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POWfest and Red White & Black

Airs at: Thu, 03/28/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Nora Colie of the Portland Oregon Women's Film Fest joins us in the studio to preview this year's POWfest, along with filmmakers Marne Lucas (Haute Flash) and Aubrey Peeples (Decadeless). We're also joined by actor/director Jerry Bell Jr, whose documentary Red White & B... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Stephen Fowler on Restorative Justice

Produced for:  News In Depth
Our In Depth guest today is Stephen Fowler of Resolutions Northwest. Stephen talks about Resolutions Northwest's upcoming workshop on Trauma, Resiliency and Restorative Justice. The workshop takes place Monday, April 15th from 9am to 4 pm at the Northwest Health Foundation ... Read more

It Takes A Village To Build A Heart/Be A Panty Droppa ft Gio of Real Talk PDX

Airs at: Tue, 03/19/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 03/31/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
We're keeping it moving this week with a very special guest: @gio_t of Real Talk with PDX_GT podcast! He is dropping allllll the panties in and out of the studio (just listen, you'll understand), all whilst telling and showing the world what real growth looks like. We're al... Read more

It Takes A Village To Get A Kid Where They Need To Be ft. Juan Ramirez of Racist Sandwich

Airs at: Sat, 03/16/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 03/31/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
Issa crossover y’all! Join our conversation this week as we sit down with producer / editor / overall contributor, @juandr47 of Racist Sandwich!!!! He’s letting us in on his love of skateboarding and LA, updating us about the podcast, and of course getting into race and foo... Read more

MAKING CONTACT:A LEGACY OF MISTREATMENT

Airs at: Fri, 03/15/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Radiozine features a special airing of Making Contact's episode A LEGACY OF MISTREATMENT:  African American students across the country are much more likely than any other student group to be placed in special education. In this weeks episode, we present a documentary from... Read more

JUMP: A Co-Production with Milagro and Confrontation Theatre

Airs at: Wed, 03/27/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Milagro presents the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of JUMP a Co-Production with Confrontation Theatre which is a story of family, fantasy, and mental health. We spoke with Confrontation Artistic Director (and the director of the play) La'Tevin Alexande... Read more

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 12:00pm - 12:30pm
The Women's International News Gathering Service brings us a special Angela Davis's talk to the Birkbeck School of Law, University of London, "Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Closures and Continuities." Read more

The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee borrowed $100 from her brother to run a "Numbers" racket out of her tattered apartment on Delaware Street, in o... Read more

It Takes A Village To Bring Life To People ft. Ronnie a.k.a. BeSpeak

Airs at: Tue, 03/05/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 03/31/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
Happy Tuesday Folx! Y’all know what it is.. we have a new episode!! We have a VERY special guest this week. @ronnie_aka_bespeak stopped by the studio and schooled us on how to be a creator in pdx, discussing his music and incredible ability to lift up his community. Take no... Read more

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter’s. It’s as deep a... Read more