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Voices from the Edge on 04/29/10

Clergy Abuse: Can we hold the abusers accountable and heal the community?   Revelations earlier this month implicating Pope Benedict XVI in cover-ups of clergy abuse in Europe are just the latest developments in an issue that is rocking religious institutions to their fou... Read more

International Day Women's Poetry Piece

Airs at: Mon, 03/08/2010 at 12:00am
Spoken word and music through the ages and from the ageless. Read more

Kiana Karimi and Rees Erlich on Iranian Activism

Airs at: Fri, 01/08/2010 at 12:00am
Two talks:  Kiana Karimi and Rees Erlich.  Kiana Karimi is a women's rights activist and a member of One Million Signatures Campaign, a peaceful grassroots movement for gender equality that has sprung from the efforts of Iranian women inside Iran. The Campaign officially la... Read more

No Regrets; Poems on abortion by Judith Arcana

Airs at: Mon, 03/08/2010 at 12:00am
Judith Arcana, local writer, poet and long time activist in support of a woman's right to choose,  read her poems  as part of Kboo's 2010 International Women's Day programming. They were used to inspire discussion for the am call in talk show, No Regrets; Women On Abortion. Read more

Voices from the Edge on 4-22-2010

Airs at: Thu, 04/22/2010 at 12:00am
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A Local Look at Environmental Justice On Earth Day, much attention will be paid to the long struggle to protect and preserve our ancient forests, wild salmon and pristine coastline. Less notice will be given to the fact that Oregon's least empowered communities are a... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04-15-10

Airs at: Thu, 04/15/2010 at 12:00am
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Near-Deadly Error: An interview with exonerated death row inmate Juan Melendez-Colon It is hard to imagine spending over 17 years on death row for a crime you did not commit. Juan Melendez-Colon did just that following his 1984 conviction and sentencing to death in the k... Read more

IACP Special: New York Times Food Writer Kim Severson and Peace-Making Lebanese Chef Kamal Mouzawak

Airs at: Wed, 04/21/2010 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Food Show
One thousand food pros descend on Stumptown this week for the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) annual conference. Conference chair Ken Rubin and IACP President Scott Givot fill us in on this "Who's Who" of gourmet events. Then two stellar IACP att... Read more

April 19 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Tue, 04/20/2010 at 12:00am
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 Special guest Bill McKibben talks with Bill Resnick about how we are going to have to live on this rapidly changing planet.  Tom Becker,  host for today's show, reads an op-ed urging an end to the war on marijuana.  And our Movie Moles take on the controversial Swedish fil... Read more

LGBTQ Health Survey Results, ENDA Lobbying & All About Testosterone

Airs at: Tue, 04/20/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Gender Blender
On the April 20th episode of Gender Blender co-host Jacob Anderson-Minshall speaks with the Multnomah County Health Department representatives about the results of the 2009 LGBTQ Speak Out survey.  The health survey gathered data from 843 respondends in the Portland metropo... Read more

Movie Moles: "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Our Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Wendy Webb discuss the sexual politics of the new Swedish film Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.  The film deals with sexual violence, revenge, and the decadence of upper-class Swedish society.   Read more