Government/Politics

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Police Union contract negotiation listening session offers hope for change but also illustrates the limitations of bargaining

Airs at: Tue, 12/17/2019 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Monday night, Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty hosted a listening session on the upcoming police contract negotiations. The meeting was open to the public, soliciting community response to the state of policing in Portland. As the contract negotiations... Read more

December 17, 2019

Airs at: Tue, 12/17/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  On this week's show, we focus on the December 4 meeting of the Citizen Review Committee, whose meeting we have covered on a number of previous shows. The first part is dedicated to the "Chair's Report" segment of the meeting, in which the increasingly frustrated CRC memb... Read more

Municipal Broadband PDX seeks to make internet a public utility

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Internet service providers rank among the lowest in customer satisfaction. But what if internet access worked like a public utility, like electricity or water? That's where Municipal Broadband PDX comes in. They are an advocacy organization pushing for broadband in Port... Read more

13 TRIPP-P 24Nov2019

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2019 at 12:00am - Tue, 12/31/2019 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
TRIPP-P sits down with Kaia Sand, the Director of Street Roots - "Portland's flagship publication addressing homelessness and poverty since 1998."   In episode #13 we discuss the new Portland Street Response Program and the involvement of Street Roots, how the downtown off... Read more

Flooding on the Yankton Sioux Reservation

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Moles Desiree Hellegers and Roben White, who is also a Lakota Cheyenne activist, speak with Yankton Sioux tribal member Shelly Saunsoci to get an update on conditions on the South Dakota reservation, which continues to be impacted by flooding and neglected by the state ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 16, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes: Climate Justice and Community Renewal: Bill Resnick speaks with climate activist and writer Brian Tokar. Flooding on the Yankton Sioux Reservation: Moles Desiree Hellegers get an update on the historic inu... Read more

Holding To Your Truth

Airs at: Fri, 12/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  This is my last show on KBOO. During the airing of this episode on Friday December 13th, 9-10 am, the staff stopped the on-air broadcast in the midst of Dr. Kevin Barrett's address and played Christmas music. In response to this act of censorship and the ongoing censorsh... Read more

Ep 96. It Takes A Village To Find A Drone In A Tree ft. Pferron Doss

Airs at: Sun, 12/01/2019 at 12:45pm - Tue, 12/31/2019 at 12:45pm
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
An interview with author Pferron Doss Read more

WTO Dispute Body shuts down: Protest's impact on the path of the trade organization

Airs at: Wed, 12/11/2019 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The main trade dispute body of the World Trade Organization shut down on midnight Tuesday, after the U.S. refused to re-appoint two judges. The panel is supposed to have seven judges. But the numbers have dwindled because the United States — under the past three presiden... Read more

Continuing Assault on Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick continues his conversation with Lynn Adelman, a Federal Judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin, whose essay "The Roberts Court Assault on Democracy"  will appear in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.  Part 1 last week examined the Roberts Cour... Read more