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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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"Two Corpses on a Barge" by George Simeon, read by Professor Kitty

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Gremlin Time
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Mon, 04/15/2013

A barge is found drifting into a lock along a French canal, on board are discovered two corpses, a man and a woman, both hung. Inspite of an arrested suspect, the case resists resolution. Chief Inspector Magriet is called in from Paris to look for the solution. The inspector locates the local cafe, which proves to be the heart of the canal community, and settles in to drink some local wine, listen to everyone's story of events, observe the flow of life along the canels, order some more wine, and figures out the truth. This classic detective story is read by Professor Kitty, and hosted by Fortunato.

28:49 minutes (26.39 MB)
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Social Security: The People's Pension

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Old Mole Variety Hour
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Mon, 04/15/2013

Social Security, the life line of support for millions, is under attack these days, even from Democrats.  Eric Laursen is the author of The People's Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan.  He talks here with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about why the Right Wing is so opposed to Social Security -- and has been against it since the days of the New Deal.  

18:46 minutes (10.74 MB)
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Left & The Law: Prisons, Politics, Money

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Old Mole Variety Hour
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Mon, 04/15/2013

A recent article in Willamette Week praises the Oregon prison system, claiming the system is one of the best in the nation.  Attorney Mike Snedeker debunks this claim as part of the lobbying effort of the prison-industrial complex to keep prisons funded in the face of declining crime rates.  He talks here with the Old Mole's Jan Haaken.  

11:18 minutes (6.47 MB)
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Well-read Red: Lessons from Chris Hani

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Old Mole Variety Hour
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Mon, 04/15/2013

Well-read Red Alan Wieder introduces and reads from Jay Naidoo's article about South African anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani.  After helping win the battle against apartheid, Hani called for a "culture of service."   

8:13 minutes (4.71 MB)
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Movie Moles: "42"

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Old Mole Variety Hour
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Mon, 04/15/2013

"42" is the number Jackie Robinson wore playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African-American major league baseball player.  And it's the name of the biopic movie now playing.  Our Movie Moles Denise Morris and Jan Haaken discuss what the film reveals and doesn't reveal about the racism of the day (1947).  Their thumbs are up for this one.  

11:27 minutes (6.55 MB)
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Education Fightback - Contract Campaigns that Win (Troublemakers School workshop)

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Labor Radio
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Sat, 04/13/2013

Union teachers from Chicago, Reynolds and Portland school districts explain how to wage a contract battle that involves teachers, parents, classified, students and the community and winning.  Beginning with Sarah Chambers, a leader in the successful 2012 Chicago Teachers Union strike, followed by Evan Selby, Emily Crum, and Jesse Reschke, leaders of the Reynolds district 2012 strike, and ending with Gwen Sullivan, president of the Portland Association of Teachers, who may face a strike this fall.

54:16 minutes (74.52 MB)
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Beyond Bargaining: How Unions Can Fight for All Workers (Troublemakers School plenary)

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Labor Radio
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Sat, 04/13/2013

Stephanie Luce, author of Fighting for a Living Wage, Joe Mizrahi, UFCW organizer in Seattle Paid Sick Days Campaign, Sarah Chambers, Chicago Teachers Union leader, Sindy Avila, HERE 8 organizer of immigrants, and Angela MacWhinnie of SEIU's We Are Oregon community organizing project speak at Labor Notes Troublemakers School plenary on April 13, 2013

64:40 minutes (88.8 MB)
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New Directions for Labor (PDX Troublemakers School)

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Labor Radio
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Sat, 04/13/2013

Mark Brenner, director of Labor Notes, a national organizing center and sponsor of Troublemakers' Schools throughout the country, speaks to the 200+ labor activists at Portland's TMS on April 13, 2013

17:06 minutes (23.49 MB)
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Zoo on the BOO an interviewooo with the Seamstress of Sound

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Active Listening
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Thu, 04/11/2013

Osmosis Muldrew Zoo album dropped and he's in the studio with the Seamstress discussing the album and being backed by his crew.* Yes there were probably 10 dudes in the studio that night. Enjoy some up and coming local talent!

 

 

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29:57 minutes (27.42 MB)
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New Media Restrictions on Bradley Manning Trial

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Evening News
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Thu, 04/11/2013

US military spokespeople announced today new restrictions on media coverage of the pretrial of army whistleblower Bradley Manning, in proceedings several reporters have called more restrictive than Guantanamo Bay military tribunals.

Language used during the announcement was perceived by some as threatening.

Manning is being charged by the military for his involvement with massive leaks of Afghan and Iraqi war reports, US diplomatic cables, and other classified videos and records to the transparency website Wikileaks.

KBOO reporter Jenn Chavez spoke with Nathan Fuller of the Bradley Manning Support Network for more information on the new rules.

4:32 minutes (4.15 MB)
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