Legislation

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Patrick Starnes Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Patrick Starnes is a democratic candidate for Oregon governor in 2022.  He talked with Sam Bouman about his support for campaign finance legislation, balancing timber resources against the needs of timber communities and how he would repurpose Oregon's Kicker Fund to pay fo... Read more

OJRC Legislative Agenda 2022

Airs at: Tue, 02/08/2022 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
KBOO host Karen James speaks with Zach Winston, policy director with Oregon Justice Resource Center, about the 2022 Oregon legislative short session. Three bills that were unsuccessful in the 2021 session have been re-introduced this year by OJRC. Zach explains each bill an... Read more

Measure 110: One Year On

Airs at: Mon, 02/07/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline, Measure 110 one year on: a conversation with Tera Hurst, Executive Director of Oregon’s Health Justice Recovery Alliance. Read more

OJRC's Criminal Legal Reform Legislation

Airs at: Mon, 01/31/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Zach Winston, policy director with Oregon Justice Resource Center, about the 2022 Oregon legislative short session. Three bills that were unsuccessful in the 2021 session have been re-introduced this year by OJRC. Zach explains each bill and its... Read more

Doing What Works

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline, a conversation with Dr. Ashish Thakrar, a Fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, about methadone and buprenorphine treatment in prisons and jails; plus a dis... 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

Build A Movement: Conversations with Our Legislators

Airs at: Fri, 12/03/2021 at 9:30am - 10:00am
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Totality of Circumstances | October 26, 2021

Airs at: Tue, 10/26/2021 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  This month, Sam and Jasmin speak with Ardeshir Tabrizian, a journalist currently with the Salem Reporter, and Ellen Osoinach, an attorney with the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press. This is part of our ongoing coverage of Portland's ongoing attempt to establi... Read more

Sports, Athletics and Transgender Rights

Airs at: Tue, 10/19/2021 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Transpositive PDX
Please join us for Transpositive on KBOO Community Radio on Tuesday, October 19th as we talk with Thee Santos of the Center for American Progress to talk about sports, athletics and transgender rights.  Thee Santos is Special Assistant to the LGBTQ Research and Communicatio... Read more

Labor Radio on 10/18/21 - Eviction Resistance

Airs at: Mon, 10/18/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Hosts Michael Cathcart and Elliott Gilliland take a look back at the end of the federal government's eviction moratorium, and what Congress and local governments have done since to help keep working and unemployed Americans in their homes. They also share information about ... Read more