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The Final Frontier Episode

Airs at: Fri, 10/27/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

Hello and welcome to the final episode of Threshold Shift. I am your host, Nicole Martin. You have allowed us to take you around the globe across four continents and to the dark waters of the Arctic; from tiny Yellow Island in the San Juans all the way to Papua New Guine... Read more

Dorothy Height

Airs at: Wed, 10/25/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Today, we revisit a rare, in-studio interview with Dorothy Height, recorded before her death. Ms. Height died April 20, 2010 at the age of 98 after a lifetime spent fighting for racial justice and human rights. She was at the forefront of the civil rights battle for six ... Read more

Concert for the Sun, Mirror of Day and Night

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: A Different Nature

The Concert for the Sun, Mirror for Day and Night, was a music event at the Main Temple in Tenochtitlán, Mexico City, on Thursday July 11th 1991, to celebrate the Solar Eclipse at the Templo Mayor. It was played during the eclipse itself, musicians included Armando Velasc... Read more

Report: Portland Police Training Pulls Punches When It Comes to De-Escalation

Airs at: Thu, 10/19/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

On Tuesday, KBOO reported on a report released October 3 by the Compliance Officer/Community Liaison (COCL), the body tasked with assessing the city's compliance with the terms of a settlement reached with the US Department of Justice. The settlement was reached after the ... Read more

100 years of October, 36 years of Reds

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Thom Becker offers a reading from Nikos Kazantzakis about the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. Then Movie Moles Joe Clement and Jan Haaken discuss the 1981 film Reds, directed by Warren Beatty, which focuses on the story of American journalists John Reed and Louise Bryant as ... Read more

Citizens Respond to Latest COCL Report on Police Reform

Airs at: Tue, 10/17/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

The Compliance Officer and Community Liaison (COCL) is the body tasked with independently assessing the city's compliance with a 2012 Settlement with the US Department of Justice. The settlement (pdf) was reached after years of community agitation over excessive force by po... Read more

MSF "Forced from Home" Exhibition Starts Today in Pioneer Square

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

Starting today and running through October 22, the international medical aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will be holding a free, interactive outdoor exhibition in Pioneer Courthouse Square called "Forced from Home," which invites you to see ... Read more

Russia-Gate Refuses to Die: Robert Parry

Airs at: Thu, 10/19/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Per welcomes Robert Parry to discuss the zombie-like reanimation of claims that Russia hacked the vote. Robert Parry is an American investigative journalist best known for his role in covering the Iran-Contra affair for the Associated Press (AP) and Newsweek, including ... Read more

Lincoln County Aerial Spray Ban in Court

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

In May, voters in Lincoln County, Oregon, which stretches along the coast from Lincoln City to Yachats, approved a measure banning the aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. The new ordinance was almost immediately the subject of a lawsuit brought against the county... Read more

Villages Northwest and Oregon's Military History

Airs at: Fri, 10/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Beloved Community

Oregon’s military heritage goes back thousands of years, including native people’s warrior traditions. Most of the cultures in this region were relatively peaceful, even welcoming visiting strangers, such as the Lewis and Clark overland Army expedition in 1805–1806. Then, o... Read more