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Stand Your Ground: America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
The good citizen defends his castle.   Punks, thieves, thugs, and rapists don’t stand a chance against a 44 Magnum in the hands of the good guy who stands his ground.   That is the myth.  The reality is that America’s love affair with guns and lethal self-defense has not ma... Read more

DI Squared: Dream It, Do It

DI Squared is a program about entrepreneurs of color in the Portland area.  Each week we feature an entrepreneur who tells the story about getting started.  We also present a resource organization that provides services to businesses in getting started.  And we raise---and ... Read more

In The News

Airs at: Thu, 06/29/2017 at 2:15pm - Wed, 07/05/2017 at 2:15pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Our interview with Rick Curti, CEO of Charlotte Bats and why he's fighting to bring major league baseball to North Carolina.  Bobbi Kristina's ex boyfriend Nick Gordon is arrested for domestic violence.  Bill Maher under fire for using the N-word on his show.  Join us as we... Read more

On The Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation's Capital

Airs at: Fri, 06/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  This packed show is all about resisting the normalization of war abroad and at home, resisting the idea that militarism, police terror and hate crimes will accepted as part of a new hyper reality. We hear voices from among the hundreds that gathered in DC for a vigil for... Read more

Quanice Hayes' grandmother speaks with KBOO

Airs at: Wed, 04/12/2017 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Quanice Hayes was fatally shot by police officer Andrew Hurst in February with an AR 15 rifle. Quanice Hayes’s family along with Don’t Shoot Portland and other community organizations are demanding the case be put before a federal court. KBOO’s Theresa Mitchell spoke with ... Read more

DI Squared: Episode 4, Dirty Bastard

Airs at: Tue, 06/20/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Episode 4 of DI Squared, an interview with the founder of 'Dirty Bastard', a company that sells men's shaving products. This is a program in which we put the word "Entrepreneur" under a microscope, and find out what it is that spells success for someone that starts a busin... Read more

The Historic Black Williams Project

Airs at: Tue, 06/27/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
  KBOO's Eric Bartels speaks to Kayin Talton Davis...the project manager of The Black Williams Project. N Williams/Albina was Portland’s largest African American community. The goal of the Black Williams Project is to highlight this history, through a multimedia public ar... Read more

CRCI Reading Group Interviews Ibram X. Kendi

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On June 21st, the Liberation Literacy reading group at Columbia River Correctional Institution (CRCI) interviewed National Book Award winner and historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi about his book Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. Liber... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Wed, 06/21/2017 at 11:30am - Wed, 06/28/2017 at 11:30am
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Arrest made in shooting death of 7 year old Durham, NC boy.  Phaedra Parks speaks out about why she was fired from RHWOA.  Alan Thicke's son's are suing his wife over his estate.  Is Nicki Minaj dating NAS?  Join us as we discuss these topics and more. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 19, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick is our host for this edition of the Mole which includes these segments: 1. Tom Athanasiou talks with Bill Resnick about policies and movements necessary to deal with climate change. 2. Jovanka Beckles explains how the Richmond Progressive Alliance won in Rich... Read more