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Interview with Tenzin From Kicked Out

Airs at: Tue, 01/26/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Out Loud
In her foreward to the new anthology Kicked Out--by current and formerly homeless LGBTQ youth-- Judy Shepard (mother of Matthew Shepard) notes that a disporportionate percentage of the youth on America's streets are there in part because they identify as lesbian, gay or tra... Read more

Addition Audio from Ksen Kicked Out Contributor

Airs at: Tue, 01/26/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Out Loud
 Earlier this week, Jacob Anderson-Minshall spoke Ksen a contributor from the new anthology Kicked Out, by current and former homeless LGBT youth.  While a short version of the interview is featured on the January 26th Outloud show, here is the extended interview with Ksen.... Read more

OPEN LINES discussion on Supreme Court ruling regarding campaign finance limits and...

Airs at: Thu, 01/21/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
OPEN LINES discussion on Supreme Court ruling regarding campaign finance limits and other current issues on the top KBOO Listeners' minds....Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about t... Read more

Life & Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King

Airs at: Thu, 01/14/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
About the program…Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about the issues that are important to you and your community. Every week, Voices from the Edge provides KBOO listeners a place to... Read more

Oregon Activist in Jerusalem: part 2

Airs at: Thu, 01/14/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
Yesterday, we heard from an Oregon activist who spoke of her experience protesting the apartheid Wall in Palestine.  Today, KBOO reporter Isobel Charle speaks with another Oregon activist who is currently based in Jerusalem. Read more

Squatting Ban in the Netherlands

Airs at: Wed, 01/06/2010 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Circle A Radio
For the last three years a ban on squatting has been in preparation in Dutch politics. A new act that is to ban squatting in the Netherlands passed through parliament on October 15th, 2009. Despite strong critique from the High Court, the union of city councils and even the... Read more

Looking beyond the rhetoric: the arguments for (and against) Measures 66 & 67

Airs at: Thu, 01/07/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
On January 26, Oregonians will be asked to decide how the latest chapter in the state's long-running tax wars will turn out. Opponents of two tax increases approved by the legislature in 2009 succeeded in collecting enough signatures for a referendum on what are now Measure... Read more

January 11, 2010 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this show discusses Oregon tax measures with Steve Novick; the blockbuster movie "Avatar," making the power grid democratic, and the latest in political rap music.  For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page. ... Read more

Political Hip Hop

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Radical musicologist Brad Duncan talks with Bill Resnick about the political rap artists The Welfare Poets,  Chosan, and Black Skeptik.   We hear samples of their music followed by a discussion of  their music as the poetry and the politics of everyday life.  Here are links... Read more

Portland to hold march for Gaza Sat. Jan. 9th

Airs at: Fri, 01/08/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
British Parliament Member George Galloway has been deported and banned from entering Egypt, after successfully leading a humanitarian aid caravan into the Gaza Strip. Galloway’s ‘Viva Palestina’ convoy faced a number of obstacles while trying to bring over two hundred vehic... Read more