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Conversation with Sanho Tree, pt. 1

Airs at: Wed, 08/14/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, part one of our conversation with Sanho Tree, Director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. Sanho talks with Doug about the presidential race, the rise of the authoritarian right, the drug war in the Philippines, and ... Read more

Fascism, AntiFascism, & Mass Shootings

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with local fascism scholar and journalist, Shane Burley. They consider how right-wing mass shootings today are a form of "stochastic terrorism", a term that's trending as more people are naming the covert way "lone wolf shooters" are deliberately incited a... Read more

Buscando America on 08/13/19

Airs at: Tue, 08/13/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En NOMADXS conoce a José Emanuel Zitlalpopoca Tecuapacho  fundador de Culture Club una marca de ropa de promueve la cultura y la historia Mexicana prehispánica en los Estados Unidos. En Krónikas de Viaje conoce a Feral una banda chilena de la region fría de Valdivia  que  p... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 12, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
There is no audio for the whole show this time due to various technical difficulties. However it contained the following segments, which you can hear by clicking on the links below: 1. Joe Clement talks with local fascism scholar and journalist, Shane Burley about right-wi... Read more

The Death of Michael Barton: Callous Medical Neglect at the Oregon State Penitentiary

Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews Joel Greenberg, attorney with Disability Rights Oregon (DRO), author of a new report:  “Independent Investigation of the Death of Michael Barton: Mental Illness & Medical Neglect in an Oregon Prison.”  Michael Barton was a 54-year old prisoner in the ... Read more

Joining the Ancestors Inside: Aging U.S. Political Prisoners

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Kazi Toure, former Political Prisoner and member of the Jericho Movement for Political Prisoner Amnesty.  Discussion will focus on the life, incarceration and passing of Tom Manning a white anti-imperialist Political Prisoner.   More information... Read more

Interview with Attorney of Columbia Riverkeepers

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Miles Johnson is the senior attorney at the non-profit organization—Columbia Riverkeepers. He spoke with KBOO’s  Imara Moore on the different issues they’re facing and how to become involved. Read more

Interview with Youngest Journalist in the World, Janna Jihad

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
KBOO host McKenzie Beard interviews 13 year old, Janna Jihad, the youngest Journalist in the World. Jihad's goal is to spread awareness about the crisis in her hometown Nabi Saleh, Palestine. Here she lives with the daily impact of war, bombings and Israeli occupation.  Read more

Presswatch on 08/08/19

Airs at: Thu, 08/08/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Join me and AJ Mendoza of Portland Jobs for Justice as we discuss the progress and challenges of the Union movement in Portland!  In headlines: impeachment moves forward stealthily, Venezuela starves and takes Haiti with it as US sanctions strike, and since the US is useles... Read more

Voices from Syria: A Conversation with Mark Taliano

Airs at: Fri, 08/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  On The Beloved Community, John Shuck speaks with Mark Taliano, author of Voices from Syria.  Three years ago, Mark Taliano travelled to Syria in attempt to hear from Syrians what is really happening in their country. Mark writes: "Between 15 and 23 September 2016, I tra... Read more