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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 book, Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America (2020).  Joe William Trotter, Jr., is Professor of History and Social Justice and Founder and Director of the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studie... 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.... 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 killing... 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 polic... Read more

A Yardbirds Special

Airs at: Fri, 01/31/2020 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
   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, a... Read more

Ep 99. LIVE! WITH HIGH GOOD PEOPLE ft. Tiare Darnell

Airs at: Wed, 01/29/2020 at 12:15am - Sat, 02/29/2020 at 12:15am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
*High* everybody! In December, we had the honor of sitting down with Portland's finest cannabis connoisseur, our friend Tiara Darnell! We did our first ever live show to talk about Tiara's *dope* podcast called @highgoodpeople , the struggles of podcasting and doing it a... Read more

Festival Previews

Airs at: Thu, 01/23/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  It's wintertime in the Pacific Northwest, so what better way to escape the cloudy weather than in a bright cinema with your fellow film buffs? We're joined in the studio by Tracy Francis, Festival Director for the Cascade Festival of African Films, who is once again br... Read more

Hindsight 2020: A Look Back at 2017

Airs at: Tue, 01/21/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
    In the spirit of Hindsight 2020, we look back at some of KBOO volunteers' reporting about police from the first year of the current administration. The stories in this hour cover roughly the period from January 2017 to February 2018, and contain descriptions of pol... Read more

Pledge: The Public Radio Fund Drive by Don Merrill

Airs at: Thu, 01/23/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Don Merrill, author of the book Pledge: The Public Radio Fund Drive. Don’s a career journalist, writer, and broadcaster. He’s been a producer and reporter for civilian and Armed Forces Broadcasting, worked for the Cincinnati Enquirer, and was a ... Read more