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Patrick Starnes Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Patrick Starnes is a democratic candidate for Oregon governor in 2022.  He talked with Sam Bouman about his support for campaign finance legislation, balancing timber resources against the needs of timber communities and how he would repurpose Oregon's Kicker Fund to pay fo... Read more

Trump, Canadian Truckers, and the Confederate Flag

Airs at: Thu, 02/10/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  American Standoff
The "Freedom Convoy" of Canadian truckers and their supporters converged on Ottawa on Jan. 29 and clogged the city’s streets with 18-wheelers and demonstrators calling for the end of COVID restrictions.  Trump has extolled the protest saying, "That's through the Canadian tr... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 14, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Police Reform: During the protests following the killing of George Floyd the police were on the defensive and the City Council discussed replacing the police in responding to menta... Read more

OJRC's Criminal Legal Reform Legislation

Airs at: Mon, 01/31/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Zach Winston, policy director with Oregon Justice Resource Center, about the 2022 Oregon legislative short session. Three bills that were unsuccessful in the 2021 session have been re-introduced this year by OJRC. Zach explains each bill and its... Read more

What Biden's 2-hour Press Conference Says About Beltway Coverage of White Supremacy and Republican Obstructionism

Airs at: Thu, 01/20/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  American Standoff
One thing that beltway reporters in our nation’s Capitol would not ask yesterday during the two-hour press conference is the role of White Supremacy and how it causes Republican obstructionism. And even denial that Trump lost the election and that Biden is president of the ... Read more

A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays by Marc Bookman

Airs at: Thu, 01/20/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy." -- Martin Luther King On today's episode, we welcome Marc Bookman, author of the new book A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays from T... Read more

American standoff with Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Thu, 01/06/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Today, on the one-year anniversary of January 6th Capitol insurrection. Join host Jacqueline Keeler to AMERICAN STANDOFF. today Jackie will look at how white supremacy is the virus that is driving a lot of inaction (climate change/COVID/social justice) and instability in th... Read more

Doing What Works

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline, a conversation with Dr. Ashish Thakrar, a Fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, about methadone and buprenorphine treatment in prisons and jails; plus a dis... Read more

2021 Year in Review

Airs at: Mon, 12/27/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join Prison Pipeline hosts Karen James, Emma Lugo, Adam Carpinelli and Doug McVay as we wrap up 2021 and look forward to the New Year.     Read more

Roe on the Rocks

Tune in to KBOO at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 22nd, for the premiere of "Roe on the Rocks," a limited series radio show and podcast taking listeners through the months leading up to the Supreme Court case that effectively overturned Roe vs. Wade. What did the U.S. look like wh... Read more