The Gap

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Airs at: Fri, 04/26/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Hosted by: 
Althea Billings, Tammy Habteyes
Produced by: 
KBOO
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The Gap is talk radio aimed at bridging the generational divide. Your hosts Tammy and Althea are here to mind it, bridge it, fill it in. 

Zoomers, Boomers, Millenials and everything in between are welcome!

Tune in Fridays at 8 a.m. for current events, thoughtful criticism and plenty of goofs.

Get in contact with us! Email thegapradio@gmail.com, message us on Instagram @thegapradio, or send us a letter addressed to The Gap c/o KBOO, 20 SE 8th Ave, Portland, Or. 97214.

 

Topic tags: 
Activism, Movement for Racial Justice, African American, Arts/Culture, Government/Politics, Media, Women
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
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The Gap: Recall Wheeler Campaign and the Neutrality of Mess

Airs at: Fri, 06/18/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea speak with two organizers from Total Recall PDX, which is organizing a campaign to recall Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. Audrey Caines, the Campaign Manager, and Danny Cage, the Campaign Coordinator, join us to talk about the cam... Read more

The Gap is off this week!

Airs at: Fri, 06/11/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  Hey friends! The Gap is off this week, sorry to miss you! We will be back next week to bring you more interviews, commentary and conversation. Talk to you soon! Read more

The Gap: Blackfishing and Mercury Retrograde

Airs at: Fri, 06/04/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss the online phenomenon, Blackfishing. It refers to non-Black people and influencers using extreme tanning, photo editing and cultural appropration to appear Black, mixed race, or racially ambiguous on social media. Don'... Read more

The Gap: Oregon's Vaccine Lottery and Changing Mask Attitudes

Airs at: Fri, 05/28/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss the newly announced lottery for Oregonians who get their first vaccine dose before June 28th. Statewide, there's $1 million up for grabs and $10k in each county. Even folks under 18 have a drawing of their own, to win ... Read more

The Gap: A "labor shortage" as the pandemic winds down and redefining stability

Airs at: Fri, 05/21/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss the recent April 2021 jobs report, which showed far fewer new jobs gained last month than economists predicted. What does this mean? Well, it isn't that Americans are suddenly overwhelmingly lazy, and living high on th... Read more

The Gap: Census results, redistricting and good faith discussion

Airs at: Fri, 05/14/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea start by talking about some of the preliminary results of the 2020 Census. We talk about adding congressional representatives and the upcoming redistricting process. The Census data has something to tell us about demographic c... Read more

The Gap: Liberation in Practice with APANO and new terms for old ideas

Airs at: Fri, 05/07/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea speak with Bea Yeh Ogden, the Event & Community Space Manager for the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO) about their Liberation in Practice series this month. Ogden walks us through the development of the worksho... Read more

The Gap: Fixing Taillights with CNBSeen and Measuring our successes

Airs at: Fri, 04/30/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea speak with Don Merrill, the founder of CNBSeen, a non-profit that aims to address over policing of marginalized groups by offering free taillight replacements. Broken tail lights are a common cause of vehicle stops by police, ... Read more

The Gap: Digesting the Chauvin trial verdict and where we go from here

Airs at: Fri, 04/23/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea talk about the guilty verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. We digest the verdict and where the movement, our community and our country go from here. We hear from our listeners about h... Read more

The Gap: Keepin' up with the PPB and Parasocial Relationships

Airs at: Fri, 04/16/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea talk about consequences and restructuring at the Portland Police Bureau. We talk about the City Commission's compromise on the Gun Violence Reduction Team and the Dept. of Justice's notice of non-compliance for excessive force... Read more