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The Arrival: Trump's Travel and Refugee Ban

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  Leading up to the US Supreme Court hearing on Trump's travel ban, we'll hear about the orders impact on people from affected, Muslim-majority countries, and how advocacy groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations are responding. On this edition of Making Conta... Read more

Continuous Imposing of Sanctions to North Korea

Airs at: Thu, 09/21/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Despite the continuous threats from North Korea, President Trump plans to impose more sanctions onto the small country. The executive order allowing for further sanctions would enhance the Treasury Department's authority to target individuals or businesses that deal with a ... Read more

Hurricane Maria Might Exceed Harvey's Power

Airs at: Wed, 09/20/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Weather forecasters are running out of ways to describe Maria as it may exceed even Harvey in its damage and strength. Hurricane Maria had made landfall Wednesday morning with 155 mile per hour winds and intense rains, just after Irma had caused nearly one billion dollars i... Read more

Greg Palast on CROSSCHECK!

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome KBOO's favorite muckraking investigative journalist...Greg Palast. Greg Palast is an investigative reporter, whose news-breaking stories appear on BBC Television, The Guardian and now in Rolling Stone Magazine. (It was Palast who uncovered how ... Read more

KBOO Membership Drive Special

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
This one hour Membership Drive special will feature Prison Pipeline hosts for a news and views discussion. Thank you to our listeners from hosts Karen James, Adam Carpinelli, Emma Lugo, Doug McVay, Amy Johnson and Carlos Chavez. Please support Prison Pipeline and KBOO durin... Read more

Rébellion en France

Airs at: Wed, 09/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we get an update on a growing rebellion in France against center right President Macrons attack against labor unions and what is left of Frances welfare state. On the ground in France, we get the latest from Stphane Enjalran, national secretary and spokesperson fo... Read more

ANGELA DAVIS! Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  From the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list to being Distinguished Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at University of California Santa Cruz, Angela Davis has remained a committed and eloquent force for communities of struggle.  Angela Davis work... Read more

Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
    Gore Vidal said of our guest pioneering political blogger and National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation John Nichols, "Of all the giant slayers now afoot in the great American desert, John Nichols sword is the sharpest", and what better place to swing a metaphorica... Read more

Capitalism...Getting Past It: Cynthia Kaufman

Airs at: Tue, 09/19/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The present phase of capitalism is a great success story for the uber rich. Torrents of wealth flow overwhelmingly to a sliver of the population. Millennials in large numbers are seriously questioning the existing economic order. They are even willing to, hold your breat... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Sun, 09/17/2017 at 4:30pm - Sun, 09/24/2017 at 4:30pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Prayers for Hurricane Harvey victims!  Syphilis has made a comeback in the US.  Trump pardons Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio who was sentenced to serve time in jail for racially profiling Latino's.  Should a person's past matter in a new relationship?  Join us as we discuss the... Read more