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Oregon Faith leaders condemn restrictive abortion bans

Airs at: Wed, 12/01/2021 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Today, as the U.S. Supreme Court heard Mississippi’s case to ban abortion after 15 weeks and potentially overturn Roe, Oregon faith leaders held a press conference at Congregation Beth Israel to publicly denounce Mississippi’s law and other state bans. In this multi-fait... Read more

Roe on the Rocks: Barriers in Oregon

Airs at: Wed, 12/22/2021 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Roe on the Rocks
  "Roe on the Rocks" podcast, executive produced by KBOO's Claire Rischiotto, takes a look at how Oregon, a state with some of the most progressive abortion laws in the nation, will be impacted if Roe is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. While abortion is legal in Oreg... Read more

2021 Year in Review

Airs at: Mon, 12/27/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join Prison Pipeline hosts Karen James, Emma Lugo, Adam Carpinelli and Doug McVay as we wrap up 2021 and look forward to the New Year.     Read more

Reflections on a Trying Year

Airs at: Mon, 12/27/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
A year ago, we let go of 2020 with the hopes for a much better 2021. And 2021 started out promising, for the first five days. Then came the Capitol Insurrection, the Republican surrender to total Trumpism, record-breaking weather disasters, disastrous fires and two new surg... Read more

Comics Journalism - The Art of the News

Airs at: Thu, 12/30/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  The Art of the News is an exhibition of comics journalism hosted by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Eugene and curated by University of Oregon Professor Katherine Kelp-Stebbins.  The show features the work of a wide range of international artists and writers, from ... Read more

Roe on the Rocks

Tune in to KBOO at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 22nd, for the premiere of "Roe on the Rocks," a limited series radio show and podcast taking listeners through the months leading up to the Supreme Court case that effectively overturned Roe vs. Wade. What did the U.S. look like wh... Read more

Port Westward: The Last Hope for a Methanol Refinery in the NW

Airs at: Mon, 12/20/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Last June, the long embattled methanol refinery that was proposed for the Port of Kalama, Washington, was finally defeated. Northwest Innovation Works, the Chinese-backed company behind this project, originally proposed to build three of the world's largest methaol refineri... Read more

Jordan Cove's Definitive Demise

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For the past 17 years, people across Southern Oregon have lived with the threat of the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal proposed for Coos Bay, and its companion Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, a 36” pipeline that would have traversed 230 miles of Southern Oregon. On December... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 13, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2021 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: The Time to get it Right: Johanna Brenner interviews Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) President, Elizabeth Thiel, about how their union proposes to solve a staffing crisis... Read more

The Gap: Private Businesses filling in Government Gaps

Airs at: Fri, 12/03/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss two interesting articles that came out this week, with a common theme: private businesses filling in where local government has gaps. First we discuss Willamette Week's Ridwell article. (Find our talk with Ridwell's GM... Read more