Activism

FIDO'S TAP HOUSE

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Voices for the Animals

Co-host Dab Steadman talks with entrepeneur Scott Porter about the grand opening of his unique business which will be "the world's first Doggie Tap House". His new taproom in Tigard, OR, will be dedicated to finding homes for shelter dogs. In addition, a portion of th... Read more

Warmongering against North Korea

Airs at: Fri, 01/05/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

This is a re-broadcast of Positvely Revolting from July 7th, 2017 Lyn and guest co-host Linda Olsen Osterlund will be talking with Christine Hong Associate Professor at USC Santa Cruz and executive board member of the Korea Policy Institute, about her piece "The Long,... Read more

U.S. - Saudi Coalition: Bringing Peace or War?

Airs at: Fri, 01/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Beloved Community

On the next Beloved Community, John Shuck will speak live with Catherine Shakdam, Scott Bennett, and Aisha Jumaan. They will be three of the headliners at a conference taking place at Portland State University on February 3rd, entitled, "U.S. - Saudi Coalition: Bringing Pe... Read more

Decriminalizing Addiction

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

On tonight's edition of Prison Pipeline, host Doug McVay speaks with Rick Lines, executive director of Harm Reduction International, about the need to decriminalize drug use and addiction in order to better deal with problematic drug use, to prevent the transmission of dise... Read more

News In-Depth: Stolen Angels PDX Billboard Project

Airs at: Tue, 01/02/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

A group of Portlanders is hoping to draw attention to racial injustice and police violence in the Portland area with a bold public project. KBOO reporter Sam Bouman spoke last Friday with several members of Portland Equity in Action (PEA), joined by Alicia Johnson, the m... Read more

Unfinished Agenda: Urban Politics in the Era of Black Power

Airs at: Thu, 01/04/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Today, we share our one-hour special with Newark-based civil rights activist, attorney and author Junius Williams. Williams discusses his book, "Unfinished Agenda: Urban Politics in the Era of Black Power." We take a look at the evolution of the civil rights and Black po... Read more

Gospel of Regicide

Airs at: Thu, 01/25/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

"In Gospel of Regicide, Eunsong Kim develops a thrilling method for unwriting lyric even as she reimagines it, creating a socially engaged poetry of and for our time. Anticapitalist, feminist and anti-racist yet critical of non-intersectional understandings of identity a... Read more

Red Clocks

Airs at: Thu, 01/11/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

In Leni Zumas' Red Clocks, abortion is once again illegal in America, in-vitro fertilization is banned, and the Personhood Amendment grants rights of life, liberty, and property to every embryo. In a small Oregon fishing town, five very different women navigate these new... Read more

Ahed Tamimi: 16 year old girl imprisoned by Israel

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

On this special program produced for KBOO community radio, we look at the case of Ahed Tamimi. Ahed is a 16-year old girl from Nabi Saleh who has filmed the brutality of Israeli soldiers in her village since she was ten. She was abducted from her home Dec. 20th by Israeli ... Read more

The Activist's Toolkit by Rex Burkholder

Airs at: Thu, 01/04/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Dennise M. Kowalczyk sits down with Rex Burkholder to discuss his book, The Activist's ToolKit. Trained as a biologist, Rex Burkholder has worked as a science teacher; he is a founder and policy director of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Currently, he is leading t... Read more