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Roxanne Roxanne

Airs at: Fri, 03/10/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
In Celebration of "Roxanne Roxanne" the new Hip-Hop biopic on Roxanne Shanté (Lolita Shanté Gooden) which just premiered AND Sold at the Sundance Film Festival we'll be traveling back in time to Queens, New York and the year 1984 to explore her rebuttal to the UTFO song whi... Read more

Demand Justice for Quanice Hayes with Don't Shoot PDX

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Don't Shoot PDX will be at Wednesday's city council meeting to demand justice for Quanice Hayes, the teenager who was killed by Portland Police on February 9. Organizer Teressa Raiford spoke with KBOO News to talk about Wednesday's action as well as the violent police respo... Read more

Cathy Camper on "Lowriders to the Center of the Earth"

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Bethany Grabow talks with Cathy Camper, author of the books Lowriders in Space and Lowriders to the Center of the Earth. These graphic novels feature a trio of friends who experience out-of-this-world adventures in their quest to make the most epic lowrider.   Publis... Read more

PSJ 2017 Lobby Day

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews Shannon Wight, Deputy Director for Partnership for Safety & Justice, about PSJ’s Lobby Day on April 3, 2017 in Salem, Oregon.  Help families stay together so children can be with their parents as they achieve accountability through supervision, ser... Read more

Cleveland 4 & Political Incarcerations in the Age of "trumpism"

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Cleveland 4 & Political Incarcerations in the Age of "trumpism" Adam Carpinelli interviews attorney Amanda Schemkes about the case of the Cleveland Four, Occupy activists arrested in 2012, accused of plotting to blow up a bridge.  The plot, however, was crafted by the F... Read more

Stories to Change the World Deadline FEB 28th

Airs at: Wed, 01/25/2017 at 6:30pm - 6:45pm
Callie from the KBOO Youth Collective interviews Annika and Alexis from Stories to Change the World Stories to Change the World is a short story contest for youth and adults which builds the body of literature depicting positive and possible futures, and empowers youth as ... Read more

Justice for Quanice Hayes with the Portland Student Action Network

Airs at: Tue, 02/14/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Portland Student Action Network, a group of activists from the greater Portland area's high schools,  is holding a rally this Thursday in honor of Quanice Hayes, a 17-year-old who recently died at the hands of the Portland Police. The rally will bring high school studen... Read more

Live in Studio: BOXING DAY

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Youth Randomonium
Join us to listen to an interview and pre-reocrded set by Boxing Day , teenage power pop from Portland OR Nathan and Stella will also be playing records and taking requests and raising money for KBOO Community Radio! Read more

Noah Schultz

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Carlos Chavez interviews Noah Schultz, an inspiring young man who was recently released from Oregon Youth Authority custody. He was featured in the 2015 Salem Ted Talks and again at last year’s Portland TEDx. He has been a valuable mentor, published poet and activist.  Noah... Read more

Author Renee Watson, "Piecing Me Together"

Airs at: Thu, 02/02/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
     Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has:  Every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she ... Read more