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Direct Cinema - Part Two

Airs at: Thu, 12/28/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Film Show

In the early 1960's a revolution in documentary filmmaking took root, inspired by both cultural uprisings and new audio-visual technologies. The movement known as Direct Cinema rejected authorial voiceovers and other narrative devices, opting instead for immediacy, ambi... Read more

Nina Lopez: the Movement to Decriminalize Sex Work

Airs at: Wed, 12/27/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Today, we broadcast our hour-long special with women's rights activist Nina Lopez. Lopez, London-based and Argentina-born, is with Legal Action for Women and the English Collective of Prostitutes. Mothers and grandmothers have spearheaded a movement that is successful at... Read more

Human Rights and the Drug War

Airs at: Sun, 12/17/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century of Lies we speak with Rick Lines, Executive Director of Harm Reduction International, about human rights, the drug war, and his new book "Drug Control and Human Rights in International Law." Harm Reduction International Drug Control and Human Rights in... Read more

Mental Illness (Re-Broadcast)

Airs at: Fri, 12/15/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Wendy Sample, a 10 year plus advocate of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) shares her journey through 50 years with a family member living with mental illness. Relevant and timeless topic and very worthy of a re-broadcast. Hosted by Della Rae Read more

KBOO News in Depth: Kids Jailed & Neglected at NORCOR

Airs at: Tue, 12/12/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

Oregon’s child incarceration rate is one of the worst in the country. Not only do we incarcerate far too many youth, we confine them in unlicensed and unregulated detention centers. There is no state or local agency charged with enforcing safe and humane conditions for yout... Read more

Decriminalizing Poverty

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, recently completed a visit to the United States. His report was a damning indictment of the growing class divide within the US.... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 4, Sex Industry Workers

Airs at: Thu, 11/16/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

This is the fourth episode in KBOO's series on the business of sex in Portland. In this episode we describe the different types of workers who make their livings in the sex industry. Guests include people who work in prostitution, stripping, porn film-making and sex toy s... Read more

News and Public Affairs Day: Community Forum on Police Accountability

Airs at: Fri, 12/01/2017 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: News and Public Affairs Day

KBOO reporters Sam Bouman and Jasmin Moneymaker speak with a panel of guests with many years and varieties of experience advocating for greater accountability, reform and positive change in Portland's sytem of law enforcement. The discussion is rooted in the City of Portlan... Read more

The Fight for Free Time

Airs at: Mon, 12/04/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge shares a shortened version of an essay by Miya Tokumitsu in Jacobin: "The Fight for Free Time." Image by William Merritt Chase, Public Domain Read more

Doyal Smith, DDA of Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Karen James discusses dual diagnosis with Doyal Smith, Executive Director of DDA of Oregon. Dual Diagnosis Anonymous (DDA) is a peer support group based on an authorized version of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous plus an additional 5 Steps that focus on Dual Diagnosis... Read more