Government/Politics

KBOO is open to the public! To visit the station, contact your staff person or call 503-231-8032.


Wendy Doniger, Redeeming the Kamasutra

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
The Kamasutra brings to mind (and to Google searches) erotic and exotic sexual positions.   OK, it is that.  But it is much more.  It is about the art of living.   Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of ... Read more

Robert Parry on Fight the Empire

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  "now the defeated Democrats and some anti-Trump neoconservatives in the Republican Party are jumping up and down about how Russia supposedly tainted the election by revealing information about the Democrats and the Clinton campaign. Though there appears to be no hard ev... Read more

Veterans and Standing Rock

Airs at: Fri, 12/16/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Angie and Marvin welcome Phoenix to the KBOO studio.  Phoenix is an Air Force veteran and member of the Tlingit and Haida tribes. She works in veteran outreach and social work, and will reflect on her time spent at Standing Rock.  Plus, music from Suspended....all-female... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 12, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Old Mole, and presents the following segments: 1. Ashlee Ailes of the National Lawyers' Guild discusses how the Guild will defend the right to protest. 2. JoDe Goudy, chair of the Yakama Tribal Council,  speaks to the recent d... Read more

Vision, Solidarity, and Action

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2016 at 9:15am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reflects on how the Left can and must go beyond resistance to positive action, not only to defend against Trump and Trumpism, but to build a coherent movement for a better society, one not vulnerable to the appeal of demagogues.  Read more

Penpa Tsering on Political Perspectives

Airs at: Wed, 12/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and a Sikyong 2016 candidate, Penpa Tsering, has been appointed as the new Representative for the Office of Tibet in Washington, DC.  The Office of Tibet in the United States was established in 1964 to raise the issue of Tibet a... Read more

Defending the Right to Protest

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Ashlee Ailes of the National Lawyers' Guild talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what civil rights attorneys may be up against in the coming years. Read more

Alternative Radio: Smoke, Fumes & Big Oil

Airs at: Tue, 12/13/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Wenonah Hauter is the founder and Executive Director of Food & Water Watch. She has worked extensively on food, water, energy and environmental issues. She served as Director of Public Citizen’s Energy and Environment Program. She is the author of Frackopoly: The Battle ... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Fri, 12/09/2016 at 8:15pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Trump begins the process of picking his cabinet and has selected Ben Carson as Secretary of HUD. Who is Steve Bannon and why are people nervous that he is Trump's Sr. Advisor? Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein demands a vote recount in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin an... Read more

Youth Program at Oregon State Penitentiary

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Uhuru Sasa Cultural Club conducts the Young World Youth Panel for youth at the Oregon State Penitentiary. These adults in custody desire to help youth who may be struggling with the same issues they once faced and to share their experiences of being removed from society... Read more