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News In Depth on 06/13/16

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2016 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

Over 1,000 indigenous women are missing in the United States. The Yakima nation in Washington has 39 unsolved murders of women alone. KBOO News spoke with Deborah Shipman from Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women USA for an in-depth interview to learn more. Read more

Only in America: Violence from Stanford to Orlando

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel comments on America's culture of violence, and in particular how it led to the Stanford Rape case of Brock Turner and the recent mass shooting in an Orlando Florida gay nightclub: I had been planning to talk about the Stanford rape case—you know, the one i... Read more

Animator Kathy Zielinski - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

In this extended version of our interview with pioneering artist and filmmaker Kathy Zielinski, we talk more about her experiences riding the technological waves from hand-drawn 2-D feature films to computer-generated imagery, the importance of pose and expression in bot... Read more

Girls Build LIVE on KBOO Evening News

Airs at: Wed, 06/08/2016 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News

Girls Build is a non-profit organization dedicated to putting tools in the hands of girls, and letting them explore the world of building and fixing. Director Katie Hughes joined us in Studio 2 to talk about their upcoming summer camp for teenage girls, aimed at diversifyi... Read more

Angelica Pray~A Song for My Brother

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Mindi Griffiths interviews Angelica Pray, a singer/songwriter from Portland, Oregon, whose unique style is described as “musique for self-governed gelfling-gangster hybrids”. She is also a non-violent communications teacher with Oregon Prison Project at Coffee Creek Correct... Read more

City of Women

Airs at: Fri, 06/10/2016 at 3:00am - 5:30am

Produced for: City of Women

Friday June 10, 2016 City of Women will be focusing on work. A man works from sun to sun but a women's work is never done. Read more

Revisiting Rape Culture

Airs at: Fri, 06/10/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Join ani and lyn as they look at rape culture through the lens of the recent Brock Turner sentencing. Turner received a 6 month sentence in the county jail after being found guilty of three counts of felony sexual assault. In the sentencing, Judge Persky said "I think he w... Read more

Animator Kathy Zielinski

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Kathy Zielinski is a pioneering artist and filmmaker who's been called "The Queen of Animated Villains" for helping bring to life such characters as Ursula the Sea Witch in The Little Mermaid and Jafar in Aladdin. Wbile visiting Portland for an ASIFA event, she sat down... Read more

Domestic Workers Protest, Activists Protest a Racist Textbook, and Cartoonist Lalo Alcala on his Work

Airs at: Fri, 06/03/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: Domestic workers arrested in Sacramento, protesting for safer working conditions, Latino and Chicano activists speak out against a new racist textbook in Texas. And we'll feature an extended interview with celebrated Latino cartoonist and satirist, ... Read more

Margaret Ellen Tolbert: Resilience in the Face of Adversity

Airs at: Thu, 06/02/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Before Margaret Ellen Tolbert, Ph.D., broke multiple racial barriers in the field of science, she first had to pull herself out of poverty. In her new book, “Resilience in the Face of Adversity,” she discusses her journey as an orphan in segregated Virginia to becoming the ... Read more