Food

Audio from the Waterfront Blues Festival!

The 2017 Waterfront Blues Festival audio is now online for your streaming pleasure: Audio from Day One - Friday 6/30   Audio from Day Two - Saturday 7/1   Audio from Day Three - Sunday 7/2   Audio from Day Four - Monday 7/3   Audio from Day Five - Tuesday 7/4   ... Read more

Fighting Ventilation Shutdown industry mass animal killing with Matt Johnson

Airs at: Fri, 07/24/2020 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
Today we welcome to the show Matt Johnson, Press Coordinator for Direct Action Everywhere (DxE). Direct Action Everywhere is a global network of activists working to achieve animal liberation in one generation. DxE employs a wide variety of tactics in pursuit of this goal, ... Read more

Voodoo Doughnut Workers Union schedules planned action for July 25th

Airs at: Tue, 07/21/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
  Samantha Bryce of the Voodoo Doughnut Workers Union sits down with KBOO's Nat Moon to discuss better wages, hazard pay, worker security, and unionizing during a global pandemic. Voodoo Doughnut Workers Union has a picket scheduled for 1PM on Saturday, July 25th at the O... Read more

Derby & Olympia Oyster

Airs at: Wed, 07/15/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
On today's episode of the Food Show, you'll hear interviews with two women of color restaurant owners - Judy Stokes of Derby and Maylin Chavez of Olympia Oyster Bar. Judy Stokes, owner of Derby in Kenton, discusses all the COVID19 related changes she’s made to keep her res... Read more

Dub's St Johns & Cason's Fine Meats

Airs at: Wed, 06/17/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
On today’s show we’ll hear interviews with the owners of two long standing Portland black owned businesses - Dub Travis of Dub’s St John’s and Theotus Cason of Cason’s Fine Meats. First up, we have Chris Siegel’s August 2017 Food Show interview with Chef Dub Travis. Dub ta... Read more

Food in the Tme of Covid

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with trained chef and journalist, Arun Gupta, about the American food system under conditions of the pandemic. They consider the plight of food workers up and down the supply chain, and the political economy behind the disconnect between the hungry masses ... Read more

Solidarity w Grocery & Postal Essential Workers

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2020 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Co-hosts Amanda Hill, who works at Fred Meyer, and Jamie Partridge, a letter carrier retiree, discuss the hazards and struggles of frontline workers Read more

Gardens, Restaurants, & Farmers Markets in COVID19 Times

Airs at: Wed, 05/20/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
On today’s show we’ll hear about how our local food system is changing and adapting to life during COVID19 times. Jason Skipton, executive director of Growing Gardens talks about how they are building home gardens and helping inmates grow food this spring. Brooke Jackson-Gl... Read more

Voices for Animal Liberation with author and activist Brittany Michelson

Airs at: Fri, 05/22/2020 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
Brittany Michelson is a teacher, writer, and animal rights activist. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch University Los Angeles and teaches writing and activism- related classes in a private K-8 program. Her short writing appears in multiple online journals... Read more

Stay home orders push bars and restaurants to innovate, including a petition to allow mixed drink delivery

Airs at: Wed, 04/29/2020 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Bars and restaurants around the state are struggling under the stay-at-home order. One Portland bar owner is looking for new ways to expand business in order to help his industry survive, including mixed drink delivery. KBOO's Ray Bodwell has the story.  Read more