Women

Justice Hope Freedom

Purpose: Justice. Hope. Freedom. Learn about the issues of sex trafficking & exploitation and where this issue intersects with other societal ills such as violence, abuse, poverty, gangs, etc.  Here I will highlight individuals and organizations that are working to bring ju... Read more

Racist Sandwich

FOOD x RACE x GENDER x CLASS What is it like to be a chef of color cooking in America’s whitest major city? Chef Soleil Ho and journalist Zahir Janmohamed tackle this question and many more in their bi-weekly podcast from Portland, Oregon that examines the intersection b... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Bomb Ass Pussy joins the Bread and Roses conversation; they are transplants from Los Angeles, transplants from drag, transplants from another planet of fierce queer creatures- the trioBomb Ass Pussy tells stories of queer identity and celebration through hip hop. Their musi... Read more

News In Depth on 06/13/16

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2016 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  Over 1,000 indigenous women are missing in the United States. The Yakima nation in Washington has 39 unsolved murders of women alone. KBOO News spoke with Deborah Shipman from Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women USA for an in-depth interview to learn more. Read more

Only in America: Violence from Stanford to Orlando

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel comments on America's culture of violence, and in particular how it led to the Stanford Rape case of Brock Turner and the recent mass shooting in an Orlando Florida gay nightclub:   I had been planning to talk about the Stanford rape case—you know, the one i... Read more

Animator Kathy Zielinski - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended version of our interview with pioneering artist and filmmaker Kathy Zielinski, we talk more about her experiences riding the technological waves from hand-drawn 2-D feature films to computer-generated imagery, the importance of pose and expression in bot... Read more

Girls Build LIVE on KBOO Evening News

Airs at: Wed, 06/08/2016 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Girls Build is a non-profit organization dedicated to putting tools in the hands of girls, and letting them explore the world of building and fixing.  Director Katie Hughes joined us in Studio 2 to talk about their upcoming summer camp for teenage girls, aimed at diversifyi... Read more

Angelica Pray~A Song for My Brother

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Mindi Griffiths interviews Angelica Pray, a singer/songwriter from Portland, Oregon, whose unique style is described as “musique for self-governed gelfling-gangster hybrids”. She is also a non-violent communications teacher with Oregon Prison Project at Coffee Creek Correct... Read more

City of Women

Airs at: Fri, 06/10/2016 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  City of Women
Friday June 10, 2016  City of Women will be focusing on work.  A man works from sun to sun but a women's work is never done.    Read more

Revisiting Rape Culture

Airs at: Fri, 06/10/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Join ani and lyn as they look at rape culture through the lens of the recent Brock Turner sentencing.  Turner received a 6 month sentence in the county jail after being found guilty of three counts of felony sexual assault. In the sentencing, Judge Persky said "I think he w... Read more