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Old Mole Variety Hour for September 24, 2007

Airs at: Sun, 09/23/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Stephanie Woolhandler talks with Bill Resnick about the advantages of single-payer health plans over other proposals for "universal" coverage. Tami Dean discusses the Elysian trumpet and its place in the life of New Orleans after Katrina. Clayton Morgareidge consider... Read more

Peru Earthquake

Airs at: Sun, 08/19/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
LOCAL ACTIVIST YVONNE SIMMONS WAS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT PERU LAST WEEK. SHE TALKED TO KBOO NEWS ABOUT HOW THE EARTHQUAKE HAS AFFECTED INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT SHE WORKS WITH IN PERU Read more

DIY, Portland: Home Birth

Airs at: Wed, 08/15/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  DIY, Portland
A new episode of DIY, Portland is born! This month, we're talking with midwives, doulas and moms about a do-it-yourself project as old as human history. You'll hear stories of home birth and unassisted birth, along with music from the lovely and talented Ali Ippolito. Fa... Read more

norovirus outbreak

Airs at: Wed, 08/08/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
For the past week Oregon State Hospital has been dealing with a viral outbreak affecting over 70 people from its staff and patients.   The outbreak has been identified as the contagious norovirus.  The norovirus leads to stomach flu and other gastrointestinal illnesses.   ... Read more

Healthy kids plan in oregon legislature

Airs at: Wed, 08/08/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A protest is taking place right now in downtown Portland, as the U.S. trade representative pays a visit to the city.  KBOO reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund is live on the scene.  She joins us now by phone. Read more

chicago health workers stifled in forming a union

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Health care workers around the country have been struggling to form unions, facing off against private health care companies that care little about living wages and benefits. Workers Independent News brings us this report about one group of workers trying to unionize in ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Sun, 07/29/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
This program deals with themes of life, death, and survival: Zombie movies as a symptom of too much death-production; killing and dying in the modern military; surviving without shelter on the streets of Portland; the risks of death and rape crossing the border; and the ... Read more

The Dirtbag

    Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, from 11:00am to 12:00pm (noon).   Read more

PSU Domestic Violence Conference

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Portland State University, in collaboration with the Bradley Angle House and Healing Roots Village, is expanding and reprioritizing the domestic violence dialogue and awareness. Yvette Maranowski attended this weekend's annual conference and has the details.   Read more

07/03 Pastors for Peace medical aid stopped at US-Canada border

The Department of Homeland Security has detained medical supplies at the US-Canada border between Maine and Quebec . The supplies were bound for Cuba, as part of a caravan organized by the Pastors for Peace from various parts of the US and Canada. The section of the carava... Read more