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Century Of Lies

Produced for:  Century Of Lies
  Century Of Lies is a weekly half-hour show focused on drug policy reform and the failed war on drugs. The show explores public health, criminal justice, social justice, and other policies related to drugs in the US and abroad, and includes news reports, commentary, int... Read more

News In Depth

  Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 5:30pm to 6:00pm. A deeper look behind the day's top stories KBOO News In Depth is a daily in-depth interview or feature on a story of significant interest to our listening audience.  These pieces focus on local, nati... Read more

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Airs at: Thu, 11/13/2014 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Claudia Rankine, chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, speaks about her much awaited follow-up to her groundbreaking work Don't Let Me Be Lonely.   A provocative meditation on race, Citizen: An American Lyric recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters... Read more

Ear to the Streets of Portland

  ---> Every first and third Thursday from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Tune-in to ‘Ear To The Streets of Portland’. This program contains music and content geared toward a frame of thought based on having an ear to the streets. As well as music of all genres in free-form specifi... Read more

Disability Awareness

  Every fourth Friday from 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM.   A monthly show about issues affecting people with disabilities and their communities. Read more

Radiozine on 06/21/13

Airs at: Fri, 06/21/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  “Remembering Stonewall”, a documentary produced by David Isay in 1989 to honor the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, an uprising by patrons of a New York gay bar, an event that is often seen as the birth of the gay liberation movement. KBOO broadcasts this docume... Read more

Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco: Web-only special content

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Best-selling author and foreign correspondent Chris Hedges and comics journalist Joe Sacco tell more stories of their collaboration on the book Days of Destuction, Days of Revolt, as well as their adventures reporting from trouble spots both at home and abroad. Original br... Read more

Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco: Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Nation Institute Senior Fellow Chris Hedges (American Fascists, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning) and comics journalist Joe Sacco (Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde) have teamed up to produce Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, a sweeping portrait of the American underclass... Read more

Radiozine on 06/15/12

Airs at: Fri, 06/15/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
“Remembering Stonewall”, a documentary produced by David Isay in 1989 to honor the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, an uprising by patrons of a New York gay bar, an event that is often seen as the birth of the gay liberation movement. KBOO broadcasts this documenta... Read more

Our Fathers Who Aren't In Heaven

Airs at: Tue, 02/11/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae presents a Black History Month documentary, Our Fathers Who Aren’t In Heaven, produced by Michael Johnson. This half-hour piece originally aired in 1994 as part of Legacies: Tales From America, a 13-part series of multicultural personal stories produced by Dmae Roberts... Read more