Civil Rights/Human Rights

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Left and the Law: anti-protest laws

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In this Left & the Law segment, Jan Haaken talks with Laruen Regan, Executive Director and senior staff attorney with the Civil Liberties Defense Center in Eugene. Regan is lead criminal defense attorney in recent and several upcoming trials of climate activists.  They talk... Read more

Starting the conversation about THE BOTTOM LINE-episode 3

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2020 at 7:15am
  What is the bottom line about unhappiness.  Read more

Interview with Miguel Rodriguez of Portland Through a Latinx Lens.

Airs at: Thu, 02/13/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for: 
Today on KBOO Talk Radio, Linda Olson-Osterlund interviews Miguel Rodriguez from Portland Through a Latinx Lens. We’ll talk about Miguel’s role as a project coordinator within the organization and how our current political climate is shaping the work. Portland Through a Lat... Read more

Affordable Housing and Homelessness Part 2

Airs at: Wed, 02/12/2020 at 9:00am - 9:30am
This week’s interview is Part 2 on Affordable Housing and Homelessness, where Rob’s conversation with Cole Merkel, Cadence Petros, and Nathan Teske is focused on homelessness.   Cole Merkel is the Deputy Director of Outreach and Engagement at Here Together, a Portland-bas... Read more

Live with Abby Martin, Producer of Film 'Gaza Fights for Freedom'

Airs at: Fri, 02/14/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Abby Martin is an American journalist and TV presenter. She hosted Breaking the Set on RT America rom 2012 to 2015. In 2015, Martin launched the investigative documentary and interview series The Empire Files, originally hosted by Telesur and now continuing as an independen... Read more

Larry Horn Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Larry Horn is a moderate Republican and one of 15 Oregon residents who is running for President of the United States.  He talked with Don Merrill about why we need to reduce of use of social (or as he calls it, "anti" social) media, how he connects Nazi experiments with "Fa... Read more

Queers Against Mayor Pete

Airs at: Tue, 02/11/2020 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
"Corporate America has made its choice, now it's our turn. We have to come together to stop #WallStreetPete." Join us for a conversation about Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign, with queer folks who have had their fill of mainstream, corporatist political leaders. Wit... Read more

Serin Bussell Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Serin Bussell is a Democrat running for the Oregon House seat in District 33.  She talked with Don Merrill about her intolerance of intolerance, how she as a prograssive white woman finds dealing with fake woke progressives as being one of her biggest challenges and how she... Read more

Theater For Change

Produced for:  Radiozine
Suzanne LaGrande interviews writer, educator and artistic director and founder of the Corrib theater. In the interview, Gemma discusses immigrating from Ireland to study theater in the Bay Area, being one of the few women theater directing students at UC Berkeley, why she f... Read more

Theater For Change

Airs at: Fri, 03/27/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Suzanne LaGrande interviews writer, educator and artistic director and founder of the Corrib theater. In the interview, Gemma discusses immigrating from Ireland to study theater in the Bay Area, being one of the few women theater directing students at UC Berkeley, why she f... Read more