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Make Valentine’s Day Great Again

Airs at: Sat, 02/15/2020 at 12:00am - 3:00am
  Dateless again, but that's no biggie, join Lady Danger, in the lovely RIP CITY Hardcore, Pogo, Gogo, poetry, Hiphop, Radioplay, electronic stuff, missed connections and more..... Today isn't for love, it's for the revolution  US League of Women Voters 1920 : The League ... Read more

"Building Beyond Policing" Forum with the Care Not Cops Coalition

Airs at: Sat, 02/01/2020 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
    On February 1, 2020, the local activist coalition Care Not Cops held the final event in its "Building Beyond Policing" series of workshops at the PCC Cascade campus. KBOO was there and recorded the first part of the event, a panel discussion focused on alternatives to... Read more

Winter Drive Special: Summer of Love Fest, Interview with Jorma Kaukonen,

Airs at: Fri, 02/14/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
  Tune in Friday, February 14, Valentines Day at 11 AM for a very special membership drive "Summer of love fest" featuring a recent 2019 interview with Jorma Kaukonen, former member of Jefferson Airplane, in fact credited with giving the band it's name, and a current membe... Read more

Before Women Had Choice

Airs at: Thu, 02/27/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Suzanne LaGrande interviews filmmaker, community activist and writer Lani Jo Leigh about her recently published memoir, Unfit: The Tale of One Pregnant Teen in the Bible Belt Before Women Had Choice. In the interview Lani Jo talks about what it was like to be get pregnant a... Read more

Black Labor in the Making of America

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks to Joe Trotter about his important new book, Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America.  Joe William Trotter, Jr., is Professor of History and Social Justice and Founder and Director of the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the... Read more

Dj Dadi's Birthday Extravaganza!

Airs at: Sat, 02/08/2020 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Hypnophobia
It only took 17 years of volunteering for Dj Dadi's birthday to fall on their show! Can you believe it?? Tune in to help celebrate Dj Dadi's special day with raucous tunes, lovingly tender conversation, and maybe even a special guest? Read more

Bowie by Mike Allred

Airs at: Thu, 02/13/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Mike Allred burst onto the independent comics scene in the 1990's with such deceptively bright and splashy titles as Madman, Atomics, and Red Rocket 7, bringing a combination of surrealism, depth psychology, and pop culture to the superhero and science-fiction genres. P... Read more

January 28, 2020: Ten Year Anniversary of Aaron Campbell; and Group in Wyoming Calls for Justice and Police Oversight

Airs at: Tue, 01/28/2020 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
      On this week's show, we hear from the Stop the Violence event held on Saturday, January 25 at Maranatha Church in NE Portland, marking the ten-year anniversary of the police killing of Aaron Campbell. Campbell's death was the latest in a series of police killings t... Read more

January 14, 2020

Airs at: Tue, 01/14/2020 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  CATCHING UP WITH TIM LEDWITH Last year, we spoke with Tim Ledwith, who was assaulted on NE Broadway in 2018 by Proud Boys Tusitala "Tiny" Toese and Donovan Flippo. That interview, which details the incident, can be found here. In early 2019, renewed scrutiny on police i... Read more

A Yardbirds Special

Airs at: Fri, 01/31/2020 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  Roots of Rock and Roll
   From 1963 to 1968, the Yardbirds were a major player in the British rock scene.  They helped launch the careers of three of Rock's all-time greatest guitarists - Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page.   They are cited as pioneers of Psychedelic Rock and Hard Rock, and ... Read more