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The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke

Airs at: Wed, 02/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Jeffrey C. Stewart, professor of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of the bookThe New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke.In his book, professorStewart offers a splendidbiography of the ... Read more

Old Mole History and KBOO

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
KBOO'S Volunteer Coordinator Ani Haines invites us all to visit KBOO's Kickstarter page to see a video about the station and its plans for the future. Denise Morris relates some history of the Old Mole Variety Hour and how she became part of the Old Mole collective.  Read more

An Indigenous People's History: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Airs at: Tue, 02/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The history of the U.S. is one of settler colonialism. The state was established on the basis of white male supremacy, slavery, land theft and genocide. “From sea to shining sea” the Native nations were decimated and dispossessed. The survivors herded into concentrati... Read more

Black Panther: The Real Africa and the Fantasy Africa

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On today's show, news and topics about real Africa - and about the fantasy Africa on the big screen. The 60th Anniversary of the All-African People's Conference was JUST celebrated around the world. Gerald Horne is back from the Pan-African Film Festival in Los Angele... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 02/25/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz interviews Ladino singer/songwriter Sarah Aroeste live. Aroeste is one of the few Jewish artists working today who writes original songs in Ladino, the Judeo-Spanish dialect spoken by Jews in Spain, after they were expelled from that country in 1492. In... Read more

Press**Watch: News you're not supposed to know

Airs at: Thu, 02/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Today we'll be looking at some of the great accomplishments of USA society, like soreading anthrax through beetles that children are likely to handle, conducting interrogations purely for the sake of terror, villages in order to save them, dropping out of the wimpiest po... Read more

Ursula K. Le Guin on censorship, creativity, and pornography

Airs at: Thu, 02/22/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Renowned author Ursula K. Le Guin was known for more than just her books in fantasy and science fiction, she was also a critical voice of the literary world. Her insights into the publishing industry and censorship are shared here in a 1988 talk recorded at the Northw... Read more

High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything you know about Drugs and Society

Airs at: Wed, 02/21/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we broadcast our one-hour special with Columbia University Professor of Psychology Carl Hart about his book High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything you know about Drugs and Society. Dr. Hart disputes some of our most ... Read more

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: LIVE at KBOO!

Airs at: Fri, 02/23/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Join Ani as she welcomes Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz to KBOO to discuss her new book LOADED.  Call in and join the conversation. Loaded...A Disarming History of the Second Amendment America loves guns. From Daniel Boone and Jesse James, to the NRA and Seal Team 6, gun culture h... Read more

Political Music, Folk & Punk

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick and Jeff Huntz discuss the debts of punks like Jello Biafra to radical folk like Phil Ochs. You can hear the original Phil Ochs version of Love Me I'm a Liberal here, and the Jello Biafra / Mojo Nixon cover version here.   Image of Phil Ochs By Kenneth Ta... Read more