Global Affairs

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Nakba Day

Airs at: Wed, 05/15/2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we are acknowledging Nakba Day. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, known as the "Nakba", or "Catastrophe". The anniversary puts the spotlight on one of the world’s... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 30, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which features the following segments: International Law and Lawlessness in the Middle East: In the leadup to a United Nations conference in New York City to discuss Palestine and a two-state solution, the Trump a... Read more

International Law and Lawlessness in the Middle East

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In the leadup to a United Nations conference in New York City to discuss Palestine and a two-state solution, the Trump administration discouraged governments around the world from attending. The conference was set to take place on June 17-20 but was postponed in early Ju... Read more

Healthcare in Jails and Prisons

Airs at: Wed, 06/25/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies: Healthcare in Jails and Prisons. The United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice recently held its Thirty-Fourth session in Vienna, Austria. This week on Century of Lies we’ll hear portions of a side event held du... Read more

From Prison to Palestine: $17.74

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: From Prison to Palestine: $17.74.  Host Emma Lugo is joined in conversation with Justin Mashouf and Hamzah Furqani to discuss the new documentary $17.74.  In the documentary $17.74, young filmmaker Justin Mashouf follows the transforma... Read more

Truth Demands

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Matt Witt reviews Truth Demands: A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice, by lawyer, climate activist, and writer Abby Reyes.  Twenty years after Abby Reyes's partner, Terence Unity Freitas, was assassinated in Colombia while working with the ind... Read more

The Palestine Exception: Free Speech & Academic Freedom in the Beaverton Schools

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Beaverton School Board member, Tammy Carpenter and Beaverton school teachers and union activists, Claire Reneau and Ellen, discuss the recent controversy over "Teaching Palestine", a workshop sponsored by the Beaverton Education Association, and the investigation launche... Read more

The Great White Bear

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The first evidence of Climate Chaos was felt mainly at the poles, as polar sea ice began to melt. Polar bears served as the first charismatic symbol of climate change but since media attention shifted from melting sea ice to wildfires, floods, heatwaves, and other impact... Read more

Moving Beyond Punishment

Airs at: Wed, 06/18/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies: Moving Beyond Punishment. The Global Commission on Drug Policy released a report recently entitled Beyond Punishment: From Criminal Justice Responses to Drug Policy Reform, which exposes how punitive drug policies have driven mass incar... Read more

Makdisi Street: Podcasting for Palestine

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier speaks to Ussama Makdisi, a professor of history and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley, whose research focuses on the cultural and political history of the modern Middle East. They discuss Israel’s genocide and the Makdisi Street ... Read more