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Studs Terkel RIP

Airs at: Wed, 12/17/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Studs Terkel, one of our radio heros, died October 31, 2008 at his home in Chicago. He was 96. We spend this hour with personal tributes, but mostly with Studs own work, ranging from interviews he did for WFMT, and for his many Oral History books, as well as interviews wher... Read more

marriage equality, people of color and the LGBT movement

Airs at: Wed, 12/03/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
  Proposition 8 was passed this November in California. It changed the state Constitution  to restrict the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman and eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry . We explore the issues of marriage equality, people o... Read more

Hard Knock Radio

  We feature in-depth interviews and profiles with elected officials, community leaders, activists, Hip Hop artists and musicians. We give voice to community concerns and offer a unique forum to explore issues relevant to the hiphop/urban community. We've covered a variety... Read more

One Two One Two Zulu

  --->   4th Sundays from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Hip Hop from all corners and blocks.... One Two, One Two ZULUUUUU!!! Grimrock: Turntablist from Portland, and member of the Universal Zulu Nation Oregon Chapter (45th Parallel Zulus) and other guest Read more

Air Cascadia

  Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 AM to 10:15 AM. Read more

Hunger Striker Broken Feather Speaks Against LNG Terminals

Airs at: Thu, 06/19/2008 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
After the National Environmental Regulatory Commission approved plans to build natural gas pipelines in Oregon, the opposition has become more heated. Local activist Broken Feather just ended a hunger strike outside the Portland office of Northwest Natural Gas. KBOO’s Chri... Read more

Radiozine on 06/13/08

Airs at: Fri, 06/13/2008 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Remembering Stonewall, a radio documentary by David Isay. KBOO presents our annual broadcast of this documentary that was first broadcast in 1989, on the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. It is the first documentary - in any medium- to tell the story of the 1969 riot... Read more

Ted Rall: Silk Road to Ruin

Airs at: Mon, 05/26/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Newly elected president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, Ted Rall has courted controversy across the globe.  He's reported from war zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan, stared down right-wing pundits on the Fox News Channel, and written numerous books inc... Read more

An Interview With Ramona Africa

Airs at: Tue, 05/13/2008 at 5:00pm
This is an interview with Ramona Africa, the only surviving adult member of the MOVE organization, whose home was bombed in 1985.  She served time in prison for 7 years, for charges of conspiracy, riot and multiple counts of simple and aggravated assault.    She has since b... Read more

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded

Airs at: Wed, 08/15/2007 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
 We speak with Amara Perez, (the former Executive Director of Sisters in Action for Power, currently involved with happyours more information at http://happyoursproductions.com.) and Emi Koyama (a multi-issue social justice activist, more information at www.eminism.org) abo... Read more