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Noam Chomsky: UTOPIA

Airs at: Tue, 12/27/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  In the darkest of times we have to imagine that a world of equality and environmental and social justice is possible. Are we dreamers? Not practical? Out of touch with reality? Perhaps. But throughout history it has been small groups of visionary activists who ignite the... Read more

Christmas Special: The Plight of Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem

Airs at: Fri, 12/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for One Land Many Voices
This hour, we examine the situation of Bethlehem today, including a report on al-Wallaja village, which is a Christian Palestinian village located just outside of Bethlehem, produced by Ghassan Bannoura and Hazem Jamjoum; an interview with Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh of Bethle... Read more

How does the melting Arctic affect the rest of the world?

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Disability Awareness
  Disability Awareness is off this week, instead we present this special program: The Arctic is now warming twice as fast as the global average. That's the finding in the 11th Arctic Report Card released on December 13, 2016, at the annual American Geophysical Union meeti... Read more

Project Censored Show on Political Perspectives

Airs at: Wed, 12/21/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  For the first half of the program, Peter and Mickey discuss the conflict in Syria; their guest is independent journalist Eva Bartlett, who recently returned from Aleppo and is now on a U.S. speaking tour. She explains why most corporate media coverage of Syria doesn't de... Read more

Alternative Radio: From a Nun on the Bus

Airs at: Tue, 12/20/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  Simone Campbell is a Catholic nun and an attorney who lobbies in Washington on issues of economic justice, immigration reform, and healthcare. She belongs to the Sister of Social Service and is the executive director of the NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice.  Cam... Read more

Radiozine: Peace Talk Radio

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  Memorable moments from Peace Talks Radio programs spotlighting Nobel Prize winners Mairead Maguire, Ralph Bunche, Muhammad Yunus, Jody Williams, Martti Ahtisaari, Liu Xiaobo, Jimmy Carter and Al Gore. Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict ... Read more

Tibet and China: Spirituality vs. Materialism

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
Host John Shuck of KBOO in Portland, Oregon speaks with Penpa Tsering, the new Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Office of Tibet, based in Washington DC. He was elected to this post in May. Previously he was a member of the Tibetan Parliament in exile whe... Read more

Robert Parry on Fight the Empire

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for Fight the Empire
  "now the defeated Democrats and some anti-Trump neoconservatives in the Republican Party are jumping up and down about how Russia supposedly tainted the election by revealing information about the Democrats and the Clinton campaign. Though there appears to be no hard ev... Read more

Veterans and Standing Rock

Airs at: Fri, 12/16/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Angie and Marvin welcome Phoenix to the KBOO studio.  Phoenix is an Air Force veteran and member of the Tlingit and Haida tribes. She works in veteran outreach and social work, and will reflect on her time spent at Standing Rock.  Plus, music from Suspended....all-female... Read more

Penpa Tsering on Political Perspectives

Airs at: Wed, 12/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and a Sikyong 2016 candidate, Penpa Tsering, has been appointed as the new Representative for the Office of Tibet in Washington, DC.  The Office of Tibet in the United States was established in 1964 to raise the issue of Tibet a... Read more