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Haiti after Hurricane Matthew

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  This edition of Flashpoints features a report from Haiti on the effects of Hurricane Matthew and the devastating US policy toward the poverty stricken nation and an interview with Walter Riley of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. Read more

Between the Lines Story on Why Colombian Voters Rejected Peace Agreement that Would Have Ended 52 Years of War

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Air Cascadia
  Air Cascadia is off today. Instead we'll hear a segment from Between the Lines Radio on Why Colombian Voters Rejected Peace Agreement that Would Have Ended 52 Years of War. Read more

William Engdahl on The Rape of Brazil Begins

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Host Per Fagereng speaks with F. William Engdahl, strategic risk consultant and lecturer, about his artiicle "Washington Tries to Break BRICS – Rape of Brazil Begins." http://journal-neo.org/2016/09/24/washington-tries-to-break-brics-rape-of-brazil-begins/ F. William Eng... Read more

The Modern Maya on Folkways and on National Indigenous Institute

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Spiritual indigenous music from Mexico. Some of these documents were recorded by Henrietta Urchenko and Laura Boulton. Originally released in the Folkways Records label, and later re-issued by Mississippi Records, along with some recordings by the Indigenous National Instit... Read more

Rebellion Brewing in Haiti and the Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast

Airs at: Thu, 09/29/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
  Today on Flashpoints: A people's rebellion brewing in the streets of Haiti. And the Election Crimes Bulletin returns with investigative reporter Greg Palast.   Read more

We Are Not Drowning, We Are Fighting! with Marshallese writer Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner

Airs at: Thu, 09/29/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Host Jo Ann Hardesty speaks with Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner,a Marshallese writer and climate justice activist about We Are Not Drowning, We Are Fighting! A Night of Poetry and Conversation, happening Thurs. Sept 29, 7-9pm, at the First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Ave (Eli... Read more

Scarves of Many Colors

Airs at: Mon, 09/26/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joan Bohorfoush, one of the founding members of the Old Mole Variety Hour, produced, together with Dina Dickerson, an award winning radio documentary that presents a wide variety of views Muslim women have about covering the female body. It shows the falsity of common Weste... Read more

KBOO is in Islamabad

Hello Portland, Hood River and Beyond! I am blogging from the Beautiful Serena Hotel in Islamabad. After leaving Portland on Wednesday morning I met with the rest of my fellow fellows at a hotel in Washington DC, from there we spent a few days learning about the Internatio... Read more

Aurora Levins-Morales, nationally known Puerto Rican-Jewish feminist, author and activist

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Host Dennis Bernstein devotes the entire show to an interview with Aurora Levins-Morales, nationally known Puerto Rican-Jewish feminist, author and activist, who is planning to travel the US in her mobile radio station, talking about the confluence of ecology, health and... Read more

The White Donkey - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 09/08/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended version of our interview with Oregon artist Maximilian Uriarte, we talk more about his graphic novel The White Donkey, which has been hailed for its frank depictions of post-traumatic stress disorder in young veterans.  Max hopes to adapt the graphic nov... Read more