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Commentary: Trump Tweets

Airs at: Fri, 01/05/2018 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    Donald Trump is addicted to Twitter. Hardly a day goes by when he doesn’t use the social media tool to announce policy, attack his latest foe or pat himself on the back. And the media hangs on his every Tweet. But should we? KBOO’s Ray Bodwell has these thoughts. Read more

Old Time Lady Outlaw

Airs at: Sat, 01/06/2018 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
This morning we'll start with old time sounds featuring Henry Thomas with early country blues.  After that 60's and 70's feminist country featuring Beyonce'! And finally SPECIAL guest Brian will spin from his outlaw country record collection.  Tune in and get 2018 started o... Read more

It Came from Beyond Zen

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Brad Warner is a Soto Zen priest. He also plays bass for the punk band, Zero Defex. And he plays a zen priest named Brad in the important film, Zombie Bounty Hunter, M.D. He also has a curious interest in the 13th century Japanese Zen Master, Dogen. He is in the process ... Read more

News In-Depth: Stolen Angels PDX Billboard Project

Airs at: Tue, 01/02/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  A group of Portlanders is hoping to draw attention to racial injustice and police violence in the Portland area with a bold public project. KBOO reporter Sam Bouman spoke last Friday with several members of Portland Equity in Action (PEA), joined by Alicia Johnson, the m... Read more

The Akee Tree by Stephen Hanks

Airs at: Thu, 01/04/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  In this previously aired episode of  Black Book Talk the hosts interview Stephen Hanks, author of The Akee Tree. What would compel an African-American man to spend ten years of his life tracing his family tree from the Pacific Northwest back to slavery times in Mississi... Read more

Unfinished Agenda: Urban Politics in the Era of Black Power

Airs at: Thu, 01/04/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Today, we share our one-hour special with Newark-based civil rights activist, attorney and author Junius Williams. Williams discusses his book, "Unfinished Agenda: Urban Politics in the Era of Black Power." We take a look at the evolution of the civil rights and Black po... Read more

Fallen Heroes of 2017

Airs at: Tue, 01/02/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Thousands of local social justice organizers, activists and other leaders passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didnt make the headlines. On this edition of Making Contact, as we do every December, well hear about some of the... Read more

Origins of Radical Right-Wing Power: Nancy MacLean

Airs at: Tue, 01/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The history of the anti-government and anti-democratic politics that have transformed the U.S. in recent years is largely obscured from view. The radical right’s agenda includes: suppression of voting rights, privatization of everything from schools to Medicare to Social... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 11

Airs at: Wed, 01/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
  January 3, 2018   Pulitzer-Prize nominated author Inara Verzemnieks discusses her latest work with contributor Inessa Anderson.  The book, entitled "Among the Living and the Dead", is part memoir, part historical record.  Inara was raised by her Latvian refugee grandp... Read more

Direct Cinema - Part Two

Airs at: Thu, 12/28/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  In the early 1960's a revolution in documentary filmmaking took root, inspired by both cultural uprisings and new audio-visual technologies.  The movement known as Direct Cinema rejected authorial voiceovers and other narrative devices, opting instead for immediacy, ambi... Read more