Education

24sd_1678x281.png

KBOO is open to the public! To visit the station, contact your staff person or call 503-231-8032.


Old Mole Variety Hour 3 March 2014

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear about recent events in Venezuela, a 2009 documentary about pharmeceutical profits and female sexual dissatisfaction, a discussion of the meanings of work beyond waged labor, and an upcoming performance about young women negotiating... Read more

Mom Baby God

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Madeline Burrows about her one-woman performance coming to Portland March 5 & 6. The product of two years of immersive research, MOM BABY GOD follows Jessica Beth Giffords, a peppy, Justin Bieber-obsessed 15-year-old and zealous anti-abortion video blo... Read more

Movie Moles on Orgasm, Inc

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris and Frann Michel discuss the 2009 documentary Orgasm, Inc, on attempts to medicalize women's sexuality. The film is available at the Multnomah County Library. More information here. Read more

PSU Students Walk Out of Classes to Support AAUP Teachers Rally

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
          The teachers at Portland State University face a possible strike by early April, after declaring impasse in their negotiations with the university administration last week.            Thursday Feb. 27, over 600 P.S.U. students walked out of their classes to suppor... Read more

Orgasm, Inc., and more resources

For the Old Mole Variety Hour 3 March 2014;    reviewed with Denise Morris Orgasm, Inc. movie A New View Campaign (Leonore Tiefer; Challenging the Medicalization of Sex) The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm (1970 classic by Anne Koedt) The Vibrator Museum Our Bodies... Read more

KBOO Youth Collective: Interview with Democracy Cup

Airs at: Wed, 02/26/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
S INCE 2008 Oregonians have had the opportunity to preregister to vote at age 17. The sooner young people become engaged as voters, the more likely they are to vote the rest of their lives, not to mention become active and engaged members of their community. Democracy Cup br... Read more

PSU Student Union members interviewed about impending PSU teacher strike

Airs at: Wed, 02/26/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
PSU Student Union members interviewed about the possibility of the PSU professors strike, and the walkout to support faculty Thursday Feb 27th. Read more

Portland Student Union activist, Kate Barnes, on PPS/PAT struggle

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill talks with Kate Barnes, a student at Cleveland High School and activist with the Portland Student Union. They talk about what's ailing Portland's schools from the student perspective (something the mainstream media does not cover) and how they are struggling alongside ... Read more

Elizabeth Thiel, PPS Teacher and Parent, on PAT/PPS contract struggle

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Elizabeth Thiel, a Portland Public School teacher and parent, about recent contract struggles. They talk about why they wanted to go on strike. She says teachers want to maintain and increase their ability to their job well. This means smaller classe... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 24 2014

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole and we hear a double report from Portland Public School teachers and student activists, a review of the fiction of Anita Brookner, as well as a discussion about the politics of Pete Seeger and his music. Bill Resnick talks with Elizabe... Read more