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US - Saudi War Crimes Against Yemen

Airs at: Fri, 03/09/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  On February 3rd, 2018, Roots of Conflict and KBOO/Portland, co-sponsored a presentation at Portland State University called US-Saudi Coalition: Bringing Peace or War? In this episode you will hear from Yemeni activist, Aisha Jumaan and Mohammad al-Nimr, son of executed ... Read more

US - Saudi War Crimes Against Yemen

Airs at: Fri, 03/09/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  [The scheduled guest was Kevin Barrett. After a coordinated call in and smear campaign by Rose City Antifa, KBOO staff and administration forbade me from interviewing him the evening before the show was to air live. This is very unfortunate in my opinion as the accusatio... Read more

Jail Diversion in Washington County, Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews Jay Auslander, the Jail Diversion Systems Coordinator in Washington County, Oregon.  Jail diversion helps divert individuals away from jail and provide links to community-based treatment and support services.  Jay coordinates the systems of mental hea... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 13

Airs at: Wed, 03/07/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
March 7, 2018   On the third installment of "Per:mutations: Perspectives on Sex Culture": Leidi Monte interviews sex-doulah Ev’yan Whitney on what it takes to dissect and articulate unseen aspects of our sex culture as a professional. They unpack common narratives whi... Read more

Buscando America on 03/06/18

Airs at: Tue, 03/06/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Escucha la conversación con Ramón Márquez director de La 72 Hogar Refugio Para Personas Migrantes , y en cabina la actriz Zuad Atala  Rebuilding Small Territories by Teatro Línea de Sombra (Mexico) y Ruth Wikler-Luker de  Boom Arts. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 5, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Thom Becker hosts and we hear-- Two organizers discuss plans and purposes for the International Women's Day March and Strike happening in Portland on Thursday, March 8. Bill Resnick and Joe Clement fill us in on the West Virginia Teachers' Strike and its significance. T... Read more

Girls Like Me by Nina Packebush

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Madness Radio
  What’s it like to be a teenager in a psychiatric hospital? What is it like to be a queer pregnant teenager? Is it true that friends do make the best medicine? Nina Packebush explores these questions and more in her groundbreaking debut young adult novel, Girls Like Me. N... Read more

Conversation with "Tony" About Race Relations in America

Airs at: Fri, 03/09/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
I had an extraordinary interaction with one of the trainers at my local gym the Sunday morning after a white supremacist- terrorist plowed his car into a group of people.  The people were supporting the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, VA.  A young w... Read more

Remembering Quanice Hayes

Airs at: Fri, 03/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
  On February 16th, Whitenoise Project held an event in memory of Quanice Hayes, one year and a week after he was shot and killed by police. Join Pacific Underground as we replay some of the recorded audio from that event and talk about the connections between art and acti... Read more

Candy Brings Plenty

Airs at: Fri, 02/23/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
An interview by host Leidi Monte with local indigenous rights activist, Candi Brings Plenty. Candi organizes for the Two Spirit Nation, a term to represent queer-identified people from the Native community. Last month, she orchestrated Portland’s first ever indigenous womxn... Read more