Community Building

Occupy ICEPDX and Dani Summers

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Desiree Hellegers interviews Portland activists Sam and Alana about OccupyICEPDX and the late Dani Henri Sommerville, also known as Dani Summers, and Dani Som, a twenty year old musician/songwriter, with OccupyICE/PDX, who died in February. Scroll down for a transcript of ... Read more

PDX neighborhood associations; The Demo House

Airs at: Fri, 05/10/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

On today's Radiozine, we feature two different orgs who are helping out people with how they addressing being in Portland, from living here to visiting here. First, Jenna talks to Sunny Bleckinger and Kristin Shorey about Portland's many Neighborhood Associations, their ma... Read more

Stopping Tar Sands Oil Trains in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Last year, Zenith Energy in NW Portland, quietly began exporting tar sands oil from its Willamette River facility. Now Zenith Energy is expanding its facility so that it can handle more than three times the number of oil train cars that currently pass through the city.This ... Read more

82nd Ave of Roses Parade 2019

Airs at: Wed, 04/24/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

Host Jenna talks to 82 Ave of Roses Parade organizer Nancy Chapin. The annual parade takes place this Saturday, April 27. The parade starts at Eastport Plaza at 9:30am and proceeds north on 82nd to SE Yamhill Street. Read more

DSA and Chicago City Politics

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Joanna Misnik about Chicago and the DSA's success in their recent election winning six seats in the 50 person city council. These seats won in campaigns not based in personality or resume but on issues and movements. Joanna Misnik is a life-long a... Read more

Cable Access Memories

Airs at: Thu, 04/25/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Portland Cable Access at the end of the 20th century gained a reputation for creativity and outrageousness, featuring such characters as "Working" Kirk Reeves, Jim Spagg, and Stephanie ("Where's the Art?") Pierce. And Oregon's uniquely strong freedom of expression laws ... Read more

Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon: APANO

Airs at: Fri, 05/03/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Day

For Asian/Pacific-Islander American Heritage Day on KBOO, we talk to Simeon Jacob of the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO) to discuss the organization's work around community building, addressing oppression, and growing as an organization. KBOO is recog... Read more

MYKU: My Portland by Meg Vogt

Airs at: Thu, 05/02/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ken Jones talks with Meg Vogt, author of the new book of photographs and poems MYKU: My Portland. “MYKU” is what Meg calls her variations on the haiku form, a poem in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. The book pairs Meg’s MYKU’s with photographs from her... Read more

Portland poet Nastashia Minto, author of "Naked"; and the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival

Airs at: Tue, 04/23/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

We'll be talking with Nastashia Minto, author of the new poetry collection, 'Naked': I never truly understood the beauty of another being until I began to find and love myself. Minto is a Georgia-born African American woman living and working in Portland. Reema Zaman call... Read more

David Easley, Resisting From Inside

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 04/19/2019 at 5:00pm

Produced for: The Final Straw Radio

David Easley of Ohio IWOC & Jasper of FOM ****This show carries a heavy content warning for institutionalized violence against incarcerated people, suicide, and issues related to mental wellness//unwellness.****** This week I’m sharing a conversation with David Easley, an ... Read more