Government/Politics

Major Fires Ravage Northern California, Destroying Neighborhoods

Airs at: Tue, 10/10/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

A state of emergency has been declared in 8 Northern California counties as multiple wildfires rip through the region forcing many mandatory evacuations. This fire has reduced entire neighborhoods to ash, claiming 15 lives. Nearly 20,000 people have been forced to evacuate,... Read more

Colombian Indigenous Broadcaster and Activist Killed, US-Made Munitions Involved

Airs at: Mon, 10/09/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

US-made riot-control munitions were used by authorities in Colombia at a clash that resulted in the death of indigenous broadcaster Efigenia Vasquez Astudillo. She was reporting on clashes between the state’s Mobile Anti-Riot Squadron, or Esmad, and the Kokonuko people in C... Read more

Man Arrested with Gun at Sunday Rally

Airs at: Mon, 10/09/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

Yesterday, right-wing Patriot Prayer demonstrators held a rally in Terry Schrunk plaza in Downtown Portland. A counter-demonstration was organized in a hurry, and both sides drew about fifty people. KBOO reporter Jasmin Moneymaker was on the scene and has this report. ***U... Read more

Psychoanalyzing Mother! Earth

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken talks with psychoanalyst Bob Samuels about Darren Aronofsky's new film Mother! Aronofsky describes the film as a dreamscape as well as an allegorical story of destructive male narcissism. Haaken and Samuels discuss the images in the film and how we might thi... Read more

Paul Street on the Athlete's Revolt

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Paul Street regarding his recent Counterpunch article about the significance of athletes' protests against the criminal justice system, and the space it opens for reaching many who are alienated and withdrawn from politics. image via wikime... Read more

November 4th....It Begins!

Airs at: Wed, 10/11/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

CALL (503) 231-8187 to add your voice to the conversation! Linda Olson-Osterlund welcomes Carl Dix...one of the founding members of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. In 1996, Dix co-founded the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Cr... Read more

Fannie Lou Hamer

Airs at: Mon, 10/09/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, spoke words that are all too relevant today. Mrs Hamer would have turned 100 years old on October 6th 2017. Today on Making Contact, youll hear archival recordings, and excerpts from a powerful new film featuring Fannie Lou Hamers co... Read more

Why Do Red States Have More Success with Public Defense Reform Than Blue States?

Airs at: Thu, 10/05/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

A recent investigation by The Marshall Project and Politico has cast light on a counter-intuitive trend among small-government conservative state lawmakers. Many deep-red states have been successful at reforming their public defender systems. We should probably say, “modera... Read more

KEEP PORTLAND HOUSED

Airs at: Thu, 10/05/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Tune in to Voices from the Edge talk radio today, Lisa Loving is in for JoAnn A Hardesty. Our guests are organizers with Portland Tenants United, speaking on yesterday's City Council meeting. Read more

CAUGHT at Artists Repertory Theatre with Director Shawn Lee

Airs at: Tue, 10/10/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Host James Dixon talks with Shawn Lee - the director for Caught which is being produced at Artist's Repertory Theatre. Caught is a show centered around a Chinese dissident artist that combines visual art and live theatre installations. Caught is presented in partnership wit... Read more