Faith/Religion/Spirituality

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Heart Berries

Airs at: Thu, 02/22/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman’s coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of Post Traumatic ... Read more

Kalista Lacie Kilpriest

Airs at: Fri, 02/16/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Kalista Lacie Kilpriest comes into the KBOO studios to tell her story, and takes us through the twists and turns of her life starting with her adoption from the Southern Americas into Portland, Oregon. The process she describes reveals direct connections between our communi... Read more

And The New Drug Czar Nominee Is ....

Airs at: Sun, 02/11/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The White House has chosen a new drug czar; Oregon legislators are working to set up mental health checkups for all law enforcement officers in that state; and we hear more about the state of civil rights in the United States. Read more

Vision Action Network of Washington County

Airs at: Fri, 02/09/2018 at 9:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  On the next Beloved Community, John Shuck speaks with Glenn Montogomery. He is the executive director of  Vision Action Network.  The mission of Vision Action Network is "to engage stakeholders across sectors to collaboratively address critical issues in Washington Count... Read more

Poor People's Campaign Brings Call for Morality and Justice to Salem

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This coming Monday, February 5th, a number of Oregonians will deliver a letter to the state capitol in Salem, as part of the nationwide Poor People’s Campaign. The campaign describes itself as "A National Call for Moral Revival," and is inspired by, though far from an exact... Read more

Matter and Desire

Airs at: Mon, 02/05/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Andreas Weber is a Berlin-based philosopher, biologist, and writer. He holds degrees in marine biology and cultural studies. He proposes the development of a “poetic ecology” which intimately attaches our species to every being and underpins the entire range of human exp... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 01/28/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz interviews internationally renowned klezmer fiddler Alicia Svigals about Beregovsky Suite, the first solo recording she's released in 20 years. This album, a collaborative project with Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Uli Geissendoerfer, brings to life long-l... Read more

Jesus in the White House: Make Humanity Great Again

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  White born-again or evangelical Christians and white Catholics strongly supported Donald Trump for president. To what extent does this vote represent Christian values? What would happen if Jesus were in the White House? What would be our priorities as a nation if the val... Read more

Psychedelic Medicine: The Healing Powers of LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  California has legalized recreational use of marijuana. The law went into effect January 1st, 2018. Meanwhile, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recently stated that he is rescinding the Cole Memo which had protected states from federal interference regarding cannabis l... Read more

It Came from Beyond Zen

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Brad Warner is a Soto Zen priest. He also plays bass for the punk band, Zero Defex. And he plays a zen priest named Brad in the important film, Zombie Bounty Hunter, M.D. He also has a curious interest in the 13th century Japanese Zen Master, Dogen. He is in the process ... Read more