History

Michael Eric Dyson in Portland with his Sermon for White America

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Michael Eric Dyson is an academic, author, and radio host. He is a professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "a Princeton Ph.D. and a child of the streets who takes pains never to separate the two", Dyson has authored or edited... Read more

Getting Smart: Bikes in Culture

Airs at: Wed, 02/01/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Bike Show

Since their birth in the early decades of the 19th century bicycles have captured the imaginations of artists, musicians, writers and filmmakers. H.G. Wells, Mark Twain, Simone de Beauvoir, Samuel Beckett, Naguib Mahfouz, Iris Murdoch, Charlie Chaplin, and Stephen King are ... Read more

Beyond Vietnam: Martin Luther King Jr

Airs at: Tue, 01/31/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Martin Luther King Jr.’s charismatic “I Have a Dream” speech is emblazoned in our historical memories. But another address to a much smaller audience on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York is no less significant. There King demonstrated his deep understanding o... Read more

Anti-Oppressions Study & Action Group Resources

Collating resources here from past and future Anti-Oppressions Study & Action Groups for easy reference by community members and KBOO Volunteers and Staff This is a work in Progress More recent resources will be listed near the top Take action to Resist If you... Read more

Michael Eric Dyson visits KBOO

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Georgetown University Sociology Professor, pundit, activist and author Michael Eric Dyson visits the KBOO studio to speak with Celeste Carey about his new book Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE | NAMED A BEST/... Read more

Mexican Cassette Culture Recordings 1977-1982

Airs at: Fri, 01/27/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 01/28/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: La Ruleta

This Box covers many of those experimental artists from Mexico such as Aristeo, Via Lactea & Carlos Alvarado, Hilozoizmo, Decibel, Oxomaxoma with Arturo Romo & Jose Alvarez & Miguel A. Ruiz and Voldarepet with Arturo Meza, Juan Wolfang Cruz and Marco A. Godinez. This kind ... Read more

Gunned Down: Kids Getting Killed

Airs at: Tue, 01/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Gary Younge is an award-winning columnist for The Guardian and the author of The Speech: The Story Behind Dr Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and Another Day in the Death of America. He writes the “Beneath the Radar” column for The Nation. After the Sandy Hook Elementary ... Read more

Trump, the CIA & Russia

Airs at: Thu, 01/19/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Per Fagereng takes your calls to discuss the reported connections between the President Elect and Russia via a leaked intelligence dossier. The US media, in lock-step, has been ramping up the rhetoric of Russian hacking. Per discusses the dangers of pushing the two nat... Read more

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AND THE GRASSROOTS CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Airs at: Mon, 01/16/2017 at 8:00am - 8:30am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28th 1963, Martin Luther King Jr delivered one of the most famous speeches of all time. But it nearly didnt happen. On this special edition of Making Contact for MLK Day, Gary Younge, author of The Speech talks about Martin L... Read more

Edward Snowden - The Graphic Biography

Airs at: Thu, 01/12/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

In this encore episode from October 2015, political cartoonist and international troublemaker Ted Rall returns to the KBOO studios with his graphic biography of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Drawing from Ted's conversations with Snowden's own ACLU attorney as well a... Read more