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Juneteenth

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
  Today we discuss the roots and legacy of Juneteenth, which commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas. We also discuss the dire political and humanitarian situation in Yemen as well as ongoing developments in the new Poor People'... Read more

Medea Benjamin on KBOO

Airs at: Wed, 06/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  Linda Olson-Osterlund is joined by CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin to discuss her new book Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Ms. Benjamin just returned from South Korea where she's helping to mobilize the peace movement to su... Read more

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged "by teachers, administrators, and the justice system "and degraded by the very institutions charged... Read more

The FBI and the Weather Underground

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  Arthur Eckstein spent years reading declassified documents from the FBI about its investigation into the radical 1970's revolutionary group the Weather Underground. He joins us for the hour to talk about what he found and to retell this story that includes bombings of th... Read more

OSP Uhuru Sasa Talent Show

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
On June 12, 2018 the Uhuru Sasa Cultural Club held its annual Talent Show inside the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.  Host Karen James recorded the show at OSP and interviewed the men about their performances.      Uhuru Sasa, which means ‘Freedom Now’ in Swahili, is a ... Read more

Let's All Be Farmers

Airs at: Sun, 06/17/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week: Dr. Malik Burnett speaking about the social determinants of health, stigma, cultural competency, and medical cannabis; plus Tim Pate performs "Let's All Be Farmers". Read more

Compassionate Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Oregon voters approved a medical marijuana initiative in 1998. Fifteen years later, in 2013, the state legislature legalized medical marijuana dispensaries -- between 100 and 200 were operating illegally in the state at the time -- and set up a framework for regulating them... Read more

Solidarity Unionism

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Leading off the hour, the Mole’s Joe Clement talks with IWW organizer Marianne Lebatt about solidarity unionism and taking direct action in the workplace to win demands, solve problems, and build power. Marianne draws from history, current struggles, and her own experience ... Read more

Building a Healthy Neighborhood in Cully

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Carolina Iraheta and Tony DeFalco of the organization Verde which is organizing in the Cully neighborhood to increase affordable housing, stop displacement, and make Cully a model in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and stop global warming.   Phot... Read more

Episode Four: Discomfort

Airs at: Wed, 06/06/2018 at 7:00am - 8:00am
In this episode, we talk about discomfort. We notice that when we’re uncomfortable, our reaction is often to separate or minimize the source of discomfort, or to develop habits of hardening or collapse. We also consider how we might access comfort, openness or learning by w... Read more