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Old Mole Variety Hour for November 23, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talks about war in Syria and the clash of barbarisms, with Stephen Zunes Desiree Hellegers talks about the xenophobic backlash against refugees, with Kayse Jama Denise Morris reads some media commenta... Read more

Disarm PSU takes over University President's office hours

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Over a hundred Portland State University students gathered in the South Park Blocks this afternoon. The students then marched into the office hours of the PSU President, Wim Wiewel. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg was there, and brings us this report: Read more

Mic Crenshaw Interview

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Mic Crenshaw is many things; a hip hop artist, a music ambassador, an activist and a co-manager at radio station KBOO in Portland. But one thing he is not is someone who holds his tongue about the music scene as it is affected by race or race as it is affected by society. D... Read more

Probable cause podcast #14

Airs at: Wed, 07/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Probable Cause podcast
Thoughts and commentary on holding public officials accountable - by Patrick. Read more

Probable Cause podcast #13

Airs at: Fri, 06/26/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Probable Cause podcast
Thoughts and commentary on holding public officials accountable - by Patrick. Read more

First Day of Retail Pot Sales in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Today was the first day of legal retail pot sales in Oregon, and spirits were high at dispensaries across the Portland area. In this piece, KBOO reporter Jim Thompson speaks with customers lines up outside Shango's, a dispensary in Hillsboro, followed by KBOO reporter Doug ... Read more

The Psychology of Mass Shootings

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
After a mass shooting claimed ten lives this morning at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, President Obama adressed the nation with visible frustration, saying, "[Thoughts and prayers do] not capture the heartache and grief and anger that we should feel, and it does noth... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 28, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode on documentaries, dictatorships, the Middle East, and Marx. These are the individual segments:  Bill Resnick talks with Ismael Hossein-zadeh about events in the Middle East. Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris discuss the new documentary ... Read more

Movie Moles on Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris discuss the new documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. The film opens in Portland next week at the  Hollywood theatre with a benefit event for the NAACP. Noting the impossibility of fully addressing all the many ... Read more

KBOO interviews witness to fatal police shooting in Oakland

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A policewoman shot a man to death this morning in the Adams Point neighborhood of Oakland, after he assaulted her with what the police have only described as a “metal object,” but which witnesses say was a bike chain. The officer, who has not been named, received a call tha... Read more