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All Governments Lie - Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

Airs at: Thu, 05/31/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
  Per Fagereng welcomes producer Jeff Cohen to KBOO ahead of the Portland screening of his film All Governments Lie.  Jeff Cohen is the founding Director of the Park Center for Independent Media and Endowed Chair / Associate Professor.  The center’s mission is to study the... Read more

On The Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation's Capital

Airs at: Wed, 05/30/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On this show, as U.S. activists respond to the recent massacre in Gaza by ramping up the Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement, they are opposing a bill advancing in Congress that would strip Americans of the right to boycott the apartheid state of Israel. We speak to Be... Read more

Project Censored

Airs at: Wed, 05/30/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Discussions on the corporate media's depiction of Russia, a new documentary about 'fake news,' and rising voter discontent.  Hosts: Nolan Higdon, Nicholas Baham III, Desiree McSwain. Producer: Mitch Scorza.  Read more

Buscando America on 05/29/18

Airs at: Tue, 05/29/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa hablamos con Blanca Stacey Villalobos sobre la curación y el empoderamiento a través de los sueños. Además en cabina tuvimos a dos integrantes de la banda Ojos Feos un proyecto del Pacific Northwest compuesto por músicos viajeros y dedicados a la organizaci... Read more

LAS CAFETERAS: POLITICAL FOLK FOR THE SOUL

Airs at: Tue, 05/29/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  Las Cafeteras, the Chicano band from LA, and what I like to think of as unapologetic political folk music for the soul! They brilliantly mix traditional son jarocho with contemporary issues. Las Cafeteras hail from the Zapatista-inspired EastSide Cafe in East LA. Their f... Read more

Greg Palast Returns

Produced for:  Presswatch
About time I wrote a KBOO blog post....   Greg Palast is going to join me tomorrow (9AM Pacific, Thursday April 25th 2018) to talk about the Koch brothers' extensive, AI-driven, antidemocratic machinations.  We know from Greg exactly how the Republicans stole the last Pre... Read more

Queering Christianity: A Conversation with Angela Yarber

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Rev. Dr. Angela Yarber discusses the revolutionary work of the Holy Women Icons Project. As an intersectionally ecofeminist organization, the Holy Women Icons Project seeks to empower marginalized women and to be an accomplice in the work for justice for ethnic and racia... Read more

Husayn Means Beauty: The Attraction of the Seventh-Century Martyr (2 of 2)

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  On April 28th2018, The Husayniah Islamic Society of Seattle sponsored an interfaith educational event called Husayn Day.  The event was a reflection upon Husayn, the martyred grandson of the Prophet Mohammad. Rather than bow to his oppressors, he, along with 72 family me... Read more

The Martyrdom of Gaza: A Conversation with Norman Finkelstein

Airs at: Tue, 05/01/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  “On May 14th or May 15th the people of Gaza are going to make their big last effort to break out of prison. And it will be a huge mobilization to try to break down that prison fence, that ghetto fence, that concentration camp fence. And we here have to give our all to ma... Read more

Why Librarians (and Others Who Fight for Free Speech) Will Save Us

Airs at: Fri, 04/13/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  The rising threat to free speech, Muslim-Christian dialogue, and LGBTQ+ advocacy. John Shuck’s guests include Jeremy Rothe-Kushel. Nicole Correri, and Brett Webb-Mitchel. **I will also be speaking with Lyn Neeley about the action Saturday in Portland Against U.S. Wars ... Read more