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The Sound of Memphis

Airs at: Sat, 11/03/2018 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
Up on a bluff above the Mississippi River sits the town of Memphis Tennessee.  From the Chickasaw Nation to the Memphis Blues and Rockabilly, we'll dig into the history of this musical city.  Home to Sun Records and the first all-girl radio station WHER, as well as the site... Read more

Portland Gray Panthers Testify on Housing Corporations at City Hall

Produced for:  Evening News
Measure 102, on your ballots now, changes the Oregon constitution to allow Housing Projects Funded by Municipal Bonds to be owned by private corportation. Testimony of Portland’s Grey Panthers at yesterday’s city council meeting has something to say about the this.   Mayo... Read more

Interfaith Prayer Breakfast Tomorrow in Opposition to Measure 106

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  COALITION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND FAITH LEADERS JOINED BY ELECTED OFFICIALS TO OPPOSE CUTS TO ABORTION FUNDING Tomorrow, a prayer breakfast will be held as part of the campaign against Measure 106. Oregon has long been on the pro-choice side of the ab... Read more

Protecting Potential Victims of Priest Abuse in Oregon

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
      With the recent retirement of high level members of the Catholic Church, and a spate of convictions and lawsuits of the priests in Oregon, the issue of sexual impropriety has returned to the spotlight.  Don Merrill talked with Tim Lemmon, president of the St. Louis... Read more

On the Ground with Mutual Aid Disaster Relief in North Carolina

Airs at: Wed, 10/10/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  RESIDENTS STILL DEALING WITH AFTERMATH OF FLORENCE AS MICHAEL APPROACHES   Even as Hurricane Michael promises to inundate the eastern seaboard, residents in parts of North Carolina continue to struggle with the aftermath of Hurricane Florence last month. KBOO reporter ... Read more

Native American Holocaust: David Stannard

Airs at: Tue, 10/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  David Stannard, an award-winning historian, taught at the University of Hawaii. He is the author of many books including The Puritan Way of Death, Before the Horror and American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World. The barbarity of the onslaught on indigenous peopl... Read more

What Is the Feet to the Fire Campaign?

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    In the wake of the recent release of the autopsy report for Jason Washington, a 45-year-old man shot dead by PSU police officers in June, the seeming futility of seeking justice for police violence is again in Portland's public eye. The autopsy report comes just six d... Read more

John Nelson (*Previously Preempted)

Airs at: Fri, 09/21/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Delighted to have my dear Uncle John come play on the show, and talk about his life and music.     *Unfortunately our broadcast was preempted when we originally planned to air this but we recorded it and are now airing it in honor of his 70th Birthday next week!  Strai... Read more

Elder Bankruptcy

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier speaks with Deborah Thorne about the “Graying" of consumer bankruptcy—how the shrinking of the social safety net is throwing record numbers of older individuals into economic distress. Thorne is associate professor of sociology at University of Idaho and a... Read more

Pipeline Protests Beyond Standing Rock

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Lisa Loving's guest is local multimedia journalist Christopher Francisco. He's also host of KBOO's show Human Beings With Five Fingers  https://kboo.fm/program/human-beings-5-fingers  . Christopher will talk about his work covering Standing Rock, and how the government s... Read more