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Farrah Chaichi Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Farrah Chaichi is a democrat running for the Oregon House in the 35th District.  She talked with Don Merrill about how training in political science and criminal justice lead to social activism, why the housing market is difficult even for someone like her who is plugged in... Read more

Portland Association of Teachers Gets New Leadership

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we hear from Portland Association of Teachers President-Elect Angela Bonilla, Vice President-Elect Jacque Dixon, and Executive Board member-elect Emily Golden-Fields about their recent election wins and their plans for their union. Read more

Michael Cross Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Michael Cross is a democrat running for Oregon governor.  He talked with Don Merrill about why he switched from a staunch republican to a staunch democrat, how is run-ins with the law gives him a perspective his other candidates don't have, and why he believes his plan of b... Read more

College Behind Bars: A Panel Discussion

Airs at: Mon, 02/28/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us on Monday, February 28th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio for a discussion with panelists and organizers of a film screening and panel discussion on the issue of higher education accessibility at state facilities for incarcerated persons... Read more

Old Dog, New Tricks

Airs at: Mon, 02/28/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
For the final day of Black History Month, Norm Diamond examines Robert Paul Wolff’s Autobiography of an Ex-White Man, an extraordinary book by a distinguished activist professor who, late in his career, was invited to join an Afro-American Studies Program and began to reali... Read more

Peter T. Coleman | The Way Out

Airs at: Sun, 02/20/2022 at 10:00pm - 10:30pm
Produced for:  Open Air
Why are we, the people of the United States, so divided?  How did we get here and what can we do about it?  The reason for the divisive political polarization we’re experiencing in the United States, as explained by social psychologist, Peter T. Coleman, can’t be traced ba... Read more

Michael Trimble Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Michael Trimble is a bike enthusiast and candidate for Oregon governor who, because of being born in Russia around the time of Chernobyl, has no arms.  But according to him, that has made him someone who is not afraid to fight what what's important.  Mr. Trimble talks with ... Read more

Patrick Starnes Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Patrick Starnes is a democratic candidate for Oregon governor in 2022.  He talked with Sam Bouman about his support for campaign finance legislation, balancing timber resources against the needs of timber communities and how he would repurpose Oregon's Kicker Fund to pay fo... Read more

Educator Wants Changes in Portland Association of Teachers

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we talk with Jacque Dixon, candidate for PAT Vice President, about her ideas for changing things in her union. Read more

Maus author Art Spiegelman

Airs at: Thu, 02/10/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In the wake of recent book bannings in school libraries, most notably of Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer prize-winning graphic novel Maus, S.W. Conser and Bill Dodge revisit their earlier Words and Pictures conversations with Spiegelman. Included in this episode are excerpts ... Read more