Civil Rights/Human Rights

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The Women's Movement in Iran

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Catherine Sameh, a former member of the Old Mole collective who now teaches sexuality, gender studies and history at the University of California, Irvine and writes about and supports the struggles of Iranian women. In this second part of a two part ... Read more

The Death of Michael Barton: Callous Medical Neglect at the Oregon State Penitentiary

Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews Joel Greenberg, attorney with Disability Rights Oregon (DRO), author of a new report:  “Independent Investigation of the Death of Michael Barton: Mental Illness & Medical Neglect in an Oregon Prison.”  Michael Barton was a 54-year old prisoner in the ... Read more

Interview with Attorney of Columbia Riverkeepers

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Miles Johnson is the senior attorney at the non-profit organization—Columbia Riverkeepers. He spoke with KBOO’s  Imara Moore on the different issues they’re facing and how to become involved. Read more

Interview with Youngest Journalist in the World, Janna Jihad

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
KBOO host McKenzie Beard interviews 13 year old, Janna Jihad, the youngest Journalist in the World. Jihad's goal is to spread awareness about the crisis in her hometown Nabi Saleh, Palestine. Here she lives with the daily impact of war, bombings and Israeli occupation.  Read more

Voices from Syria: A Conversation with Mark Taliano

Airs at: Fri, 08/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  On The Beloved Community, John Shuck speaks with Mark Taliano, author of Voices from Syria.  Three years ago, Mark Taliano travelled to Syria in attempt to hear from Syrians what is really happening in their country. Mark writes: "Between 15 and 23 September 2016, I tra... Read more

Buscando America on 08/06/19

Airs at: Tue, 08/06/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En Krónikas de Viaje un audio sobre la Chamana visionaria María Sabina.En cabina Chariti Montez, habla sobre el programa de Parks and Recreation para este verano y sobre el Festival Latino en el Cully Park.  Read more

Shout Your Abortion

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Amelia Bonow, Founding Director of Shout Your Abortion, a movement dedicated to broadening the discourse surrounding abortion through art, media, and real life events all over the country. They’ll be talking about why #ShoutYourAbortion gathered such m... Read more

One Gun

Airs at: Tue, 08/06/2019 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
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Falter with Bill McKibben

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on May 27, 2019 Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change in his groundbreaking book The End of Nature, which was the first book to alert us to global warming. In his latest book FALTER: Has th... Read more

The Grave on the Wall

Airs at: Thu, 08/29/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  "In this memoir, Brandon Shimoda, an American poet of Japanese descent, tells the story of his family, starting with his grandfather, who was transformed into an 'enemy alien' by World War II; and in doing so, tells a universal story of the horrors of war both physical a... Read more