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Conscience and Dissent: Values in Media

Airs at: Fri, 03/31/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Independent journalism has been the site to locate incisive analysis and perspectives typically passed over by the hegemony established by mainstream, corporate media. Speaking truth to power is a phrase often spoken, and arguably, a central tenet to independent journali... Read more

The State of Hip-Hop in 2017

Airs at: Wed, 03/29/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Nolan, Nicholas and Desiree take a look at the state of Hip-Hop music in 2017. with guests Shaida Akbarian and Grand Skeme. Later in the program, a roundtable critique of recent topics in corporate media, followed by updates on Project Censored stories with Alicia Huarta... Read more

Ep. 3 Magically Delicious

Produced for: Peace, Love and Soup

Dublin Coddle Ingredients: 1 lb. bacon, cut to 1/2 inch 1 & 3/4 lbs. pork sausages 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1 can Guinness beer 3 lbs. potatoes, cut to bite-sized 4 small yellow onions, sliced 4 cloves garlic, minced 4 tablespoons parsley minced 4 carrots,... Read more

Ep.3 Magically Delicious

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2017 at 8:00pm - 8:45pm

Produced for: Peace, Love and Soup

March 2017 - Peace, Love and Soup is going Irish in a big and Magically Delicious way... NO BLARNEY! In this, our 3rd episode, we make Dublin Coddle stew and as a special treat, Irish Soda Bread with guest baker, Dan Fagan, who also teachers us: "Good doesn't need to... Read more

Help for Disabled Assault Survivors

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Disability Awareness

Grace welcomes Jill Tucker, the lead advocate for Disability Awareness Resource Team & Ashley Carroll, DV & Disability Program Coordinator for Multnomah County. Project DART (Disability Awareness Resource Team) is a group of advocates and volunteers joining together to... Read more

The Women Who Made New York

Airs at: Fri, 03/24/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

We are happy to talk with Julie Scelfo, author of The Women Who Made New York. Women have long been left out of US history, from the local to the national. Given our cultural biases, we are still apt to think of city-builders as men. The Women Who Made New York seeks ... Read more

Shaping a Future: Life After Prison

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Carol Imani is a community college writing instructor who has also taught writing to adolescents in juvenile detention and incarcerated adults. In 2015 she led a series of writing workshops for family members of people in prison which was called With You on the Journey. The... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: What CPB Cuts Mean for America

Airs at: Wed, 03/22/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:15pm

Produced for: News In Depth

KBOO Development Director, Becky Meiers talks with KBOO Evening News Director Zeloszelos Marchandt about how cutting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and National Endowment for the Arts effects our First Ammendment right to free access to information and the... Read more

The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Airs at: Thu, 03/23/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

In The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husb... Read more

Growing Food...Empowering Communities...Changing Lives

Airs at: Thu, 03/23/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Jo Ann Hardesty speaks to Barbara Bernstein, producer of the new documentary Gaining Ground. GAINING GROUND presents the personal stories of farmers and activists confronting the challenges of feeding their local communities sustainably grown food. The documentary inter... Read more