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Library Workers Fight Layoffs

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2020 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Byrd and Cathy Camper, both librarians in the Multnomah County Library system and members of AFSCME local 88 talk about impending layoffs. In the midst of a pandemic, where some library workers are working from home, some in the building or out in the community, some on ... Read more

What's Going On... (Part 2)

Airs at: Tue, 08/18/2020 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
As the world deals with the Pandemic, Social Injustice, and other Challenges, Brian hands over the Vinyl Pajama Party to "Halley" - KBOO'S Semi - Automated DJ. She has a thought-provoking show for your own listening party; whatever  meaning that holds for you. © 2020 pa... Read more

PDX Black Youth Movement, Waz Wu, Black Resilience Fund

Airs at: Wed, 08/19/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
This episode features inspiring interviews with: Kai Ingram, organizer with PDX Black Youth Movement @pdxblackyouthmvmt Waz Wu, blogger and graphic designer @wazwu Cameron Whitten, co-creator of the Black Resilience Fund @blackresiliencefund   The PDX Black Youth Moveme... Read more

Freedom Now w/Uhuru Sasa: Cultural Programming Inside

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews the wife of a member of Uhuru Sasa, an African-American Cultural Club based at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon.  The club's mission is to develop the members through culture, vocation and education.  Read more

Black demonstrators in Portland talk about their message being hijacked

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2020 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The trajectory of Black Lives Matter protests in Portland has been a varied one. Since the introduction of federal agents last month, some have argued that the protests have gotten off message. They say that focus shifted away from the fight for racial justice, just w... Read more

Presswatch on 08/13/20

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Here's a lovely KBOO podcast for you.  Teressa Raiford graciously agreed to an interview despite her ferocious schedule, so you get to hear from the founder of Don't Shoot Portland, an activist who has spread the power of knowledge, and courage, and caritas, to benefit e... Read more

Shelley B Shelley, Portland to Africa

Airs at: Tue, 11/03/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
    Note: This is a re-broadcast of Stage & Studio Dmae talks with Portland theatre artists Shelley B Shelley who has worked on Portland stages in the late 1990's. We'll talk about her thoughts on the evolution of local theatre and recent moves by Portland theaters towa... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 10, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Insurgency and its Future: Mole bill Resnick talks to Emory Mort Portland activist and our street historian, who has been to over 50 BLM Protests over the last two months, and yo... Read more

Race-based Medicine

Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg speaks with University of Washington medical student Naomi Nkinsi about how racist ideas about African-American bodies are embedded in medical science and how students, doctors and scholars are challenging so-called “race-based medicine” which was suppo... Read more

The Insurgency and its Future

Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Mole bill Resnick talks to Emory Mort Portland activist and our street historian, who has been to over 50 BLM Protests over the last two months, and you can see his views on Facebook. They discuss the great victory Portland protestors won in driving Trump’s Federal troop... Read more