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Special Democracy Hour 2 on the Presidential Debates

Airs at: Tue, 09/27/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  We are postponing today's Alternative Radio program with Chris WIlliams to broadcast the special second hour of Democracy Now on the Presidential Debate. The special extra hour is expanding the debate to include candidates that were excluded from the debates at Hofstra U... Read more

Wendell Potter: Nation On the Take

Airs at: Fri, 09/23/2016 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Dave Mazza speaks with consumer advocate and activist Wendell Potter about his new book Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do about It. Read more

Climate Change and the New Agenda in Portland's Public Schools

Airs at: Wed, 09/28/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
  Nearly 100% of climate scientists report that climate change is happening and happening because of human activity, but the public consensus on climate change is still split about 50-50. Denial continues to be persistant and pervasive, as deniers cite "zombie sceptic theo... Read more

D.A. Underhill discusses LEAD program

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
At the ROAR Alliance monthly meeting on August 31st, Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill presented plans to bring the LEAD program to Portland. Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a pre-booking diversion pilot program developed with the community to ad... Read more

News and Public Affairs Day Special: The Rise of the Fascist Right and How We Fight Back

Airs at: Fri, 09/23/2016 at 9:00am - 11:00am
This morning on KBOO's News and Public Affairs Day we present a special program on the rise of the extreme right in the United States, which has culminated in the Republican party nomination of a neo-fascist candidate. First, it's an exclusive KBOO interview with Steve Fras... Read more

Bizarre State of Politics Today

Airs at: Tue, 09/20/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
  Joe Uris hosts a discussion of the importance of community radio in this bizarre political time. Read more

Century Of Lies for September 18 2016

Airs at: Sun, 09/18/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
King County, Seattle, Washington, will soon have two supervised drug consumption facilities. That recommendation is part of a final report by King County's Heroin and Prescription Opiate Task Force, which released its final report on Thursday Sept. 15. King County Executive... Read more

Aurora Levins-Morales, nationally known Puerto Rican-Jewish feminist, author and activist

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Host Dennis Bernstein devotes the entire show to an interview with Aurora Levins-Morales, nationally known Puerto Rican-Jewish feminist, author and activist, who is planning to travel the US in her mobile radio station, talking about the confluence of ecology, health and... Read more

DEMOCRACY FROM THE BOTTOM UP

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The end of a stable climate, along with the end of cheap energy and the possible end of economic “normalcy,” could spell the end of political normalcy. If the U.S. election season is any guide, we may already be witnessing the early stages of a political sea change, as nati... Read more

Seattle Jim Page live on Movin' On

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2016 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Movin' On
"If Jim Page ain’t the bastard son of Woody Guthrie I’m T-Bone Walker”  --ROBERT HUNTER   LIVE on KBOO! Seattle Jim Page will wake us all up with his honest assessments of our world, tempered with humor, irony, and compassion. Jim plays live on KBOO and Laurie Sonnenfeld ... Read more