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Happy Festivus

Airs at: Sat, 12/23/2017 at 6:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Swing 'n' Country

Tune in Saturday morning for the Christmas Eve, Eve show as we celebrate the ancient pagan holiday Festivus. Although similar to Christmas, Festivus has some notable differences. Traditionally it is recognized with the following customs. A bare aluminum pole serve... Read more

December 15 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 12/15/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 12/22/2017 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Portland Resistance Calendar

Updated Wednesday, December 20. Want more info? Click on the links for the details. Want to print out the list? There's a printable PDF. Wanna see into the future? Check out kboo.fm/resist/dec for upcoming events. Thanks so very much for reading, and thank you, KBOO m... Read more

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

With Declaration on Jerusalem Trump Angers World, Isolates U.S; Trump Floats Idea to Establish Private Spy Agency; U.S. Indigenous Communities Building Capacity to Confront the Impact Climate Change. Philip Weiss, co-editor of the online Middle East news site Mondoweis... Read more

KBOO News in Depth: Kids Jailed & Neglected at NORCOR

Airs at: Tue, 12/12/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

Oregon’s child incarceration rate is one of the worst in the country. Not only do we incarcerate far too many youth, we confine them in unlicensed and unregulated detention centers. There is no state or local agency charged with enforcing safe and humane conditions for y... Read more

What's behind Trump's slashing of the Bears' Ears protected area

Airs at: Wed, 12/13/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Guest Host Jacqueline Keeler, of Dine' (Navajo) and Yankton Dakota heritage has written extensively about the Bears' Ears National Monument. She contributed an essay to Red Rock Stories: Three Generations of Writers Speak on Behalf of Utah’s Public Lands, a trade e... Read more

Big Data, Racial Discrimination and Privilege

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Cecil and Celeste welcome Douglas Tsoi from the Portland Underground Grad School to talk about two upcoming courses that cover urgent issues in today's climate. Structural racism is insidious in two particular ways. First, it is normalized and thus difficult to see, ... Read more

Talking with Sasha Buchert, staff attorney with Lambda Legal

Airs at: Tue, 12/12/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

We'll be discussing current trans and queer law cases around the country, with Sasha Buchert of DC's Lambda Legal (and before that, the Transgender Law Center; and before that, a KBOO program host!). Read more

How Fascism Works: Jason Stanley

Airs at: Tue, 12/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

What is fascism? Michael Parenti, author and historian says, “Fascism historically has been used to secure the interests of large capitalist interests against the demands of popular democracy. Then and now, fascism has made irrational mass appeals in order to secure t... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 9, Performing

Airs at: Thu, 12/07/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

KBOO News presents the ninth episode of ten on the business of sex in Portland, Oregon, this one dealing with dance performance. Portland is unique in the number of clubs where dancers perform in complete nudity. The working world of a stripper in Portland is not an ea... Read more

Sex4Sale Episode 7: Prostitution

Airs at: Tue, 11/28/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm

This is the seventh in a ten-episode series. This installment takes on the subject of prostitution. No, it's not the world's oldest profession. It is a major part of the business of sex here in Portland, and it has both legal and illegal dimensions. We talk with Red ... Read more