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Jo Ann Hardesty Returns to KBOO!

Airs at: Thu, 12/13/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
  Portland's newest City Council member and longtime community activist Jo Ann Hardesty returns to the KBOO airwaves to host her show Voices From the Edge on December 13th.   The legacy and impact of the "War on Drugs" on already vulnerable communities is hard to overstat... Read more

I AM BECAUSE I AM: The Expansion of Gender Identity

Airs at: Fri, 11/30/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Radiozine
  I Am Because I Am, explores the expansion of gender identity and presumed roles in our society. A look beyond the socially constructed ideas of what is male, female, masculine or feminine. Especially considering Trumps administration attempts to redefine gender to be sol... Read more

Sojourner Truth!

Airs at: Thu, 11/29/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
  An update on Yemen as Senator Bernie Sanders is now leading an effort to block U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Our guest is Jehan Hakim, chair of the Yemeni Alliance Committee, which is working with other groups including Just Foreign Policy and Action Corps... Read more

Citizen Review Committee Sends Police Misconduct Case to City Council

Airs at: Wed, 11/28/2018 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
On November 7, the Citizen Review Committee met for a "conference hearing" on a police misconduct case it first heard back in August. Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw was in attendance to present her own findings in the case--she agreed with the CRC on all but two of i... Read more

Music Makes the Movement: Craig Irby Jr and Michalangela

Airs at: Thu, 11/29/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
John Slaughter hosts this special focusing on the Sunday Dec 2nd event featuring live performances by Michalangela and Craig Irby Jr Interviews with Neo Soul and the Black United Fund Neo-Soul Sunday Presents KBOO and Black United Fund Present Music Makes The Movement 8:... Read more

EarthFire Wildlife Sanctuary

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Voices for the Animals
  In this episode of “Voices for the Animals”, guest host Ender Black talks with Dr. Susan Eirich, the founder & director of the EarthFire Institute Sanctuary in Driggs, Idaho.          This sanctuary is a seminal  center for ecological & spiritual renewal  which strives t... Read more

Buscando America on 11/27/18

Airs at: Tue, 11/27/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
  Carmelo Ramos miembro de Guardianes de la tierra México habla sobre los  migrantes que se encuentran en Tijuana y sobre lo que le tocó ver de la caravana en su paso por CDMX.  Javier Sierra habla sobre la situación en la frontera,  los incendios forestales en California ... Read more

Valve Turner Emily Johnston

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken talks with Emily Johnston about the trial in Minnesota last month where she and two other climate activists enlisted the Necessity Defense in a landmark jury trial.  In October of 2016 Emily was one of the five "valve turners" who together instigated shutdown ... Read more

Urgency of Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel rounds up resources showing we have less time than we thought, but shouldn't give up.  The text of her comments, with links to sources, can be found on the Old Mole blog.     image via the World Health Organization     Read more

The Urgency of Climate Change

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  image via WHO    Today’ s Old Mole (11-26) is about the challenges of climate and ensuring a just transition to a survivable world, and about doing what we can to make the world survivable. Scientific American recently reported on a study suggesting that visualizing s... Read more