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Old Mole Variety Hour for September 11, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Street art with the face of Victor Jara; "Give us your strength and bravery to struggle." Artist unknown; sponsored by the Schools of Psychology of the State Universities of Chile. Photo by Marcela Urra and licensed under Creative Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wik... Read more

Transpositive Current Events

Airs at: Tue, 09/05/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Transpositive PDX
Please join us for Transpositive on KBOO Community Radio on Tuesday, September 5th as we discuss current events.  This week we will be discussing the murder of Laura Ann Carleton and the assualt of Brock Emmet. We are joined this week by Jean, Nicolette, Sheila, and Emma. ... Read more

Ireland's Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use

Airs at: Wed, 09/06/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly On Drugs Use. The government of the Republic of Ireland established its Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use to “consider the legislative, policy and operational changes Ireland could make to significantly reduce the har... Read more

Illmatic Consequences: The Clapback to Opponents of "Critical Race Theory"

Airs at: Thu, 09/07/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  Illmatic Consequences was influenced by rapper Nas’s 1994 debut album Illmatic,” which features internal rhymes and inner-city narratives based on Nas’s personal experiences. “Nas’s 1994 album ‘Illmatic’ is fundamentally a statement of self-worth. It’s not even just a co... Read more

Safe Consumption Spaces, Safe Supply, and Decriminalizing People Who Use Drugs

Airs at: Mon, 09/04/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Safe Consumption Spaces, Safe Supply, and Decriminalizing People Who Use Drugs. Overdose prevention centers and safe consumption spaces are proven public health interventions that save the lives and improve the health of people who use d... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 18, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this Labor Day Special of the Old Mole, which was postponed from September 4 due to unexpected problems with production. Today's show includes the following segments: A Lifetime of Labor Struggle: Bill Resnick interviews Dianne Feeley who has fought her... Read more

Legal Strategies for Climate Justice, Part One

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The fight against construction of Enbridge Company's Line 3 in Minnesota, carrying tar sands oil from Canada through the Midwest, was the largest Indigenous-led pipeline resistance in North America after Standing Rock. Opposition from 2017-2021 brought thousands of people f... Read more

Margaret Kimberley of Black Agenda Report

Airs at: Wed, 08/30/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  With Fulton County (Atlanta) District Attorney Fani Willis emerging as the latest hero of the liberal Dems for her prosecution of Trump and 18 co-defendants, we take a look at some of her other prosecutions with Black Agenda Report Executive Editor and Senior Columnist M... Read more

Forgiveness Is a Choice

Airs at: Sun, 09/03/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
Dr. Robert Enright holds the Aristotelian Professorship in Forgiveness Science within the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin- Madison. He is a licensed psychologist, and founder of the International Forgiveness Institute, a non-profit organization ... Read more

Donovan Scribes, Devon Boss and Nikki Sandoval on Black Friday at the Hollywood Theatre

Airs at: Thu, 08/24/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The event featured three short films: about Paul and Geneva Knauls; one about DJ OG One; and one about Creative Homies, a downtown BIPOC artists’ collective. Read more