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The Enduring Power of Protest

Airs at: Tue, 04/16/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Are marches and demonstrations just feel good affairs? You vent some spleen then go home satisfied as if you’ve done something worthwhile and before you know it the glow wears off? Or does the power of collective action, solidarity and mass mobilizations have a deeper effec... Read more

It Takes A Village To Empower Each Other ft. Tessa May

Airs at: Sat, 04/13/2019 at 12:00am - Tue, 04/30/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
This week, we're talking about Beyoncé, the complications of being humans, and the impact that Nipsey had, all from our own perspectives, as always. Our beautiful guest is the one and only @tessamay22 who is bringing all of the light and good energy into the studio!! She le... Read more

Surrounded by Friends

Airs at: Fri, 04/12/2019 at 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Produced for:  The Transcendency Show!
ok.  the system crashed.  but something is better than nothing.  This is 10 minutes of a 90 minute show.  I'm inviting everyone back for a future taping.  Sorry about that! But...I think everyone got to say hello and how their day had gone so far!   Read more

"In the Company of Rebels": A Conversation with Chellis Glendinning

Airs at: Wed, 04/17/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    In the Company of Rebels: A Generational Memoir of Bohemians, Deep Heads, and History Makers, due out next month on New Village Press, is Chellis Glendinning's seventh book of non-fiction. From New Village Press: "American social change movements dominated the 1960s... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for Monday, April 15, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Mole, and we hear: Bill Resnick and Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies discussing the necessity of taxes, inequality, and the allocation of public goods;  Barbara Madeloni of Labor Notes, and a former Pre... Read more

How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Airs at: Fri, 04/12/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
KBOO's Graceann Smith interviews Jenny Odell, author of "How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy."    ABOUT HOW TO DO NOTHING A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention—and our personal information—that redefines what we think of as productivi... Read more

Zucked by Roger McNamee

Airs at: Fri, 04/12/2019 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
In a New Yorker profile of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg last September, Evan Osnos writes: “If Facebook were a country, it would have the largest population on earth. More than 2.2 billion people, about a third of humanity, log in at least once a month. That user base h... Read more

2019 Spring News and Public Affairs Day

It's membership drive time which means it's time for another News and Public Affairs Day! News and PA day only happens a couple times a year and it's one of our favorites here at KBOO. Programming from 7am-8pm will be featuring interviews and speakers that highlight the int... Read more

Urban Nature Partners and Maxville Interpretive Center

Airs at: Wed, 04/10/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
For the 2019 Spring Drive, Radiozine host Jenna sits down with two organizations that are bringing the outdoors to urban dwellers. First, Urban Nature Partners talks about their mentoring program that aims to take underrepresented youth into the outdoors.  Visit and learn m... Read more

Cannabis in the UK

Airs at: Sun, 04/14/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The UK's House of Commons discusses medical cannabis, plus we hear from the Reverend Larry W. Foy with the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity and Rafi Toruella with Intercambios Puerto Rico. Read more