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

Paris Commune

Airs at: Mon, 04/12/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
For today’s episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune. In this first of a series, he explores what the Commune stood for, how it differed from the earlier French Revolution, and how it inspired anarchists and Ma... Read more

Philip Roth: The Biography by Blake Bailey

Airs at: Fri, 04/09/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Between the Covers
On this special edition of Between the Covers, we talk with Blake Bailey, author of the new book Philip Roth: The Biography, just out from W. W. Norton. Blake is a master of literary biography. In addition to the new book on Philip Roth, one of America’s greatest novelists... Read more

Legislation Impacting Incarcerated Mothers & their Children

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Family Preservation Project (FPP) helps connect incarcerated mothers with their children at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only women’s prison.  On March 2, 2021, FPP joined with Dream Corps Justice to convene Oregon's Day of Empathy. We’ll hear from women... Read more

The Gap: Following the Derek Chauvin Trial and Dating after COVID

Airs at: Fri, 04/02/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea start by discussing the first week of the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd in May of 2020, by kneeling on his neck for about 9 minutes. We talk about who has taken the st... Read more

Pajaritodj on 03-30-2021

Airs at: Tue, 03/30/2021 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Pajaritodj presenta a Sara Curruchich Cúmez cantautora Guatemalteca. Curruchich,  es de origen maya Kaqchikel, activista en defensa de los derechos de las mujeres y los pueblos indígenas. Toca la guitarra y la marimba. Las músicas que escuchamos fueron: - Matyox K'aslem ... Read more

Buscando America on 03/30/21

Airs at: Tue, 03/30/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa hablamos sobre productos alternativos femeninos y platicamos con Obeja Negra integrante de Batallones Femeninos, promotora cultural y miembra de la Ecored Feminista LechuzaBuza. También ampliamos la información con Copa Menstrual México y  Hozeila nos compa... Read more

Oregon Day of Empathy

Airs at: Wed, 03/31/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
The Family Preservation Project (FPP) helps connect incarcerated women with their children at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only women’s prison.  On March 2, 2021, FPP joined with Dream Corps Justice to convene Oregon's inaugural Day of Empathy. Oregon’s eve... Read more

Buscando America on 03/23/21

Airs at: Tue, 03/23/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa festejamos a la niñ@s con Vientos TV. Desde la Red por los Derechos de la Infancia en México escuchamos un informe con Juan Martín Pérez García, sobre la situación actual de  niñas, niños y adolescentes durante esta pandemia. Desde el desierto de Mojave en ... Read more