s leading historians of Southeast Asia and a... Read more

Greg Palast on CROSSCHECK!

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome KBOO's favorite muckraking investigative journalist...Greg Palast. Greg Palast is an investigative reporter, whose news-breaking stories appear on BBC Television, The Guardian and now in Rolling Stone Magazine. (It was Palast who uncovered how ... Read more

KBOO Membership Drive Special

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
This one hour Membership Drive special will feature Prison Pipeline hosts for a news and views discussion. Thank you to our listeners from hosts Karen James, Adam Carpinelli, Emma Lugo, Doug McVay, Amy Johnson and Carlos Chavez. Please support Prison Pipeline and KBOO durin... Read more

A Protest for Sessions Visit in NW Portland, Tuesday

Airs at: Tue, 09/19/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A rally in Portland took place on Tuesday in protest of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' visit to the city. This rally drew nearly 200 people outside of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services building in Northwest Portland. Sessions was to speak to Federal Immigration O... Read more

Rébellion en France

Airs at: Wed, 09/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we get an update on a growing rebellion in France against center right President Macrons attack against labor unions and what is left of Frances welfare state. On the ground in France, we get the latest from Stphane Enjalran, national secretary and spokesperson fo... Read more

ANGELA DAVIS! Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  From the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list to being Distinguished Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at University of California Santa Cruz, Angela Davis has remained a committed and eloquent force for communities of struggle.  Angela Davis work... Read more

Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
    Gore Vidal said of our guest pioneering political blogger and National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation John Nichols, "Of all the giant slayers now afoot in the great American desert, John Nichols sword is the sharpest", and what better place to swing a metaphorica... Read more

Labor Radio on 09/18/17 - Interview w/ Portland City Council candidate

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
  The Candidates Speak Host Michael Cathcart sits down with Julie DeGraw to discuss her campaign for Portland City Council seat #2.   Connect with Michael on Twitter @MichaelBCath (Show begins at timestamp: -28:55) Read more

Portland Police Officer Throws 'Distraction Grenade' at Documentary Filmmaker

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A Portland police officer has, last week on September 10th, thrown a 'distraction grenade' directly at a documentary filmmaker, before it exploded on the ground. The device, as the police called it, was a 'rubber ball distraction device' which is similar to a flash-bang gre... Read more