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Psychology and Politics: Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan focus their "Psychology and Politics" segment on the complex cognitive and emotional responses that arise as people come to terms with climate change and think about what to do about it individually and collectively. They discuss campus campaigns fo... Read more

Electroshock survivor arrested at protest in Clackamas

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Electroshock survivor and activist Deborah Schwartzkopff was arrested for Criminal Trespass during a protest on Saturday against the controversial practice at the Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center . Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is still widely practiced in the United State... Read more

Electroshock protest in Clackamas

Airs at: Thu, 05/14/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Despite a common public perception that it has largely gone away,  electroconvulsive  therapy (ECT), better  known as electroshock or shock therapy, is still a widespread practice.  As we reported on Tuesday, this Saturday, May 16 is an international day of protest against ... Read more

Alice Eve Cohen Interview

Airs at: Thu, 05/07/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Author Alice Eve Cohen has told two stories of personal upheaval that have visited her family in the last six years; "What I Thought I Knew" in 2009, and her most recent memoir, "The Year My Mother Came Back".  She talks with Don Merrill about what those two different stori... Read more

Deaf Activists Fight Government Interference in India

Airs at: Thu, 04/30/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
In the nation of India, deaf activists are organizing to challenge the discrimination they face. In March, a deaf teenager was raped and killed, and just this week, a deaf child was badly beaten by a teacher in India for failing to understand an assignment. KBOO’s Sarika Me... Read more

Officials and Activists Weigh Options for O & C Lands

Airs at: Thu, 04/30/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released five options for updating the Northwest Forest Plan, which determines, among other things, the number of board feet allowed to be harvested from the O & C lands. These lands are a patchwork of square-mile plots surrounding... Read more

Health Disparities for Pacific Islanders in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 04/30/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A new report by Multnomah County reveals a staggering health disparity for Pacific Islanders in Oregon. Oregon has the fifth largest population of Pacific Islanders in the country, but some are barred from receiving Medicaid. And those who are eligible often still can’t aff... Read more

Leftist Psychology: emotion, envy, and inequality

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan and Tod talk about the emotional work of social movements, and different ways of thinking about the psychology of class and envy. They start with a discussion of Snowpiercer*-- a 2013 South Korean science fiction film about the revolt of passengers on a continuously mov... Read more

KBOO LIVE webcast of Earth Day 2015

KBOO is webcasting LIVE from the Saturday April 25th Earth Day celebration in Portland from 11:30 to 5 pm. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN! "We are the Future!" is the 2015 theme for Portland's Earth Day celebration. Earth Day PDX helps to promote awareness of environmental issues ... Read more

Hawthorne Bridge protest against planned Nestle bottling plant

Airs at: Thu, 04/16/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Around a hundred protesters gathered this morning at the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland to call on state officials to stop Nestle from opening a bottling plant in the Columbia River Gorge.  This past week, The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife applied to ... Read more