Government/Politics

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Are Trump and his cronies manipulating the markets for their own profit? William Cohan lays out the evidence

Airs at: Wed, 01/29/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    While impeachment occupies the centers of political power, Trump's mercenary approach to the Presidency continues unabated. He now appears to have gone beyond just profitting from the use of his personal properties, "brand" and other forms of influence. In an explosiv... Read more

Oregon Secretary of State candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner is a record setter in more ways than one, offering a variety of experience

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Jamie McLeod-Skinner is running as a Democrat in the primary for Oregon Secretary of State this coming May.  McLeod-Skinner ran for Congress for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District in 2018 and set new records for Democratic turnout. This included winning two counties th... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 27, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes: D.A.s for the People: Bill Resnick speaks with Madeline Carroll and Maria Cahill, of Oregon District Attorneys for the People, who are part of a national movement to elect progressive DAs who instead of targe... Read more

Enforcing Freedom

Airs at: Wed, 01/22/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies, it’s part one of our conversation with Kerwin Kaye, an associate professor of sociology, American studies, and feminist, gender, and sexuality studies at Wesleyan University. Professor Kaye is the author of a new book published by Columbi... Read more

Political power in Dineh-tah, with Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Wed, 01/22/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Fresh from a week-long trip across the Dineh (Navajo) Nation reservation in the Southwest U.S., regular guest host Jacqueline Keeler will join host Paul Roland to talk about the growing political power of Indigenous Nations in the U.S. and whether the Navajo electorat... Read more

Connecting Women Prisoners with Their Children

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James is joined by Jessica Katz, director of the Family Preservation Project (FPP), and by Shanoa Williams and Vanessa Sherrod, both FPP alumni who were recently released from Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.  The Family Preservation Project , a program of the... Read more

Hindsight 2020: A Look Back at 2017

Airs at: Tue, 01/21/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
    In the spirit of Hindsight 2020, we look back at some of KBOO volunteers' reporting about police from the first year of the current administration. The stories in this hour cover roughly the period from January 2017 to February 2018, and contain descriptions of police... Read more

Rose City Retrospective, a Hindsight 2020 production

Airs at: Tue, 01/21/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  A decade is a lot of time to digest, so we’re biting off a more manageable chunks of time, three years, starting after the 2016 election. In this short hour, not everything can be covered, but with the benefit of hindsight we can look at the past and see some patterns em... Read more

Press**Watch

Airs at: Thu, 01/16/2020 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Arun Gupta, journalist and commentator, joins the show from Matamoros, Mexico, where he has been again covering the Trump concentration camps.  Join us as we look at White supremacy in its ascendancy. Read more

Public Health, Harm Reduction, and Recovery in the States

Airs at: Wed, 01/15/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio we’re going to look at state level efforts to enhance public health, reduce the harms associated with drug use, and support recovery. On Tuesday, January 14, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on En... Read more