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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Gender Equity

Airs at: Tue, 03/07/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Currently the Supreme Court hangs in the balance with a 4-4 liberal conservative split. The former tends to view the Constitution as a living document, while the latter sees it as something static and fixed document. Court decisions have huge impacts on society. One cont... Read more

Transfeminism, TERF and Title IX on Transpositive PDX

Airs at: Tue, 03/07/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Transpositive PDX

Join us for an illuminating discussion this week on Transpositive PDX. In honor of Women's Day we will be discussing transfeminism and why trans exclusionary radical feminism is damaging to trans women and women generally. We will also be discussing the #notmypresident's ... Read more

A (fuller) conversation with Dr. Jared A. Ball, and the music of Al Jarreau

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: guess who's coming to radio??!!

Jared A. Ball has been on the airwaves of KBOO several times; in interviews related to news programming, on airings of Hard Knock Radio, and even on 'guess who's coming to radio??!!' (in a segment on A Tribe called Quest and Phife Dawg). However, we had been wanting to do a... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Sun, 03/05/2017 at 2:45pm - Sun, 03/12/2017 at 2:45pm

Produced for: This Is How We See It

Actor Bill Paxton passes away at 61. Home Owner's equity on the rise. Paris Jackson to appear on Fox's hit show "Star". Candice Wiggins says she was discriminated against in the WNBA because she was straight. Tune in as we discuss these topics and more. Read more

Famine Looms in Parts of Africa and Yemen

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

Famines are looming over several dry and war-torn areas in North Africa and the Middle East. The United Nations officially declared a famine in South Sudan last week, and is on the verge of declaring famines in Yemen, Somalia and northeastern Nigeria as well. While low rai... Read more

Demand Justice for Quanice Hayes with Don't Shoot PDX

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Don't Shoot PDX will be at Wednesday's city council meeting to demand justice for Quanice Hayes, the teenager who was killed by Portland Police on February 9. Organizer Teressa Raiford spoke with KBOO News to talk about Wednesday's action as well as the violent police respo... Read more

Project Censored Show

Airs at: Wed, 03/01/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Nolan, Nicholas and Michael open the program with a roundtable discussion on fascist tendencies in the Trump administration, as well as the rise of extremist opinion in place of fact-based journalism. Alisha Huartado provides summaries of several important but under-repo... Read more

Stephen F. Cohen on Trump's Russia-connected allegations

Airs at: Thu, 03/02/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Stephen Frand Cohen is an American scholar and professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton University and New York University. He joins Per Fagereng on Fight the Empire Thursday March 2nd at 9:30am from the Nation: "The bipartisan, nearly full-political-spectr... Read more

News In Depth: Interview with Jacob Bureros

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

This Saturday is March 4th and, to mark the date, supporters of Donald Trump have planned a series of rallies across the country called March 4 Trump. There is a local event -- Oregon March 4 Trump -- scheduled for noon on Saturday in Lake Oswego. Organizers expect a few hu... Read more