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Lessons from Kenya: Healing and Rebuilding our Communities

Airs at: Thu, 06/15/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Getry Agizah is a Kenyan peace activist and social change agent. She is the Director of Transforming Communities for Social Change and Coordinator of Friends Church Peace Teams in Kenya. She will discuss work underway at the Mt. Elgon Community Peace Center working to he... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Sun, 06/11/2017 at 4:45pm - Sun, 06/18/2017 at 4:45pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Story of Dan Bullock, the 15 year old who fought and died in the Vietnam War.  Why Kathy Griffin is on the Secret Service radar.  Leah Rimini's fight with the church of Scientology.  Listen as we discuss these topics and more.   Read more

DI Squared: Episode 1, A Black Wine Maker

Airs at: Tue, 05/30/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
DI Squared stands for "Dream it, Do it."  It's a series about people in Portland who've started their own companies.  Each week we feature three elements: A profile of an entrepreneur, someone who's actually started a business and made it successful. A featured resource... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Margaret Jacobsen

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Thousands of people gathered in downtown Portland yesterday, attending several pro-Trump and anti- Trump demonstrations and rallies. In an attempt to avoid violence by keeping opposing demonstrators from converging, the Portland police department was joined by law enforceme... Read more

Remembering Stonewall

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Each June we rebroadcast the 1989 radio documentary "Remembering Stonewall," by David Isay. This documentary, broadcast on the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, is the first documentary -- in any medium -- about the riots. Hearing the voices of participants, from ... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 3:30pm - Sun, 06/11/2017 at 3:30pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
We talk to independent film maker Les Butchart (Highway 29 Motion Pictures) about the state of film making in N.C. The terror attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester England. Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes are seen in Paris together. Should girls be taught to expect ... Read more

Arvie Smith speaks to Eric Bartels

Airs at: Tue, 06/13/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
  Eric Bartels interviews painter and educator Arvie Smith about education and the arts.  Arvie Smith transforms the history of oppressed and stereotyped segments of the American experience into lyrical two-dimensional master works. His paintings are commonly of psycholog... Read more

Crossing East: Relations

Airs at: Tue, 10/24/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
For more than a year, Dmae Roberts has been conducting interviews about the historic and current relationship between African Americans and Asian Americans debuts. What began as a documentary featuring the Crossing East Archive collected for MediaRites' 8-hour radio series ... Read more

Peace in Schools and the Marketing of Enslaved Bodies

Airs at: Fri, 06/09/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  Caverly Morgan is the founding director of Peace in Schools.    In 2014, Peace in Schools launched the first for-credit high school mindfulness course in the nation.   And that is right here in Portland.  She leads the Peace in Schools teaching team, develops our mindful... Read more

Vanport Mosaic Festival: Sharon Maxwell

Airs at: Wed, 05/31/2017 at 5:30pm - Thu, 06/01/2017 at 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Vanport Mosaic Festival took place last weekend, commemorating what was Oregon’s second largest city before a flood destroyed it in 1948. KBOO reporter Theresa Mitchell interviewed Sharon Maxwell, a Portland writer and activist, as well as former City Council candidate,... Read more