Fall Membership Drive 2016

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


We are bringing you all kinds of special programs and trying to raise $120,000 from September 9th - September 24th, 2016.

CALL 877-500-5266 (KBOO) during the drive.

DONATE NOW AND #SUPPORTKBOO !

Check out the thank you gifts available for members.

Special programs coming up during the drive:

Bizarre State of Politics Today

Airs at: Tue, 09/20/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for:  The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

  Joe Uris hosts a discussion of the importance of community radio in this bizarre political time.Read more


David Daley – Gerrymandering: Tilting Elections

Airs at: Tue, 09/20/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for:  Alternative Radio

  Gerrymandering. The word was coined after the redrawing of election districts by Governor Gerry in Massachusetts in 1812. He signed a bill that benefited his party. One of the contorted districts in the Boston area was said to resemble the shape of a salamander. How does...Read more


Fall 1-hour Special

Airs at: Tue, 09/20/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for:  Stage and Studio

Dmae presents a fall membership drive one-hour edition of Stage & Studio. First up we feature with Alexis Tidwell (Crystal), Johari Nandi Mackey (Chiffon) and Ebony Blake (Ronnette) who make up the dynamic trio chorus in Little Shop of Horrors  at Portland Center Stage.  We...Read more


Journalist David Daley on "Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy"

Airs at: Wed, 09/21/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for:  Political Perspectives

Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher speaks with David Daley, the former editor-in-chief of Salon and the author of "Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy," the explosive account of how Republican legislators and political operatives fund...Read more


KBOO presents a membership drive special: COLTRANE NIGHT! our annual all-night marathon honoring the birthday of JOHN COLTRANE

Airs at: Fri, 09/23/2016 at 9:00pm - Sat, 09/24/2016 at Sat, 09/24/2016

Produced for:  The Outside World

  JOHN WILLIAM COLTRANE (September 23, 1926 - July 17, 1967) led over 50 recording sessions in his career, leaving a body of work that reveals a relentless search for depth and personal passion through his tenor and soprano saxophone. 

 

Past specials from the 2016 Fall membership drive (archived on the KBOO website):

The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Summer is still with us and it's another big show. Bre Gregg and Mary Kadderly will join us in studio to discuss their upcoming "Trifecta Show" with Lisa Mann on Sept. 19th at Lake Theater. Just Jess will interview Mike and Roger Fisher (formerly of Heart) about their show ...Read more


Bethlehem Construction Workers on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for:  Labor Radio

Latino workers at Bethlehem Construction in Central Washington walked off the job August 11 after suffering racist abuse and lack of basic working conditions such as water, toilets, tools, and training, not to mention wages and benefits.  Jamie Partridge interviews three st...Read more


Building a Movement Inside & Outside: Reflections on September 9th

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for:  Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli will interview national, local and regional organizers from groups like Black Lives Matters, Anarchist Black Cross and the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee about organizing for the September 9, 2016 call for a national prisoner strike. Organizers wi...Read more


Talking Earth with John Dooley

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for:  Talking Earth

Talking Earth will feature Portland poet and freelance journalist John Dooley. He has toured in the poetry performance groups PRICK, Hydropods, and Like We’re Happy, and is a three-time National Poetry Slam alum (Portland). He has written for Salon.com, Portland Mercury, Co...Read more


Gremlin Time presents Katherine Dunn reading Cornell Woolrich

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/20/2016 at Tue, 09/20/2016

Produced for:  Gremlin Time

We continue to present more stories read by Katherine Dunn, who passed away last Spring. Tonight, a New York Subway guard unexpectedly. finds himself part of a city wide manhunt in a short story called "The Phantom of the Subway", written by the master of suspence, Cornell ...Read more


David Downs on "The Medical Marijuana Guidebook—America’s First How-To Guide for Patients and Caregivers"

medical-marijuana-guidebook-coverHosted by: 

Doug McVay

Produced by: 

KBOO

Air date: 

Mon, 09/19/2016 -

11:00am to 12:00pm

David Downs on "The Medical Marijuana Guidebook—America’s First How-To Guide for Patients and Caregivers"

- See more at: http://kboo.fm/media/52380-david-downs-medical-marijuana-guidebook-ameri...


The Poverty Industry The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for:  More Talk Radio

  Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Daniel Hatcher, Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore, about his book The Poverty Industry The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens. Government aid doesn’t always go where it’s supposed to. 

 

 

 

 


Our Renewable Future Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for:  Locus Focus

What will society look like when we rely solely on renewable energy? What will it take to realize this transformation? On this episode of Locus Focus we continue last month's discussion with Richard Heinberg, author of Our Renewable Future, about the challenges facing us.


Gaining Ground: An Interview with Barbara Bernstein and Elaine Velazquez

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for:  Healthwatch

GAINING GROUND, a feature-length documentary film by Elaine Velazquez and Barbara Bernstein, tells personal stories of farmers making extraordinary changes in their farming practices to feed their local communities sustainably grown produce and grains.

 

 

 


Steven Hill on "Expand Social Security Now! How to Ensure Americans Get the Retirement They Deserve"

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for:  Radiozine

  Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Steven Hill about his new book "Expand Social Security Now! How to Ensure Americans Get the Retirement They Deserve." He exposes the six biggest myths and lies about Social Security. 

 

 

 


John Zorn

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for:  A Different Nature

John Zorn (b. 1953) American composer, arranger, producer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, klezmer, and soundtrack.

 

 


Ari Rabin Havt – Liars, Lying & Politics

Airs at: Tue, 09/13/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for:  Alternative Radio

  Ari Rabin-Havt is host of The Agenda, a national radio show on SiriusXM. His articles appear in USA Today, The New Republic, The Nation, Salon, and The American Prospect. He co-authored The Fox Effect: How Roger Ailes Turned a Network into a Propaganda Machine.

 

 


WITNESS TO THE REVOLUTION: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul

Airs at: Wed, 09/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for:  Political Perspectives

  Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Clara Bingham about her book WITNESS TO THE REVOLUTION: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year American Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul, a riveting oral history of American society in the turbulent years of 1969-1970.

 

 

 

 


Investigative Reporter Greg Palast on the Upcoming Election

Airs at: Thu, 09/15/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for:  Voices from the Edge

  It wouldn't be the KBOO Membership Drive without Greg Palast. He joins host Jo Ann Hardesty for a rousing discussion of current election protection issues including current efforts to purge millions from the voter rolls. And of course he'll be urging you to support KBOO

 

 


Marrow Island by Alexis Smith

Airs at: Thu, 09/15/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for:  Between the Covers

  "Conjuring a lush and mysterious landscape, Marrow Island investigates the impact of the losses of the past--be they loved ones, failed quests, or the environmental calamities brought on by our collective blindness."

 

 

 

 


Fri, 09/09/2016 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm: The Digital Divide with Cyber Punk Author and Musician John Shirley Live in Studio

Produced for:  The Digital Divide

On this special edition of The Digital Divide, we welcome cyber punk author and former Sado Nation John Shirley into the studio for a live interview with special guest co-host Randal Irwin. We are offering 3 one of a kind rare and collectible signed author/editor proofs

 

 

 

 

Fri, 09/09/2016 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm: Labor Music Special  

Produced for:  Movin' On

Anyone who is familiar with the struggles of Labor, knows that song is an integral part of the battle. On Movin' On, Friday, September 9th, 12 noon to 1:30pm, host Don Jacobson will be presenting music for and about the Labor Movement featuring a CD set of Joan Baez that can be yours as a thank you gift.

We are bringing you all kinds of special programs and trying to raise $120,000 from April 20th to May 3rd. Our theme for the drive is "Bringing Truth to Light".

CALL 877-500-5266 (KBOO)

DONATE NOW AND #SUPPORTKBOO !

 

Check out the thank you gifts available for members.

Special programs during the drive:

- See more at: http://kboo.fm/spring2016#sthash.I5ZrCSRJ.dpuf