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Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 05/26/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
  First we talk to independent media makers and educators Devin Febbroriello of XRAY TV and Film Collective and Serpent Power Productions and Kat Meow Garcia of Open Signal: Portland Community Media Center. You'll find out about XRAY's Reel Voices summer filmmaking camp fo... Read more

Matt Taibbi & Amy Goodman

Airs at: Wed, 05/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Join Theresa Mitchel on the last day of KBOO's Spring Membership Drive as she welcomes Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi and Democracy Now's Amy Goodman to make a last minute pitch for new and renewing members. Read more

Civil Disobedience: Project Censored Radio

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  What role can civil disobedience play in the stuggle for social change? Peter explores this question with two guests: first, environmental organizer Tim DeChristopher recounts his experience delaying a federal oil and gas lease auction, and how the legal doctrine of "nec... Read more

Narrow River, Wide Sky by Jenny Forrester

Airs at: Thu, 05/18/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  On the Colorado Plateau between slot canyons and rattlesnakes, Jenny Forrester grew up with her mother and brother in a single-wide trailer proudly displaying an American flag. Forrester’s powerfully eloquent story reveals a rural small town comprising God-fearing Republ... Read more

Interview: Mercy Corps' South Sudan Director

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
The United Nations on Monday declared that 1 million children have fled from conflict and famine in South Sudan. According to a joint press release from the UN Children’s Fund and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, another million children are displaced within the coun... Read more

Palestine to Tacoma Hunger Strike Solidarity

Airs at: Thu, 05/11/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Fifteen hundred Palestinians have entered their fourth week of hunger strike. They are demanding better conditions in Israeli prisons, including family visits and an end to the practice of holding prisoners indefinitely without charges. In a statement of solidarity, a grou... Read more

Race and The Handmaid's Tale

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel explains why it makes sense for the Handmaids to be exclusively white, and how the attempt to diversify the cast of the Hulu series works as a denial of the continuing legacy of white supremacy. She draws on these writings: Soraya McDonald on The Undefeated... Read more

What It Takes to Win: Kshama Sawant

Airs at: Tue, 05/09/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Kshama Sawant is a member of the Socialist Alternative. She was elected to the Seattle City Council in 2013. She is the first socialist to win a citywide election in Seattle since 1916. She was reelected in 2015. In times of despair and distress there may be the temptati... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 8, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge hosts and we hear about -- How the US has provoked North Korea; How policing protects class oppression; What's really wrong with inequality; The racial casting of "The Handmaid's Tale"; activist events this week.   Listen to and share individua... Read more

Riffs, Rhythm, Rhyme and Ramadan

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
When we hear the word theology, we may think we are going to engage in esoteric reflections about divinity and the afterlife.  But theology at its best is not about God or gods, but about life and its meaning and the myths that drive us.   Arthur Dewey is professor of theol... Read more