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One Million Strong & too many Millions Locked Up!

Airs at: Mon, 09/04/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Jihad Abdulmumit, National Co-chair for the Jericho Movement for Political Prisoner Amnesty.  Jihad is a former Black Liberation Army Political Prisoner and continues to work with Prisoners inside.  Abdulmumit and the Jericho Movement supported an... Read more

Stokely Carmichael AKA Kwame Ture

Airs at: Wed, 08/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we broadcast our one-hour special on Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture. He is known by a generation of popularizing the cry of "Black Power." We speak with Dr. Peniel Joseph about his book, "Stokely: A Life." How did the concept of Black Power as a poli... Read more

Combined Culture Radio- Episode 6

Airs at: Wed, 08/30/2017 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Combined Culture Radio
Killa Cam, Lo, and Wayne take over has host and discuss Houston, new music, and traveling across the globe.  Read more

Cannibal

Airs at: Thu, 09/14/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  "Safiya Sinclair, a 2016 Whiting Writers’ Award–winner, crafts her stunning debut collection around the beauty and brutality of the word cannibal, whose origins derive from Christopher Columbus’s belief that the Carib people he encountered consumed human flesh. Attacking... Read more

A View from Phoenix on Tuesday's Protest against Trump, the Police Response, and Joe Arpaio

Airs at: Thu, 08/24/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO reporter Sam Bouman speaks with Dan Hemry of Phoenix Copwatch, who was at the Tuesday, August 22, 2017 protest in Phoenix against the President's rally. They discuss the scene at the protest, the police response, and Copwatch's dealings with former Maricopa County Sher... Read more

Combined Culture Radio- Episode 5

Airs at: Wed, 08/23/2017 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Combined Culture Radio
Local Portland Artist Blossom, Foday, and Covi disuss the emerging music scene in PDX.  Read more

Dick Gregory speaking in 1976 at a rally for the American Indian Movement

Airs at: Wed, 08/23/2017 at 8:00am
We just uncovered this amazing speech in our archives - this has not been heard in decades. This episode features Dick Gregory at a Rally for the American Indian Movement (AIM), March 20, 1976. Ellen Moosecamp introduces Dick Gregory. This episode was broadcast two days be... Read more

R.I.P. Dick Gregory

Airs at: Wed, 08/23/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  From Pacifica Radio Archives, recordings of Dick Gregory, honoring the life of the comedian and civil rights activist who broke barriers in the 1960s and became one of the first African-Americans to perform at white clubs.  Gregory used satire and cool humor as a force ... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Sun, 08/20/2017 at 6:15pm - Sun, 08/27/2017 at 6:15pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Chance the Rapper's bodyguard arrested for assaulting fan.  Restaurant in Brooklyn, NY says Kendall Jenner doesn't tip?  Are you the type of person who requires your significant other to sever all ties with their ex’s?  Why you should NEVER go commando. Read more

Voices from Charlottesville: Church Under Siege by White Supremacists

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  For this hour we go to Charlottesville, Va. and hear voices, including that of author and activist Cornel West and the Rev. Tracy Blackmon, who participated in a mass prayer service at St. Pauls Memorial Church on Friday, August 11, in advance of the deadly rally of whit... Read more