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Taking Ownership PDX

Airs at: Mon, 03/22/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
A conversation with Randal Wyatt about Taking Ownership PDX:  a community collective of contractors, realtors, neighbors, and businesses brought together by Portland musician, activist Randal Wyatt  to renovate and revive Black-owned homes, with an emphasis on enabling B... Read more

Banning Animal Cruelty and Abuse In Oregon

Airs at: Fri, 03/26/2021 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
Today we get to speak with David Michelson, the chief petitioner of the Yes On IP13 campaign and director of the petition committee End Animal Cruelty. The Initiative Petition 13 is a proposed ballot initiative for the 2022 Oregon general election. If passed, IP13 would ... Read more

Pass the PRO Act to Win a Green New Deal

Airs at: Mon, 03/22/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The Democratic Socialists of America national priority campaign is to push Congress to pass the PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize) to win a Green New Deal.  Two local DSA labor activists, Hollie Oaks-Miller and Ted Bryan detail this transformative labor law legis... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 22, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 03/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts today’s show which includes the following segments: Community-Engaged Policing: Bill Resnick interviews Elliott Smith and Taji Chesimet co-chairs of the Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing. They’ll be discussing replacing police as first r... Read more

Iraq, Portland Police and the Feds

Airs at: Mon, 03/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers interviews Dan Handelman of Peace and Justice Works and Portland Copwatch about the 18th anniversary of the U.S. war on Iraq  and the ongoing struggle to get the City of Portland to withdraw from the Joint Terrorism Task Force.  Image courtesy of the A... Read more

Earth Day Special Programming

  On Tuesday, April 22nd, KBOO Community Radio celebrates Earth Day with special programming devoted to everything Mother Earth, ecological justice, environmental awareness, climate activism and animal rights advocacy. Expect to hear the poetic and imaginative, and the ... Read more

Bills in Oregon Legislature create opportunity for changing police culture

Airs at: Tue, 03/09/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  A number of bills in the Oregon Legislature this session are aimed at addressing police accountability and changing police culture.  KBOO's Ethan Sandweiss spoke with Maria Cahill, a volunteer from Pacific Northwest Family Circle, a group of Oregon and Washington famil... Read more

Beaver Taught Salmon To Jump

Airs at: Mon, 03/15/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Beavers have been called “Nature’s Engineers.” In fact, the Army of Corps of Engineers could learn a lot from beavers. Instead of re-engineering nature to serve narrow human interests, beavers engineer the natural environment to serve not just their own needs, but the ne... Read more

Colonialism, Exploitation, Patriarchy and Violence against Indigenous Women

Airs at: Mon, 03/08/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Colonialism, Exploitation of Indigenous Lands, Patriarchy and Violence against Indigenous Women. Desiree Hellegers talks with Lana Jack, Celilo Wyam activist/organizer and Director of the Columbia River Indian Center about the upcoming March 10 anniversary of the inundat... Read more

Amazon workers Organizing in Bessemer, Alabama

Airs at: Mon, 03/08/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Amazon workers Organizing in Bessemer, Alabama. Johanna Brenner interviews Adam Obernauer, Organizing Director for the Retail, Warehouse, and Department Store Union about the campaign to organize Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama.  A predominantly African Ame... Read more