Science/Technology

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Eclipse!

Airs at: Fri, 07/28/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
  The first total solar eclipse in the continental United States since 1979 hits the coast between Lincoln City and Newport in August—cutting a phenomenal path across Oregon.   With all this attention of the blurring of the sun and the moon focused on the Beaver State; w... Read more

Women in Science & Science Hack Day on The Digital Divide

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
Tune in this Friday at 11 AM for the Digital Divide on KBOO, Portland. This month we’ll be talking with Daniela Saderi and Max Ogden about Portland Women in Science and Science Hack Day Portland 2017.   Read more

Virtual Reality and 3-D Comics

Airs at: Thu, 07/13/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Digital technology is making animation and comics more immersive, and this month's guests are working at the forefront of the movement. Jeremy Rotsztain is creating an audio-visual experience to take place in Portland's Academy Theater.  Inspired by Frederik Kiesler's hi... Read more

Activist Group Uses Virtual Reality Cameras to Document Animal Abuse

Airs at: Thu, 07/06/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Today, the animal rights activist group Direct Action Everywhere, or DxE, released a new type of footage from inside an industrial pig farm. Activists infiltrated Circle Four Farms in Milford, Utah, one of the country’s largest pig production facilities. They used newly dev... Read more

Transmuting Historical Trauma

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Madness Radio
  What if psychotic experiences express historical and intergenerational trauma? Does one person’s emotional crisis reach beyond their own individual mind? Could synchronicities and meaningful coincidences guide recovery instead of just being “symptoms”? Naas Siddiqui, a ... Read more

UBU Goes Digital

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/04/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Tonight UBU GOES DIGITAL! l.. instead of listening to what we tell you to listen to, you can select your own radio theater drama from numerous categories, like comedy, suspense, horror, romance, western, and children's programming. Through the wonders of digital radio techn... Read more

Marc Bekoff on The Animal's Agenda

Airs at: Wed, 06/28/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
  We humans pride ourselves on our singular intelligence and sensitivity, but each day brings new stories about the the intelligence and depth of feeling experienced by other animals. The Animals' Agenda  makes a strong case that it is past time we use what we know about i... Read more

EFSEC Closes Comment Period for Tesoro Savage Oil Terminal

Airs at: Thu, 06/08/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Yesterday evening, Washington State’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, or EFSEC, closed its final hearing on the proposal to construct a 360,000 barrel-per-day crude oil trans-shipment terminal at the Port of Vancouver, Washington. Now the final decision is in the ... Read more

The Digital Divide: John Cheney-Lippold, We Are Data: Algorithms and The Making of Our Digital Selves

Airs at: Fri, 06/09/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
Tune in to the Digital Divide, Friday, June 9th at 11 AM. I'll be talkiing with John Cheney-Lippold, author of We Are Data: Algorithms and The Making of Our Digital Selves. We'll talk about how corporations collect and filter data about how you use the internet, if search e... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 5th, 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes.. Bill Resnick interviews Tom Athanasiou of the Earth island Institute on Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Accord. Patsy Kullberg interviews poet and activist Judith Arcana about he... Read more