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Rip City Basement

Portland's local Hip Hop show, hosted by Brenboy, airs the 2nd Saturday of every month from 10 pm to midnight. Rip City Basement serves the local Hip Hop community of Portland, OR and surrounding areas. Each episode features 3 local artists or groups, and provides a platfor... Read more

Radiozine: Building Bridges

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Well Mourn, Then We'll Analyze and then We'll Organize: An Election Post-Mortem with Gerald Horne, Chair of the History and African-American Studies Department at the University of Houston and prolific author of more than 30 books and 100 scholarly papers on struggles ag... Read more

Black Nativity

Airs at: Tue, 11/15/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae speaks with artistic director Jerry Foster and cast member Laurene CoCo Jackson of PassinArt: A Theatre Company about their upcoming performances of the Gospel play Black Nativity, December 2nd to December 18th. We'll hear about the history of this Langston Hughes w... Read more

Political Perspectives: Angela Davis x Ta-Nehisi Coates

Airs at: Wed, 11/16/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Angela Davis in a rarely heard 1972 interview at Malcolm X College, presented with permission from the Chicago Film Archives.  Davis discusses the upcoming presidential election, campaigning for 3rd party candidates Gus Hall and Jarvis Tyner and her freedom after 16 mont... Read more

Clinton, Trump and the truth about the U.S.

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
With the inundation of all the news regarding Trump and Clinton, we really did not want to go any further with it.  However, we have not seen many views which share our perspective on the situation, so we felt it crucial to use the platform we have to share a different view... Read more

Evening News on 11/10/16

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2016 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On tonight's evening news report: -Analysis on the Donald Trump election from the Council on American Islamic Relations, independent journalist Arun Gupta, Ralph Nader -We hear students speaking out against fossil fuel infrastructure expandion in the city of Portland -A l... Read more

Old School Beats

Airs at: Fri, 11/18/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
A Special 3-hour block of Old School Beats in celebration of Hip-Hop History Month!   November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political ... Read more

Olio by Tyehimba Jess

Airs at: Thu, 11/17/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  In Olio Tyehimba Jess presents a musical history of the long fight against slavery, marshaling a vast cast of historical figures including the slaves, some freed, whose music was the basis for the blues and jazz in the 19th century. They ask, "Once burst loose from human... Read more

Interview with Hiag Brown, news that didn't make mainstream media, and more!

Airs at: Wed, 08/31/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Keepin It Real
We  discussed the news that did not make it onto the mainstream media and we interviewed a man who is involved in the community in more than one way. His name is Hiag Brown. On “Keepin It Real”: •    We take a look at the local, national and global news that are ignored i... Read more

Keepin It Real

  1st Wednesdays from 7 - 8 pm 5th Wednesdays from 6-7pm “Keepin It Real” is a public affairs, talk radio program that strives to educate and to offer a forum for people to speak their truth while being open minded and inclusive. On “Keepin It Real”: We take a look ... Read more