Immigration

KBOO is open to the public! To visit the station, contact your staff person or call 503-231-8032.


Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  A revelatory and necessary read on one of the most destructive wars of our time . . . In great personal detail, Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple poignantly capture the tumultuous life in Syria before, after, and during the war—from inside one young man’s consciousness.”... Read more

The Cost of Deportations

Airs at: Mon, 06/11/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  The Cost of Deportations looks at deportation through the lens of one Central American nation that sends migrants north" Guatemala.  About two million Guatemalans live in the US. But, half of those here lack legal status, and tens of thousands of Guatemalans are deported... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 14, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this episode of the Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick talks with Dave Finkle about Trump's withdrawal from the Iran deal and Middle East politics. 2. The Left and the Law team discuss immigration policies at the southern border in light of the caravan o... Read more

Left & the Law: Asylum Seekers at the Border

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Left and the Law team—Jan Haaken and US constitutional scholar Mike Snedeker, look south to the border to consider the caravan of asylum seekers and the law of asylum. Photo credit: alamy.com Read more

Human Rights Defense Center

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Emma Lugo interviews Paul Wright of the Human Rights Defense Center about the exorbitant fees prisoners families are being charged just to visit them, as well as catching up on what is happening with immigration detention, prisoner health care and institutional incenti... Read more

Buscando America on 05/08/18

Airs at: Tue, 05/08/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa podrás escuchar lo que sucedió el pasado 28 de abril en NORCOR (Northern Oregon Regional Corrections) donde centenas de personas se reunieron para exigir que ICE salga de esta cárcel. Organizaciones como Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice y Gorge ICE... Read more

Buscando America on 05/01/18

Airs at: Tue, 05/01/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Esta emisión festejamos el Día del Trabajo y estuvimos transmitiendo desde la ciudad de Salem.  Read more

California Calling by Natalie Singer

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Natalie Singer, author of the new memoir California Calling: A Self-Interrogation, published by Portland’s Hawthorne Press. Natalie’s work has been published in a number of journals, magazines, and newspapers, including Literary Mama, the Washingto... Read more

Lullaby Road by James Anderson

Airs at: Thu, 04/05/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with James Anderson, author of the new novel Lullaby Road, and actor and activist Cosme Skywalker Duarte. James is a native of the Pacific Northwest, born in Seattle, raised in Portland, and a graduate of Reed College. He founded Breitenbush Books, a pu... Read more

Buscando America on 04/03/18

Airs at: Tue, 04/03/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa, desde la Cd. de México Jose Luis Santillan entrevistó a Areli quien es parte de la campaña Luis Fernando Libre. También trasnmitimos un paisaje sonoro de Griselda Sánchez Lluvia Obsidiana, elaborado por los niños y niñas del taller Voces del Tren en la Sa... Read more