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2017 Winter News and Public Affairs Day

We have an incredible lineup of talks and interviews for News and Public Affairs Day on KBOO - Friday February 10th, 2017. KBOO is celebrating 49 years of community-produced journalism, public affairs, and breaking news. We've been with you through fascism, neo-liberal Imp... Read more

David Korten on Positively Revolting

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Positively Revolting
Please join us for a great conversation with author and lecturer, David Korten. David is an author, and former professor of the Harvard Business School.  He is the co-founder and board chair of the Positive Futures Network, which publishes Yes! Magazine. His books include ... Read more

Anarquismo, Insane Music for Insane People #19, Agog

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/11/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for La Ruleta
Join us this Friday evening continuing our membership drive to listen to more Insane Music for Insane People from the Belgium Label Insane, as well as the recording Anarquismo, which includes pieces by the band Antorcha (Las Antorchas), and much more! Read more

John Teton, International Food Security Treaty

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
In this episode we discuss a condition that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of people. It is a condition that is completely preventable. Hunger. Why are so many people in the world...why is anyone in the world malnourished? What can we do about it? Th... Read more

Michelle Alexander: Race & Caste in the U.S.

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  Michelle Alexander is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar. As an associate professor of law at Stanford Law School, she directed the Civil Rights Clinics and pursued a research agenda focused on the intersection of race and criminal justic... Read more

Susan Quinn author of Elanor and Hick

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  Deeply researched and told with great warmth, Eleanor and Hick is a vivid portrait of love and a revealing look at how an unlikely romance influenced some of the most consequential years in American history. In 1932, as her husband assumed the presidency, Eleanor Roose... Read more

Michael Eric Dyson in Portland with his Sermon for White America

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Political Perspectives
  Michael Eric Dyson is an academic, author, and radio host. He is a professor of Sociology at Georgetown University.  Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "a Princeton Ph.D. and a child of the streets who takes pains never to separate the two", Dyson has authored or edited... Read more

Press**Watch

Airs at: Thu, 02/09/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Presswatch
What's been happening in the world besides the machinations of the Cheetoh Fascist Gang?  Find out--and get ready to support one of our best answers to the MAGA plague.  Dedicated to the victims of the 2016 Bowling Green Massacre! Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 6, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2017 at 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts and here's the lineup: 1. We get a preview of the 27th Annual African Film Festival coming up at Portland Community College from two of its organizers. 2. Denise talks with a social studies teacher about teaching about the election of Trump. 3. A panel... Read more

Teaching in a Time of Trump

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Local social studies teacher Pat McCreery joins host Denise Morris to talk about the Critical Educators Collective and the upcoming Social Justice Educators teach-in “Teaching in a Time of Trump", Saturday Feb 11th at Madison High School.    Read more