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KBOO community radio has been bringing diverse communities together for forty years. We offer over twenty hours per day of programs that are produced locally by volunteer community members. This is critical for having local voices on the airwaves at a time when media ownership is consolidating and the remaining local entities turn to syndicated programs. Furthermore we offer genuine diversity. In a city that is over three-quarters white, we offer programming by and for Asian, African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and those from many other backgrounds. We put youth (with a part-time youth coordinator assisting), veterans, and the disabled on the air. And we bring these communities together on and off the air!

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C&B 10

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The Melting Pot

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Mon, 01/28/2013

This week on The Melting Pot we touch base with a Benefit that has been going on for a decade called "COVERS and BLANKETS 10" Well hear from the founder Christian Parkinson about its inception, evolution and what you can do now and throughout the year. Stay up to date with free downloads new releases and interviews at TheMeltingPot or KBOO.fm/themeltingpot and tune in every Tuesday 8-10pm for a fesh mix.

19:33 minutes (17.91 MB)

Sudden Radio Project - January 2013

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Sudden Radio Project

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Mon, 01/28/2013

Set sail on the dozenth year of the USSRP...

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Near The Captain's Table (1:45)

Oldtown Massacre (15:45)

The Perfect Vacation (26:40)

Falling In (38:10)

Kill The Writer (44:30)

55:15 minutes (18.97 MB)

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Danny Glover Statement of Support for the Injured Colombian GM Workers of ASOTRECOL

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Labor

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Labor Radio

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Mon, 01/28/2013

Danny Glover reads his statement of support for ASOTRECOL.

0:49 minutes (772.1 KB)

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John Farrell on Local Energy Self Reliance with Bill Resnick

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Mon, 01/28/2013

Bill Resnick talks with John Farrell of the Institute for Local Self Reliance about local control of energy, the value of democratic control and participatory society, and how the economics of energy has changed in recent years to make this more feasible as well, especially given the increasing costs of transporting energy long distances. They note that Boulder, CO in 2011 voted to form a municipal utility and Minneapolis, MN is currently considering the same possibility, and they consider a variety of programs for clean contracts or feed-in tariffs.

18:22 minutes (8.41 MB)

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Well-Read Red: What's Wrong with America?

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Mon, 01/28/2013

Tom Becker reads from Dave Lindorff's article "What's wrong with America?: The real enemy is growth."

7:07 minutes (3.26 MB)

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The Left and the Law: Mohamed Mohamud and the FBI's manufacturing of terrorism

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Mon, 01/28/2013

Psychologist and Mole Jan Haaken and attorney Mike Snedeker discuss the case of Mohamed Mohamud. They consider the legal meanings of entrapment and the history of government use of entrapment in child pornography cases in the 1980s. Despite the wide public recognition of the extraordinary manipulation and pressure placed on the defendant by the FBI, the government typically wins such cases. Arguably, of the 150 recent prosecutions for terrorism charges, only three were pre-existing terrorist cells; most of the cases involved "equipment malfunction" as seen in the Mohamud case. Mike suggests that this manufacturing of cases serves to maintain the budget of the FBI rather than to keep America safe.

15:25 minutes (7.06 MB)

Garfield HS Boycott of MAP standardized test

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Mon, 01/28/2013

Alan Wieder discusses the boycott of a standardized test by the teachers at Garfield HS in Seattle. He points out the many problems with standardized tests and the ways they are (mis)used, and notes the widespread and increasing support for the boycott.

10:21 minutes (4.74 MB)

Old Mole Variety Hour January 28, 2013

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Mon, 01/28/2013

Tom Becker hosts this episode featuring the music of the late Portland bluesman Paul deLay and segments on possibilites for local and democratic control of sustainable energy sources, the mistake of valuing economic "growth," the role of entrapment in the government's war on terrorism, and the brave solidarity of Seattle teachers boycotting standardized testing.

You can contact the moles at oldmolevarietyhour < at > gmail.com, follow us on Facebook, and find out more about the show on our main page.

54:02 minutes (24.74 MB)

Rally Against Racist School Closures (raw audio)

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Education

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Labor Radio

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Sat, 01/26/2013

48 minute recording of Jan. 26th rally, sponsored by Social Equality Educators, in front of Jefferson High School, protesting the proposed closure of Vernon, Woodlawn or Ockley Green school, all of which have a majority of Black and Brown students.

48:18 minutes (66.34 MB)

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Housing Justice Victory after Sheriff's Office Sit-in (raw audio)

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Housing/Homelessness

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Labor Radio

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Fri, 01/25/2013

Following a 20 hour sit-in at the Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton's office, the Sheriff and County Chair Jeff Cogan agreed to a "path" to a moratorium on evictions due to foreclosure, working with judges to slow the process and monitoring of the use of force. The sit-in followed the 5 am eviction last week of the Debbie Austin family by a dozen sheriff deputies and police, despite the fact that the Fannie Mae had carried forward a wrongful foreclosure.