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APA Compass: Kushlani's May PopWatch

Airs at: Fri, 05/03/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
In this month's PopWatch segment, Kushlani takes on racism in a recent Chevy ad and discusses the latest news about Lela Lee's Angry Little Girls comic strip and Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin. Post-show edit from Kushlani: Someone just asked me why "ching chong" an... Read more

APA Compass: Comedian Jenny Yang

Airs at: Fri, 05/03/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Writer and comedian Jenny Yang’s live performances draw from her experiences as an immig­rant, Asian American and recov­ering overa­chiever. Jenny co-founded the first-ever all female, Asian American standup comedy tour, Dis/orient/ed Comedy, which highlights the powerful a... Read more

Linda Ueki Absher's Angry APA Minute "Hapa For Hire"

Airs at: Fri, 04/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Linda Ueki Absher sounds off in her Angry APA Minute, "Hapa For Hire".Produced by Andrew Yeh Read more

Ann Wetherell and the "Flying Tigers: Chinese American Aviators in Oregon, 1918-1945"

Airs at: Fri, 04/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Professor Ann Wetherell tells us why Portland had an unusually large number of Chinese-American pilots in the early 1900s. Professor Wetherell is the curator of “Flying Tigers: Chinese American Aviators in Oregon, 1918-1945″.Interviewed and produced by Andrew Yeh. Read more

Students Of Color Disciplined More Harshly Than White Students In PPS

Airs at: Wed, 04/03/2013 at 12:00am
The Portland Public School District presented data at Monday's School Board Meeting that students of color are more likely to be disciplined, and disciplined more harshly than white students. Strikingly, African American students were 4.1 times more likely to be suspended o... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 25 March 2013

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts and talks with Radical Musicologist Brad Duncan about Black Power and Soul music; Bill Resnick talks with media analyst Robert McChesney about the dangers corporate internet monopolies pose for democracy; and movie moles Denise Morris and Frann Mic... Read more

Melanie Davis Interview

Airs at: Wed, 03/20/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Melanie Davis is the owner of the media company Brilliant Media.  Through it, she and her team of nearly 70 employees and staff nationwide operate Su Publico Ad Agency, El Hispanic News and Proud Queer Monthly.  Despite her youth, the road to magnate has been a long one, be... Read more

Roadmap to Apartheid Film Screening March 18, 2013 at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland

American United for Palestinian Human Rights, Friends of Sabeel, and KBOO Radio invite you to attend a screening of the award winning Documentary film Roadmap to Apartheid.Monday March 18th 7:30 pm at the Hollywood Theatre.In this award-winning documentary, the first-time d... Read more

Author Jonathan R. Miller discusses mystery thriller, Delivery

Airs at: Thu, 04/04/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Author Jonathan R. Miller writes literary fiction thrillers that include multicultural or biracial characters and themes.  His latest work,  Delivery, features a  biracial Somali man who is blinded while defending his daughter.  Ambojeem, the protagonist, settles in the rel... Read more

Author Clinton Galloway, "Anatomy of a Hustle: Cable Comes to South Central L.A"

Airs at: Thu, 05/02/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
HBO. CNN. BET.  These cable stations have revolutionized our television viewing experience and our culture as a whole. In 1979,  cable was still an emerging technology, but one that brothers  Clinton and Carl Galloway knew was worth pursuing.  The Galloway brothers, both y... Read more