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EcoFilm and the Pillars of Portland

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Film Show

In this special membership-drive episode of The Film Show, Jenn Chavez previews the Portland EcoFilm Festival with director Dawn Smallman and documentarians Taggart Siegel and Jon Betz, who have produced The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Queen of the Sun, and the new film Se... Read more

Free Culture Radio for September 21 2016

Airs at: Wed, 09/21/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Free Culture Radio

Seeing as it's now Oktoberfest, this month's edition of Free Culture Radio is all about beer culture -- which is a task that is at once both simple and difficult, because in many ways mainstream American culture is beer culture. It's so ubiquitous that it's hard to see, in ... Read more

Will Bennett, Golden West Project, And FEMI KUTI!

Airs at: Thu, 09/15/2016 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: Ear to the Streets of Portland

Tune-in to KBOO for EarToTheStreets starting at 7:00pm. On this KBOO pledge drive episode of ETTS we will hear discussion with Will Bennett, a well-known community liaison and a member of the Friends Of The Golden West Project. Stay tuned to ETTS to hear a special broadcas... Read more

Building a Movement Inside & Outside: Reflections on September 9th

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli will interview national, local and regional organizers from groups like Black Lives Matters, Anarchist Black Cross and the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee about organizing for the September 9, 2016 call for a national prisoner strike. Organizers wi... Read more

WITNESS TO THE REVOLUTION: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year American Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul

Airs at: Wed, 09/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Clara Bingham about her book WITNESS TO THE REVOLUTION: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year American Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul, a riveting oral history of American society in the turbulent years of 1969-1970 as tol... Read more

Who Owns/Controls the African Body?

Airs at: Thu, 09/08/2016 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: guess who's coming to radio??!!

As long as there have been humans, there has been struggle; however, 2016 has been a year of immense loss, and a new generation of ideological polarization. Clearly this is purposeful (since those who create the narrative profit off of this polarization). There are those ... Read more

Gremlin Time

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/06/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Audio Comix

Froggy the Gremlin was a much beloved character on the 1950’s TV show Andy’s Gang. But during the dark days of the Cold War, he was accused of being a Communist, and subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee. On tonight’s Ubu Hour, we present a radio document... Read more

The World is Churning Still

Airs at: Fri, 09/09/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

We are so pleased to have with us again renowned author, storyteller, scholar of mthyology and psychology , Michael Meade combines relevant and spellbinding story telling with street-savvy perspectives and a deep knowleedge of cross cultural tales and rituals. He has two n... Read more

Jenna Yokoyama, Pacific Underground

Airs at: Sat, 08/27/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Jenna Yokoyama is a Japanese American. She co-hosts the show Pacific Underground (Facebook, Twitter) on KBOO in Portland, Oregon. It is heard on the FOURTH Friday of every month at 11:00 a.m. It is also on podcast via Soundcloudand iTunes. According to its website, ... Read more

Alan Wieder on "Studs Terkel: Politics, Culture, but Mostly Conversation"

Airs at: Wed, 08/24/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Gene Bradley speaks with Alan Wieder about his new book, Studs Terkel: Politics, Culture, but Mostly Conversation. Studs Terkel was an American icon and a leftist who valued human beings over political dogma. In scores of books and thousands of radio and televisio... Read more