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Unions After JANUS: learning from Wisconsin teachers

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Bob Peterson, who taught 5th grade for 30  years in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bob led the teachers union to increased militancy and collective action after the rabidly conservative Wisconsin legislature enacted set of union busting laws that included for... Read more

A People's History of the United States: Howard Zinn

Airs at: Tue, 07/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  "You wanna read a real history book?" Matt Damon asks Robin Williams in the movie Good Will Hunting. "Read Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States. That book'll knock you on your ass." It'll do that and more. Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United Sta... Read more

Science Fiction in the Nuclear Age

Airs at: Thu, 06/28/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Film Show
  We welcome Oregon State University professor Elliot Lavine back to the KBOO studios to preview his new course at Cinema 21 on classic 1950's science fiction films and their intersection with Cold War politics. We're also joined by Portland filmmakers Maria Allred and Dam... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 25, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
    Denise Morris hosts this episode of The Old Mole which includes: Trump and Global Trade: In a 2 part interview, Bill Resnick talks with Economist Jack Rasmus about Trump's trade theatrics, it's stated and real goals, and how the overall Trump program could crash and... Read more

NEW EPISODE Threshold Shift June 30th

Produced for Threshold Shift
  Threshold Shift will be airing it's next episode starting late night on Friday, June 29th and leading into the morning of Saturday, June 30th. It will be a very special re-broadcast of segments from A Different Nature's 2004 Earth Day twelve-hour special. This kicks off ... Read more

A Different Nature

Airs at: Sat, 06/30/2018 at 12:00am - 6:00am
Produced for Threshold Shift
Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift. I am your host, Nicole Martin, and tonight's show is an 50th anniversary card to KBOO. It is also in memory of Mr. Richard Francis, the founder of KBOO's A Different Nature still being curated and broadcast by the Different Nature ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 18, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Thom Becker is our host and presents the following pieces: 1. Korea scholar Martin Hart-Landsberg discusses the Trump - Kim Jong Un summit with Laurie Mercier 2. The Left & the Law team take up the legal challenge to the policy of taking children away from immigrant famili... Read more

Teachers on Strike Across the Nation

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
The Old Mole’s Bill Resnick talks with Joel Jordan, a long time high school teacher in Los Angeles who is also a writer, activist, organizer, and a leader in the radical caucus that managed to gain power in the Los Angeles Teachers Union. They discuss the recent rising of t... Read more

Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities

Airs at: Wed, 06/13/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  Today, a special one-hour interview with MIT professor of history, Craig S. Wilder. We discuss his book, "Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities." Professor Wilder reveals the all to hidden relationship between some of the countr... Read more

Bright Spark #2: Operationalizing Harm Reduction.

Airs at: Wed, 05/16/2018 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Produced for Bright Spark
In this episode we interview Erin Haas, a long time volunteer and advocate for harm reduction services and drug users. For the last few years Erin has been the assistant director in the office of Overdose Prevention at the Maryland Department of Health. We asked Erin to tal... Read more