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High Magnitude Earthquake Hits Southern Mexico, 38 Dead

Airs at: Fri, 09/08/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A high-magnitude earthquake hit the southern coast of Mexico on Thursday night killing at least 38 people. The epicenter of this 8.1 magnitude quake was roughly 74 miles off the coast of Mexico and was felt as far as Guatemala City and Mexico City, causing a 2 foot tsunami.... Read more

The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld

Airs at: Tue, 09/12/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  On this LIVE episode of Intersections Radio...host Sarika Mehta talks to author Rene Denfeld about her writing as well as her advocacy on behalf of sex trafficking victims and people who are wrongly imprisoned. THE CHILD FINDER: A haunting, richly atmospheric, and deeply... Read more

September 8 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 09/08/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 09/15/2017 at 5:00pm
  88 events this week! (And 28 more added - updated Thursday, 9/14) This might be an all-time-high.  But let's not get caught up in size. It's really about the greatness of the events and we have something for everyone. Especially if you like rallies.  There are many resp... Read more

#DisownStone Scores a Victory

Airs at: Sun, 09/10/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
  The #DisownStone campaign scored a win this week, we talk with Amanda Reiman, PhD, about building a diverse, progressive cannabis industry, plus the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment to protect medical cannabis programs is blocked from consideration in the new budget so w... Read more

The Oregon Episode: Big Summit Prairie--Eclipse Fest, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, White River Wilderness

Airs at: Fri, 09/08/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Welcome back to Threshold Shift, a Resident Sound Artist Series on KBOO 90.7 FM. The recordings on Threshold Shift are collected and contributed by sound professionals, scientists, and student-citizens in the field. We have attempted to leave these field recordings as ra... Read more

Poetry, Music, and Justice with John Slaughter and Makana

Airs at: Fri, 09/08/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
My guests today are passionate, engaging, lovers of life and justice. They are both artists. They present their art to transform the world. Makana hails from the isle of O‘ahu, Makana is an internationally acclaimed slack-key guitarist, singer, composer, philosopher, activi... Read more

An Incomplete Bibliography

Airs at: Tue, 09/05/2017 at 8:00am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
-Koerth-Baker, M. (2016, July 7) The Loudest sound in the world would kill you on the spot.  Retrieved from https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-loudest-sound-in-the-world-would-kill-you-on-the-spot/ An absolutely FABULOUS, kid-friendly introduction to how sound works ... Read more

Brzezinski’s Brilliant Idea

Airs at: Thu, 09/07/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  The United States backed Afghan Islamists in order to give the Soviet Union their own Vietnam. Now the Soviet Union is gone and the US is still bogged down in Afghanistan. And Islamic fundamentalism has spread throughout the world. Read more

Humanizing Public Education: Jonathan Kozol

Airs at: Tue, 09/05/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The Austrian-born economist Friedrich von Hayek may be intellectual godfather of neoliberalism: present-day right-wing economics. His book, The Road to Serfdom, is considered to be the bible of anti-government, free market ideas and the privatization of just about everyt... Read more

An Incomplete Bibliography

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  -Koerth-Baker, M. (2016, July 7) The Loudest sound in the world would kill you on the spot.  Retrieved from https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-loudest-sound-in-the-world-would-kill-you-on-the-spot/ An absolutely FABULOUS, kid-friendly introduction to how sound wor... Read more