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It Takes A Village

The name of the new show, by veteran KBOO programmer, Shaheed Haamid It Takes A Village is from an old African proverb that recognizes the diversity, differences and unity needed to make a community work. It Takes A Village will attempt to examine some of the current politi... Read more

Fight the Empire on 06/04/09

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2009 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng starts his new program "Fight the Empire" with an interview with journalist Pepe Escobar on Pakistan, Afghanistan and "Pipelineistan." Pepe Escobar is the roving correspondent for Asia Times and an analyst for the Real News. CD-1399   Read more

Political Perspectives on 5/28/09

Airs at: Thu, 05/28/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Hosted by Marianne Barisonek, The Bhopal Survivors Tour 2009... The guests are activist Satinath Sarangi (Satyu), who has been working in Bhopal for the past 25 years, and Safreen Khan, one of the survivors of the disaster. The Union Carbide Chemical Disaster in Bhopal, In... Read more

The Politics of Water in the Middle East & the Developing World

Airs at: Mon, 04/20/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
On March 1st 2009 Portland Brit Tzedek V’Shalom, Congregation Shir Tikvah and the Bridgeport UCC co-sponsored an event, The Politics of Water in the Middle East & the Developing World. Speaking that afternoon were Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Dr. Jeff Albert, and Mousa Dia... Read more

Political Perspectives

  Every Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. News and views on current politics. Different hosts each week bring a variety of guests and topics. Read more

Radiozine on 02/27/09

Airs at: Fri, 02/27/2009 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Per Fagereng speaks with Jeff Albert, one of the founders of The Aquaya Institute about "Freshwater Scarcity and Its Effect on the Struggle for Arab-Israeli Peace." Jeff Albert, PhD, is a water resource specialist.  Jeff is a 2005 recipient of EPA's Bronze Medal for hi... Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 02/20/09

Airs at: Fri, 02/20/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Mexico's Third Root ************ An Interview with Maria Elisa Velazquez on the history and culture of Mexico's African Root. Hosted by Carlos Chavez MARÍA ELISA VELÁZQUEZ is a fulltime researcher in the Direction of Ethnology and Social Anthropology at the National Inst... Read more

Radiozine on 02/05/09

Airs at: Thu, 02/05/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Per Fagereng interviews author Lennie Brenner about the history of Zionism. CD-1325 Read more

Radiozine on 1/08/09

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Drills are endangered primates living in Nigeria and Cameroon in West Africa. Two Portlanders have spent the last twenty years there trying to save this species, and they've had some success. Liza Gadsby is interviewed by KBOO's Bruce Silverman. CD-1388 Read more

Voices from the Edge

Airs at: Thu, 12/04/2008 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Mumbai, South Asian Nuclear Tensions and Obama: An Interview with Jacqueline Cabasso Last week's terrorist attack in Mumbai, India is only the latest eruption in potentially explosive South Asia. What will the new Obama administration do as the conflict in Afghanistan spre... Read more