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Nakba Day

Airs at: Wed, 05/15/2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we are acknowledging Nakba Day. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, known as the "Nakba", or "Catastrophe". The anniversary puts the spotlight on one of the world’s... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 22, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 09/22/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Focusing on Housing & Houselessness and hosted by Frann Michel, this episode includes these segments: Portland's Housing Crisis and Solutions:  In 2015, the City of Portland declared a housing emergency.  Ten years later, more people in Portland are unhoused or preca... Read more

What Can We Do About The CEI Hub

Airs at: Mon, 09/22/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For decades the six mile tank farm along the north reach of the Willamette River, known as the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub (CEI hub), has lurked with its toxic stew of liquid fossil fuels and chemicals, seemingly unnoticed by most Portlanders. Except for its neigh... Read more

Immigration Justice

Airs at: Mon, 09/15/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Alyssa Walker Keller, coordinator with Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) and Jessica Montoya with Oregon for All about coalition building and networking for immigration justice.  As Oregon faces potential federal action from the Trum... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 15, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 09/15/2025 at 9:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Mole, which includes the following segments: War and Climate Chaos: Laurie Mercier speaks with antiwar and climate activist Janet Weil, who discusses the Veterans for Peace Climate Crisis and Militarism Project. They also disc... Read more

Advocating With Data

Airs at: Wed, 09/10/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies: Advocating With Data. The Vienna NonGovernmental Organizing Committee held a webinar recently to discuss the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s World Drug Report 2025. We hear presentations by two of the speakers: Gisela Hansen of the NGO D... Read more

Occupy Wall Street: An American Dream

Airs at: Mon, 09/15/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
         In the Great Recession (2007-2009), Wall Street crashed the economy but got rewarded with billions of dollars in government bailouts, while millions of Americans—unemployed, homeless, desperate—had nowhere to go for help. When a small group of people responded ... Read more

Gaslighting Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 09/15/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This program first aired on March 31, 2025 Northwest Natural Gas's Smart Energy program advertises itself as a way for customers to “offset” their natural gas emissions by funding projects that the company says “reduce, or prevent the release of, greenhouse gases.” But ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 8, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 09/08/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode focuses on solidarities, alliances, and connections. Hosted by Frann Michel, it features these segments: Critical Pedagogy Against Genocide:  Jan Haaken talks with Portland-area teachers Stephen Siegel and Ellen R  about the movement among educators to r... Read more

Trump’s Brutal Immigration Policies

Airs at: Mon, 09/08/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Dianne Feeley discusses Trump's brutal immigration policies and ways that those of us with citizenship can support our neighbors and build opposition to deportations.   This July 2025  talk is an earlier version of her discussion available in the September-October 202... Read more