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Nakba Day

Airs at: Wed, 05/15/2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we are acknowledging Nakba Day. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, known as the "Nakba", or "Catastrophe". The anniversary puts the spotlight on one of the world’s... Read more

Interview w/Josh Odam from Healing While Black

Airs at: Thu, 07/31/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Ancestral game as literature.  Black historical periodicals as time machines. Black Philly as a catalyst.  Got a great episode for you this week with our very special guest, Josh Odam from Healing While Black!   Josh Odam (he, him) is the Founder & Curator of Healing Whi... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 4, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode, which focuses on becoming an organizer, and features these segments: Tim Norgren on The Thin Green Line (Part 2) Desiree Hellegers brings audio from a 2017 interview with climate justice activist and labor organizer Tim Norgren.  In Part... Read more

Musicians Union Resiliency Expo

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Hunter Buen, bass player and organizer with the American Federation of Musicians. local 99, discusses the struggles of musicians in the Rose City, especially those who work in bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels as independent contractors.  Among many initiatives, the un... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 28, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On Monday's episode, hosted by Desiree Hellegers:  Laurie Mercier interviews Paul Ortiz, professor of labor history at Cornell University and author of An African American and Latinx History of the US. They talk about Latinx activism since the Trump election and how anti-... Read more

Neuro Emergent: Representing Neurodiversity

Airs at: Wed, 07/23/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Neuro Emergent
Playwright Diana Burbano (“Sapience,” “Ghosts of Bogotá”) talks about her experience as an adult diagnosed with autism and how neurodiversity has been represented (or misrepresented) in the theater and popular culture. Read more

Interview with Will Fidler of Fidler's Fungus Farm

Airs at: Fri, 07/25/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  That Vegan Show
Join me this month as Will Fidler returns to "That Vegan Show" for an extended interview about what led him to start a business, Fidler's Fungus Farm, and how it evolved over the years. Our journey will explore the healing powers of nature, how animals came to live on hi... Read more

Recovery & the Importance of Peers

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Janie Gullickson, Executive Director, and John Karp-Evans, Deputy Director, Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO). While the Oregon Legislature has in recent years provided funding for mental health & addiction treatment and... Read more

You Indi-Go, Girl

Airs at: Sat, 07/19/2025 at 10:00pm - Sun, 07/20/2025 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Queery
In celebration of the Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge swinging through Portland this month, we're exploring the evolution of female-presenting queer icons in music from 1930s Lucille Bogan, to 1960s Maxine Feldman, to the queer icons of the 1990s on through today's ge... Read more

WRR: Organizing Through Exhaustion, Grief, and Uncertainty

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel recommends the work of Kelly Hayes, and shares excerpts from her post "From Aspiration to Action: Organizing Through Exhaustion, Grief, and Uncertainty"  at her newsletter Organizing My Thoughts.  You can also find her work on the Movement Memos podcast a... Read more