Women

International Women's Day 2018

KBOO's International Women's Day celebrations were started by Program Director Karen Burdick in 1976. We've celebrated each year since then with special programming created by for and about women. As we finalized the schedule for KBOO's annual celebration of international ... Read more

International Women's Day

International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women's Day is a national holiday. Suffragettes campaig... Read more

The Gap: Recall Wheeler Campaign and the Neutrality of Mess

Airs at: Fri, 06/18/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea speak with two organizers from Total Recall PDX, which is organizing a campaign to recall Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. Audrey Caines, the Campaign Manager, and Danny Cage, the Campaign Coordinator, join us to talk about the cam... Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court announces it will hear Mississippi's case to ban abortion after 15 weeks

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2021 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  On May 17th, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear a case from Mississippi regarding a law to ban most abortions after 15 weeks. Beginning likely in October, the majority conservative court will hear an abortion case about the pre-viability of a fetus for th... Read more

The Gap: Blackfishing and Mercury Retrograde

Airs at: Fri, 06/04/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss the online phenomenon, Blackfishing. It refers to non-Black people and influencers using extreme tanning, photo editing and cultural appropration to appear Black, mixed race, or racially ambiguous on social media. Don'... Read more

The Gap: Oregon's Vaccine Lottery and Changing Mask Attitudes

Airs at: Fri, 05/28/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss the newly announced lottery for Oregonians who get their first vaccine dose before June 28th. Statewide, there's $1 million up for grabs and $10k in each county. Even folks under 18 have a drawing of their own, to win ... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood - Beth Kephart

Airs at: Fri, 05/28/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
On today's show, we celebrate Father's Day, a bit early, by talking fathers -- and daughters and sons and husbands and wives and our own multiple identities -- with Beth Kephart, author of the new memoir Wife/Daughter/Self, from Portland’s own Forest Avenue Press. In the bo... Read more

Conversation with Caroline Cory

Airs at: Fri, 05/28/2021 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Squirrels Know
On this episode, we bring you an exclusive conversation with filmmaker, researcher and author, Caroline Cory. -- Her films E.T. Contact: They are Here (2017), Among Us (2019) and Superhuman: The Invisible Made Visible (2020) have become staples in the field of consciousness... Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop with Papi Fimbres

Airs at: Wed, 05/26/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Talk Bus Stop
Art Talk Bus Stop is a monthly, youth-centered podcast about how artists do their work and make a living. This month we interviewed the prolific Portland-based musician Papi Fimbres, who talked with us about growing up in LA, cultural references and inspriation from Mexico... Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop with Papi Fimbres

Airs at: Wed, 05/26/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Talk Bus Stop
Art Talk Bus Stop is a monthly, youth-centered podcast about how artists do their work and make a living. This month we interviewed the prolific Portland-based musician Papi Fimbres, who talked with us about growing up in LA, cultural references and inspriation from Mexico... Read more