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Phemenology and KBOO

Every where I go people are talking about community. Two years ago it seemed an easier concept- one without too many contradictions and one that as individuals we could rally around. Surely, we were fighting for the same things but then if we were fighting, then didn’t t... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 8:30am - Sun, 05/07/2017 at 5:30pm

Produced for: This Is How We See It

NBA star Gilbert Arenas says "dark skinned" women are not beautiful. Is it ever Ok to talk to the "Ex" about your "Ex"? Survivor contestant "outs" another contestant for being Transgender. Should schools be allowed to "lunch shame" their students? Join us as we discuss thes... Read more

Keepin It Real- Membership Drive Special!

Airs at: Wed, 05/24/2017 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Produced for: Keepin It Real

Keepin It Real, which usually airs the first Wednesday of the month, is coming to you with a special episode during KBOO's Spring Membership Drive! Tune in as Nick Deezy and Arone welcome local rapper Lil Sage and documentary film producer Tevin. They will discuss race, ... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: 4/14/17

Airs at: Fri, 04/14/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 24, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tod Sloan hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear-- 1. Alex Diamond talks with Bill Resnick about his experience teaching in a poor schools in Memphis. 2. Desiree Hellegers reads from a history of how the bodies of people of color were used to study and teach anat... Read more

Medicine, Anatomy, and Ideology

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Desiree Hellegers reads an excerpt from Craig Steven Wilders' Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery and the Troubled History of American Universities that illuminates the long history of medical experimentation on people of color in the U.S., and that challenges claims about scienti... Read more

Teaching in Poor Schools

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Alex Diamond, who has taught school in Asia and Latin America, about his experience teaching in a poor school in Memphis, Tennessee. Among the issues they discuss is the impact on teachers and students of standardized testing used as a criterion for ... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2017 at 7:30pm - Sun, 04/30/2017 at 7:30pm

Produced for: This Is How We See It

The San Bernardino, CA shootings. The manhunt for Jacob Jakubowski. The benefits of sleeping on your left side. Can blended families survive? Tune in as we discuss these topics and more. Read more

Spies of Mississippi

Airs at: Fri, 04/21/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Spies of Mississippi is a journey into the world of informants, infiltrators, and agent provocateurs in the heart of Dixie. The film tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation and maintain “the Mississippi way of li... Read more

Fire And Tears: Racism and Resistance Past and Present

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement along with Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy. But he was in many ways unsung. Middle Georgia State University Professor Andrew Manis talks about the legacy of Fred Shuttlesworth. In 199... Read more