Women

Four Weeks Five People by Jennifer Yu

Airs at: Wed, 06/14/2017 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Intersections Radio
  Sarika Mehta welcomes Jennifer Yu to KBOO to discuss her novel Four Weeks Five People...Obsessive-compulsive teen Clarissa wants to get better, if only so her mother will stop asking her if she's okay.  Andrew wants to overcome his eating disorder so he can get back to h... Read more

Profile Theatre's "26 Miles"

Airs at: Tue, 06/13/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features Profile Theatre's artistic director Josh Hecht and director Rebecca Martinez of  26 Miles by Quiara Alegría Hudes. We'll hear about the play and about the rest of Profile's season which features Hudes work as the sole playwright. (Aired 11am 6/13/17 on KBO... Read more

Hello Vancouver May 31, 2017

Produced for:  Hello Vancouver
In this episode, we talk with the founders of Office Mom and Dads, a program for kids in the foster care system; Ronnie Noize from the DIY Marketing Center; Michelle Bart from NWCAVE and Robin Helm from Gift of Lift. Music from local band Mbrascatu. www.HelloVancouver.us Read more

The Rape of Eve: Newly Discovered Texts of Resistance

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
The Nag Hammadi library discovered in 1945 has provided a number of alternative Christian texts.   They were not included in the Bible. They have been dismissed by many orthodox Christians as Gnostic or even heresy.  Yet new scholarship is discovering the complexity of thes... Read more

Hoops and Healing: In Conversation with Melika Belhaj

Airs at: Fri, 06/09/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Tune in for this full hour of the Bread and Roses recurring segment “Doin’ Things” where we talk to women and gender non-conforming folks, well, doin’ things. Executive Producer Pamela Santos talks to Melika Belhaj about self-care, NBA Finals and love of basketball, authent... Read more

Hate Rising

Airs at: Fri, 06/09/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
  Oregon is leading the nation in reported hate crimes and racist incidents.  This past Friday a Southwest Washington man was pistol whipped by a road raging truck driver and told to leave the country.   -from KATU: "Armando, who didn't want to reveal his last name, said ... Read more

Southwest of Salem

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
In 1994, four women in San Antonio, Texas, were arrested and charged with heinous crimes. The women -- working class Latina lesbians -- were accused of raping two young girls, They were tried, convicted in 1997, and sentenced to decades in state prison. Just one problem: T... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 4

Airs at: Wed, 06/07/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
June 7, 2017 On today's show:   Dennise M. Kowalczyk talks with local author Becki Saltzman, about her most recent book: "Living Curiously - How To Use Curiosity to be Remarkable and Do Good Stuff"   Tave Fasce Drake & Brian Delaney discuss First Nations traditional cu... Read more

Bystander Intervention Training

Airs at: Thu, 06/01/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In the aftermath of the 2016 general election debacle, peace activists in the Washington, DC area grew concerned over an increase in hate crimes and public incidents of racially and religiously motivated violence. In response, activists developed a training to help bystande... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 06/02/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Ramp Your Voice! is the brainchild movement of Vilissa Thompson, LMSW, a macro-minded social worker and prominent leader and expert in addressing and educating the public and political figures about the plight of disabled people, especially disabled women of color.  Vilissa... Read more