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021 Immigration: History, Imperialism, Incarceration, and Human Rights (Part 2)

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am
Produced for:  Prescription for Justice
  This second of two episodes build on Episodes 11 (Immigration and Philosophy) and 19 (Undocumented immigrants and kidney transplants: an inspiring story). Dr Anderson shares his experiences as a doctor working in Latin America, visiting the southern border wall, and cari... Read more

Caged and Locked

Airs at: Thu, 07/04/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
     "What is Circumstantial Depression? What affect does it have on the eyes and how we see the rest of the world and ourselves? My name is Lẹwa Ubunifu. I have Circumstantial Depression. I have struggled with this type of depression for a very long time. I am writing this... Read more

Making Contact: Beyond Stonewall

Airs at: Fri, 06/28/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On today's Radiozine, we feature Beyond Stonewall from Making Contact: We go back to the night in June 1969 at the New York City Stonewall Inn that sparked the LGBT rights movement. On todays show well hear about the day that galvanized a generation and the continued fig... Read more

Remembering Stonewall

Airs at: Fri, 06/28/2019 at 8:00am - 8:30am
  KBOO presents our annual broadcast of "Remembering Stonewall," which aired first on the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in 1989. On Friday, June 27, 1969, eight officers from the public morals section of the first division New York City Police Department pulled u... Read more

Pride at OMSI

Airs at: Fri, 06/28/2019 at 8:30am - 9:00am
On Friday June 14th the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry hosted Pride at the museum, a celebration of the LGBTQplus community with a night of pride inspired science demos ,geust scientists, aerial dancers, drag performances and more. KBOO  was there, supporting the Sto... Read more

Radiozine on 06/26/19

Airs at: Wed, 06/26/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Host Jenna Yokoyama talks to Prof. Karina Moreno about the inhumane treatment of migrant children at detention centers. Prof Moreno is an associate professor at Hunter College's Department of Urban Studies at the City Universty of New York.She is a native of Monterrey, N... Read more

Buscando America on 06/25/19

Airs at: Tue, 06/25/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa conoce el trabajo poético de Sayak Valencia teórica queer fronteriza y performer feminista. Diana Torres “Pornoterrorista” lee su poema Transfronteras. En el marco del Día Internacional de la ONU en apoyo a las víctimas de la tortura, Krónicas de Viaje expo... Read more

The Push and Pull of Immigration

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Left and the Law commentator Mike Snedecker interviews Jim Smith, an immigration lawyer who lives and practices at the border. Using the example of Honduras, they discuss the “push” factors (poverty, violence and political repression) that impel immigrants to leave their ho... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 24, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts today's show which includes: Forest Health and Climate Change: An interview with Brenna Bell, forest protector and Policy Director and Attorney for Bark. Socialism or Barbarism: A reading from an essay by Rosa Luxemburg. The Things We Don’t Say: A review o... Read more

Toward the Abolition of Incarceration

Airs at: Tue, 06/25/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The U.S. is Number One. America is first in the world in having 2.3 million people behind bars. They are held in state prisons, federal prisons, county jails, juvenile correctional facilities and other lockups. The prison industrial complex costs state and federal govern... Read more