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Lakayana Drury on Word is Bond

Airs at: Thu, 11/30/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
From their website: "Word is Bond empowers young Black men as they transition from boys into adulthood and find themselves navigating a world that provides very few answers to unlocking their highest selves." Find out more about Word is Bond online here.   Read more

Previewing Portland Youth Philharmonic's 100th Season Opening Concert with David Hattner and Nolan Tu

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2023 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
It’s fall here in Portland, traditionally the beginning of the holiday season, and this year we have even one more reason to celebrate. It’s the 100th birthday of Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest-running youth orchestra, and certainly the first to turn 100! D... Read more

Toni Fujiwara from Rose City Self Defense

Airs at: Thu, 10/26/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Rose City Self-Defense empowers girls, women and the LGBTQ+ community, with a focus on engaging communities of color, people with disabilities, folks with unstable housing, as well as safety for sex workers. ALL PROGRAMMING IS FREE!  To get involved go to their website, ht... Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop with Amirah Chatman

Airs at: Wed, 10/25/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Talk Bus Stop
Art Talk Bus Stop Produced by Erica Meryl Thomas ericamerylthomas.com @ericameryl Amirah Chatman Amirah Chatman is a Black Queer Artist based in Portland, Oregon. She is an interdisciplinary artist focused on fabricating abstractions of natural elements and weather phenome... Read more

Previewing the 2023 Portland Book Festival with Amanda Bullock

Airs at: Thu, 10/26/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Jonesy
As the temperatures drop here in Portland, the leaves turn color, and the rain starts falling, it’s a sure sign Autumn has arrived. A good time to pause the social media doom scrolling and sit down with a few books you’ve been wanting to read. It’s also a sure sign the Port... Read more

"That Vegan Showcase"

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  That Vegan Show
Come on down, to "That Vegan Showcase!" Believe it or not, "That Vegan Show" will celebrate two years on the air at KBOO in October. It is fitting to take a trip down memory lane and revisit five shows from my time at KBOO. Also in this episode, Vegan News related to the re... Read more

Ireland's Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use

Airs at: Wed, 09/06/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly On Drugs Use. The government of the Republic of Ireland established its Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use to “consider the legislative, policy and operational changes Ireland could make to significantly reduce the har... Read more

Portland Strike-Ready Teachers Solidarity Campaign

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2023 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Tiffany Koyama Lane and Matt Reed, rank-and-file leaders in the Portland Association of Teachers, lay out their working conditions, bargaining demands and teacher-parent-community strategies to win a transformative contract that benefits whole families and neighborhoods. Read more

Voices For The Animals: A Goat, A Girl, & An Alternative To 4-H

Airs at: Fri, 08/25/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
In April of this year, a 9-year-old girl in Northern California who was raising a 4-H goat named Cedar decided that she couldn't go through with giving up her friend to be killed, as the program demands. The fair board, which runs the 4-H program, decided that was unaccepta... Read more

Left and the Law: Held v. Montana

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Left and the Law: HELD V MONTANA: In Helena, Montana, Judge Kathy Seeley ruled on August 14th for the plaintiffs in Held v Montana, marking the first constitutional climate trial in US history. The case was filed in March 2020 by 16 young Montana residents, then aged two... Read more