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Fumes in Focus: Visualizing Air Pollution from Gas Stoves

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on January 15, 2024 Lawmakers and advocates have called upon Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to launch an investigation into NW Natural for misleading consumers about the health impacts from gas. In their letter to Rosenblum they det... Read more

Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee For February 18th 2024

Airs at: Sun, 02/18/2024 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee
    Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee for Feb 18th, 2024 Broadcasting with gratitude, sorrow and love from the rightful lands of Cowlitz, Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Tumwater, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Wasco, Molalla, Ita'xluit, Watlala, and other original peoples of the big river This i... Read more

"That Vegan Show" interview with Vegan Scouts

Airs at: Fri, 02/23/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  That Vegan Show
Join "That Vegan Show" as we learn about the new organization, Vegan Scouts! Guests, Amanda and Thomas, share the origins and vision of Vegan Scouts and how it is meeting the need for community and foundational education about animals for children. Vegan Scouts provides an ... Read more

The Gap: Interview with filmmaker Mmakgosi Anita Tau and Cascade Festival of African Film Co-Director Aviva McClure, plus, what should you be doing with your phone?

Airs at: Fri, 02/16/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Althea is very brave and hosts the show even though Tammy is away (cameo later!). She interviews writer and filmmaker Mmakgosi Anita Tau, from Botswana, and Cascade Festival of African Film Co-Director Aviva McClure, about the festival, where ... Read more

Barbara Brandon-Croft

Airs at: Thu, 02/22/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Barbara Brandon-Croft is the very first African-American woman whose nationally-syndicated comic strip ran in the mainstream press.  Now a new collection of her work, Where I’m Coming From, has been published. Barbara sits down with S.W. Conser to talk about the comics comm... Read more

Mac Smiff, Cory Elia and Michael Stephenson on Policing Justice at PICA

Airs at: Thu, 02/15/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Our guests are Cory Elia, Mac Smiff, they are journalists who agitate for social change. Michael Stephenson is a fine artist. They’re all part of the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art series on Policing Justice. Read more

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors at Hanford

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation is one of the most polluted places on the planet. Its legacy from nearly a half-century of Plutonium production has left a toxic stew of radioactive and chemical waste that will remain hazardous for tens of thousands of years. But while the U... Read more

Lionel Irving from Love Is Stronger

Airs at: Tue, 02/13/2024 at 7:00pm - 7:30pm
  Interview by Charles Shambry, member of KBOO's Board of Directors. Lionel Irving is the Founder and Executive Director for Love is Stronger. Love is Stronger helps kids and families protect themselves and each other from the violent cycles that have claimed so many lives... Read more

Opposing Military Recruitment in Portland Public Schools

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
John Grueshow, of The War Resisters League, speaks about the work to resist military recruitment in Portland Public Schools.  John became a peace activist as a result of his resistance to the military draft during the Vietnam War.  He moved to Portland in 1979 and soon took... Read more

Portland's Climate Villains

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The environment and the climate are having a rough ride at Portland City Council and in the backrooms of the Oregon State Capitol. Less than a day before a hearing on a housing regulatory reform package, Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez, working behind the scenes wi... Read more