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The Story-Telling of Walter Mosely

Airs at: Mon, 03/29/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Although now nearly a month late for Black history month,  Book Mole Larry Bowlden honors the social commentary and  story-telling of Walter Mosley. Mosley shows clearly how a novelist can be more honest and direct in exposing racism providing scathing social commentary ... Read more

Katal Turns Five

Airs at: Wed, 03/31/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice turns five this year. To celebrate, they’ve begun hosting a series of public dialogues about the broad themes that drive their work: equity, health, and justice. The first of those dialogues was held March 29. On this edition... Read more

Bonus Episode: It Did Happen Here at the Oregon Historical Society

Airs at: Fri, 03/19/2021 at 7:00pm - 7:15pm
Produced for:  It Did Happen Here
It Did Happen Here: Histories of Fighting White Supremacists was recorded on February 25, 2021. This was a panel discussion with one of the podcast participants China,  Producers Celina Flores, Mic Crenshaw, and Erin Yanke, and moderated by Eliza Canty-Jones. The event was ... Read more

Renee Watson discusses "Love is a Revolution"

Airs at: Thu, 03/04/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
When Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani's birthday, she finds herself falling in instant love with Tye Brown, the MC. He's perfect, except . . . Tye is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for... Read more

Black (METALHEAD) Lives Matter!

Airs at: Thu, 02/25/2021 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  The Metal Margin
Join me on 2/25 for a Black musicians special during Black History Month! All bands are entirely or partly comprised of people of color, either on the mic or off.  Read more

Decolonizing Drug Policies

Airs at: Wed, 02/17/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Decolonizing Drug Policies. The New School recently held a fascinating web conference entitled "Decolonizing Drug Policy: Perspectives From the Americas and Asia." As they noted in the program: "Like healthcare, housing, and criminal j... Read more

OJRC Legislative Agenda

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Zach Winston, Policy Director with Oregon Justice Resource Center, an organization that promotes civil rights and improves legal representation for underserved communities.  Zach Winston discusses OJRC’s priorities for the 2021 Oregon legislative ses... Read more

The Black Panther Party

Airs at: Thu, 02/11/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Writer David F Walker is known for his work on such comics titles as Shaft, Luke Cage, and Power Man & Iron Fist.  In Portland, he covered the film scene for Willamette Week as well as his self-published blaxploitation zine BadAzzMoFo, and curated the Longbaugh Film Fest... Read more

Myrlie Evers-Williams | Civil Rights Icon

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2021 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
In 2010, I had the honor and privilege to bring Myrlie Evers-Williams into the studio for an interview. She is the widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.  Medgar Evers was murdered in front of his family in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1963.   I had originally met My... Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: February 2006 conversation with Dr Manning Marable

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Black Book Talk welcomed Dr Manning Marable, author of Living Black History:  How Reimagining the African- American Past Can Remake America's Racial Future.  The founding director of Columbia University's Institute for Research in African-American Studies and author of 19 b... Read more