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Sitting down with PETA founder and president Ingrid Newkirk

Airs at: Fri, 02/28/2020 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for Voices for the Animals
  Ingrid Newkirk is the legendary founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or as most people know it, PETA, which is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary this March. With about 400 employees and 6.5 million supporters worldwide, PETA is the ... Read more

Squirrels Know on 01/24/20

Airs at: Fri, 01/24/2020 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for Squirrels Know
Theme for the show was the Koalas and the Australian Fires. It's hard to smile and be cute when so much disaster keeps happening around the world, but the best way to battle this is with a superbly positive attitude. This is what the thousands of koalas who slowly died in a... Read more

Primates Used For Research In Our Backyard & Can Extinct Sea Otters Make A Comeback?

Airs at: Fri, 01/24/2020 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for Voices for the Animals
  This Friday, January 24th at 10AM it's a new episode of Voices for the Animals on KBOO! Host Michele Coppola will be talking with Oregon State Representative David Gomberg about his visit to the OHSU Oregon National Primate Research Center and editorial in The Oregonian ... Read more

'Blue Dog Bus' owner Meg Vogt starts new 'Rawhide Ranch' for dogs in the city

Airs at: Mon, 01/13/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News, News In Depth
  Dog devotee Meg Vogt is committed to canines in a big way. Known in some parts of the city as "the lady with the blue Dog Bus," Vogt is now working on creating a "Rawhide Ranch,"as a place for people and pets to gather.  More information available at Vogt's Go Fund Me pa... Read more

Squirrels Know on 12/27/19

Airs at: Fri, 12/27/2019 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for Squirrels Know
Getting ready for the new age at hand !!  Just stay positive and trust the process. And it'll be the Rainbow Children / GenZ influencers of love and positivity who will help us lead the way, alongside the trailblazers who have paved the way for all of us amidst a world that... Read more

Marine life sculptures showcase the plastic waste found on Oregon beaches, inspire change

Airs at: Thu, 12/12/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News, News In Depth
  Artist Angela Pozzi's animal sculptures are as striking as they are colorful. Come a little closer though, and the skin of a shark or polar bear comes into focus. The sculptures are made of trash. Not just any trash either, trash collected from Oregon beaches by Pozzi's ... Read more

The Divine and the Mundane: Music in the Fabric of Our Lives

Airs at: Sat, 11/30/2019 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Threshold Shift
Whether we hear it or not, we are always steeped in sound. Over the course of 2019, Threshold Shift has been exploring the intersections of field recording, sound design, human hearing and music. We started in March with guest host, Bill McQuay's, second deep dive into the ... Read more

Tonight on Threshold Shift--Composers Simrit and Mamoru Fujieda

Produced for Threshold Shift
The Divine and the Mundane--Music from the Fabric of Our Lives Tonight from 12 - 3am, we'll be having a special episode of Threshold Shift featuring our year-in-review as well as a long-form interview with chart-topping, neo-psychedelic world musician, Simrit Kaur with snea... Read more

Native America Calling: Bringing Bison Back

Airs at: Thu, 11/28/2019 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  Tribes, both in the U.S. and Canada, are on the forefront of restoring healthy, sustainable bison herds. In October, several tribes joined the growing number of those signing onto what's known as the Buffalo Treaty. The agreement -- first drafted in 2014 -- aims to ultim... Read more