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Voices from the Edge 03-03-11 True Crime: Fact and Fiction about Oregon's Crime Rate

Airs at: Thu, 03/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  True Crime: Fact and Fiction about Oregon's Crime Rate Turn on the local news and most likely the lead story will be about crime. Its the rare elected official who won't suggest crime is overwhelming our public safety resources. Its little wonder that the maj... Read more

Actor and activist George Takei discusses civil liberties

Airs at: Fri, 03/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Actor and activist George Takei discusses civil liberties and the WWII internment of Japanese-American citizens. He was featured at the Japanese American Citizens League's Day of Remembrance. Read more

Angry APA Minute with Purvi Shah

Airs at: Fri, 03/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Poet and activist Purvi Shah shares an Angry APA Minute -- her poem entitled "The Enemy Within." Her book, Terrain Tracks, is published by New Rivers Press. Read more

Ballers of the New School

Airs at: Tue, 02/22/2011 at 12:00am
Thabiti talks to Jan about his new book "Ballers of the New School" (available at Talking Drum books) that looks at transformations in racial consciousness and performance in America in the realms of sports. Tabhti brings up W.E. DuBois notion of "the tunis" ("this idea of ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 21st

Airs at: Mon, 02/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Today's Old Mole, hosted by  Tom Becker on left, features interviews about the protests in Wisconsin, the complexity of deficits, the experience of race through sports culture and liberation rap growing out of the Egyptian revolution.   For information about our theme musi... Read more

Portland's API Pride

Airs at: Fri, 02/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Liz Rogers speaks with Dennis Lo and Sogene Mah of Portland's API Pride. Read more

Voices from the Edge 02-17-11

Airs at: Thu, 02/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Jo Ann and Dave talked about the Metro Council seat, the federal public media funding, Joint Terrorism Task Force, and other current Portland Topics.   Open Lines with KBOO listeners. The conversation doesn't end when the program does. You can join in additional discussion... Read more

History of Prisons

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
In honor of Black History month, our show briefly reviewed the history of the Prison System in the U.S. Brenda Escobar, our engineer helped by presenting some of the facts we found in our research. After you listen to this show, we hope you’ll use the web to learn even more... Read more

Voices from the Edge 02-10-11 Rethinking Psychiatry

Airs at: Thu, 02/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Rethinking psychiatry: a conversation with Robert Whitaker about a more compassionate mental health system Our treatment of those in emotional distress manifests itself everyday. Too many Oregonians struggling with mental health issues can be found heavily medicated and wa... Read more

bo brown

Airs at: Wed, 02/02/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
On this episode, we feature excerpts of a 2-hour interview we did with Rita “Bo” Brown. Bo Brown is most well known to us as a member of The George Jackson Brigade, a Seattle based revolutionary group. To learn more about the George Jackson Brigade in general, we recommend... Read more