War/Peace

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KBOO Election Night 2016 Special Coverage

Airs at: Tue, 11/08/2016 at 5:30pm - 9:00pm
  [View the story "Election Night 2016" on Storify]   From 5:30 - 9 on Election Night 2016, KBOO will feature live interviews and guests including candidates for local political offices, analysts and KBOO radio personalities. We'll also be broadcasting live from the Wil... Read more

PSU Student Senate Passes Resolution to Divest from Israeli Military Occupation

Airs at: Fri, 10/28/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  One Land Many Voices
On October 24, 2016, the student government of Portland State University voted overwhelmingly in favor of a measure calling on the university to divest from the Israeli military occupation of Palestine. The measure focuses on four companies: Hewlett-Packard, Caterpillar, G-... Read more

Veterans & the Criminal Justice System

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
As we honor those who served in the U.S. military this Veterans Day, we also remember those serving time in our jails and prisons.  Oregon has among the highest rates of incarcerated veterans in the nation.  Karen James hosts a special discussion about veterans and the crim... Read more

Ball of Confusion (Election?! Edition)

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
  Temptations sing: "One, two, one, two, three, four, ow People moving out, people moving in Why, because of the color of their skin Run, run, run but you sure can't hide An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth Vote for me and I'll set you free   Rap on, brother, rap on ... Read more

Dolce Vita Confidential

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  Film writer Shawn Levy sits down with Jenn Chavez to tell behind-the-scenes stories of the classic Italian film studios, as collected in his newest book Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome. Then, S.W. Conse... Read more

Back To The Egg presents: MELTED RADIO

Airs at: Sun, 10/16/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Back To The Egg
IMU-PDX I Melt Up I am you, meltingUpwards “Possibly Not for Listening” Taking favorite tracks and screwing them up for your melted approval – melting them up for your screwy approval? or not… Genre?  What’s that I hear? Oh yeah, categories are: Things that make you g... Read more

S. Brian Willson on "Paying the Price for Peace"

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Vietnam veteran S. Brian Willson, who paid the price for peace as he was run over and nearly killed by a military train during a non-violent protest in 1987. Since then, he has not stopped calling attention to the US gover... Read more

Brian Castner on "All the Ways We Kill and Die"

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Host Jim Schumock speaks with non-fiction writer and memoirist Brian Castner, author of All the Ways We Kill and Die: An Elegy for a Fallen Comrade and the Hunt for His Killer and the memoir, The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows. Brian Castner is a no... Read more

The White Donkey - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 09/08/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended version of our interview with Oregon artist Maximilian Uriarte, we talk more about his graphic novel The White Donkey, which has been hailed for its frank depictions of post-traumatic stress disorder in young veterans.  Max hopes to adapt the graphic nov... Read more

The White Donkey - Maximilian Uriarte

Airs at: Thu, 09/08/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Oregon artist Maximilian Uriarte signed up with the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of nineteen and served as a gunner in the Iraq War.  His early comic strip Terminal Lance offered a sardonic view of military life in an occupied land, but his new graphic novel The White Do... Read more