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The Well Read Red

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg reads from an opinion piece by freelance journalist, Kayla Hui, who argues that the answer to the upswing in anti-Asian violence is not more policing, which only promotes more violence and drives a further wedge between communities of color. “The Answer to... Read more

Asian-Americans fight back against attacks, with APANO Policy Director Richa Poudyal

Airs at: Wed, 03/24/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
  The horrific murders of mostly Asian American women in Atlanta last week brought increased national attention to the rising wave of anti-Asian American harassment, assaults and rhetoric. Oregon has seen its share of anti-Asian violence. For example, in Multnomah County, ... Read more

Se reanuda utilización de vacuna AstraZeneca: beneficios superan riesgos, EU enviará vacunas AstraZeneca a México y Cánada, DACA y trabajadores agrícolas podrían obtener "green cards", Biden y Harris se reúnen con líderes asiáticos 03/19/2021

Airs at: Fri, 03/19/2021 at 12:00pm - 12:15pm
Produced for Noticias en español
Breve Informativo sobre el COVID-19 de las últimas noticias locales, nacionales e internacionales sobre el COVID-19, relevantes para la comunidad latina de Oregon. Hoy viernes 19 de marzo del 2021.  Se han recuperado y sobrevivido al COVID-19, más de noventa y ocho millone... Read more

OMS recomienda continuar uso de vacuna AstraZeneca, ONU: muertes infantiles por COVID, Mujer vacunada da a luz a bebé con anticuerpos, Preocupación por crímenes de odio en contra de asiáticos en Oregon 03/18/2021

Airs at: Thu, 03/18/2021 at 12:00pm - 12:15pm
Produced for Noticias en español
Breve Informativo sobre el COVID-19 de las últimas noticias locales, nacionales e internacionales sobre el COVID-19, relevantes para la comunidad latina de Oregon. Hoy jueves 18 de marzo del 2021.  Se han recuperado y sobrevivido al COVID-19, más de noventa y ocho millones... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood - Joshua Samuel Brown

Airs at: Fri, 02/26/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
On last month’s show, we celebrated our local independent publishers and the authors whose work they publish with Dan Armstrong, of Eugene’s Mud City Press; Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays, of Portland’s Pumpjack Press; and Bobby Eversmann, Editor-in-Chief at Deep Overstock,... Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop: Episode 10 with Roshani Thakore & Roya Amirsoleymani

Airs at: Wed, 01/27/2021 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Art Talk Bus Stop
Art Talk Bus Stop is a serial 30-minute podcast produced by a group of students and educators based out of Reynolds High School in Troutdale, OR, just outside of Portland. The students are enrolled in the Reynolds Gallery of Contemporary Art (RoCA), where they learn profess... Read more

Samson Syharath

Airs at: Tue, 01/26/2021 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Stage and Studio
  Dmae welcomes longtime friend and theatre collaborator Samson Syharath, Laotian-American theatre artist, for her final new show on KBOO radio.  They met when Samson came on the show as a guest for Shaking The Tree Theatre in 2013. Since then they started working on Thea... Read more

Writers of Color

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier speaks with Chelsea Ratzlaff about the Washington State University Visiting Writers Series which plans to bring a line-up of writers of color to the university this spring. Image by Writers of Color Read more

Arroz Caldo + Food Appropriation

Airs at: Wed, 12/16/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Food Show
On today's episode of the Food Show, Afrita Davis and Carlo Lamagna discuss food appropriation in the restaurant industry, the evolution of Filipino food, and why you should learn to love offal, all while cooking up a delicious bowl of Arroz Caldo. Click here to watch Carl... Read more

Arroz Caldo + Food Appropriation

Airs at: Wed, 12/16/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for
On today's episode of the Food Show, Afrita Davis and Carlo Lamagna discuss food appropriation in the restaurant industry, the evolution of Filipino food, and why you should learn to love offal, all while cooking up a delicious bowl of Arroz Caldo. Click here to watch Carl... Read more