Government/Politics

Lessons from Kenya: Healing and Rebuilding our Communities

Airs at: Thu, 06/15/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Getry Agizah is a Kenyan peace activist and social change agent. She is the Director of Transforming Communities for Social Change and Coordinator of Friends Church Peace Teams in Kenya. She will discuss work underway at the Mt. Elgon Community Peace Center working to he... Read more

Reporting on the Right Wing

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier talks to Jason Wilson, who writes for the Guardian, Alternet, Medium, and other publications, about the alt right and right-wing movements. They discuss recent alt right protests in Portland and the Northwest, and how right-wing movements push politics to ... Read more

UK Elections Considered

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research about Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party's gains in the recent elections, the Labour Party's Manifesto, and European resistance to neoliberalism. Read more

The Country that Voted for Trump

Airs at: Tue, 06/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

The election of Donald Trump was a stunning political upset. His victory defied the predictions of almost every pundit and pollster. Though he received about 3 million fewer votes than his opponent, the antiquarian Electoral College system in the U.S. gave him the presid... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 12, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge hosts, with music from Weather Report and these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Mark Weisbrot about Labour gains in the UK Elections. Desiree Hellegers brings voices from the last hearing on the proposed Tesoro terminal. Clayton explores why our so... Read more

Hello Vancouver June 14, 2017

Produced for: Hello Vancouver

Hosted by Temple Lentz, this episode of Hello Vancouver features: - State Representative Sharon Wylie, from Washington's 49th LD - Sally Fisher, from the Recycled Arts Festival - Sarah Keirns, from Clark County's Green Businesses program - Local music showcase: The Pearls ... Read more

Ireland Discusses Drug Decriminalization Part Two

Airs at: Sun, 06/11/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week we hear more from a debate on May 31 in the Irish Senate on a bill to decriminalize simple personal possession of drugs, with speakers including Senator Mark Daly, Senator Victor Boyhan, Ireland's Drug Czar Catherine Byrne, and Senator Lynn Ruane. 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

In-Depth: Crater Lake Wilderness Proposal

Airs at: Thu, 06/08/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

KBOO reporter Tom Flynn speaks with Bob Hoehne, a wilderness volunteer with Umpqua Watershed of Roseburg. He is making a presentation tonight, Thursday June 8, at 7:30 pm at Patagonia in NW Portland, at a photography exhibition featuring land around Crater Lake. Hoehne and... Read more

Hate Rising

Airs at: Fri, 06/09/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Oregon is leading the nation in reported hate crimes and racist incidents. This past Friday a Southwest Washington man was pistol whipped by a road raging truck driver and told to leave the country. -from KATU: "Armando, who didn't want to reveal his last name, said ... Read more