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J. Craig Venter on his memoir, "A Life Decoded: My Genome, My Life"

Airs at: Wed, 12/12/2007 at 4:00pm
Producer Lisa Loving interviews genome scientist J. Craig Venter on his book, his life, the future applications of genomic research on alternative fuels, and the recent implosion of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Robert T. Watson's career. Read more

Black Book Talk

  Every first Thursday from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM. Monthly program featuring interviews and discussions of works by African American authors. Co-hosts Emma Jackson Ford, O B Hill and Patricia Welch review works in all genres by well-known and emerging authors. Occasional ... Read more

Circumcision on the Decline

Airs at: Sun, 10/28/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Circumcision is on the decline globally and fewer and fewer parents are electing to have the procedure performed on their newborns in America. The National Office of Circumcision Information Reasearch Center, or NO-CIRC for short, has set up a booth at the American Academy o... Read more

Occupation of Alcatraz - Resources

Alcatraz Graffitti Slide Show http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/alca/exb/Indian/Grafitti/Goga-2438aSS.html Documents from Native Occupation of Alcatraz http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/alca/exb/Indian/documents/Goga-17604a2SS.html Photo Documentation http://... Read more

Youth Collective in November

 Wednesday November 28th 6-7 pm Listen in as the KBOO Youth Collective talks about "What's In, and What's  Up"! We'll have top ten lists, talk about popular culture, current events, and peer pressure, and an interview with people from BecomeX, a leadership, career and lifes... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 5, 2007

Airs at: Sun, 11/04/2007 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Luz María Gordillo, this program discusses: (1) the culture of Afghanistan and how it plays out in the ongoing war there; (2) the program of short films about war put together by the Cinema Project (cinemaproject.org) and being shown on November 11 here in P... Read more

Interview with Cascade AIDS Project

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Out Loud
Carla interviews guests from Cascade AIDS Project - Michael, from the Prevention Services Dept, and Cree, from the Teen 2 Teen Project and Brother to Brother. Read more

Africa News

Airs at: Wed, 10/17/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Reports from the Africa with Marianne Fry reporting for KBOO news. Read more

DIY, Portland: Kids Learning

Airs at: Wed, 10/17/2007 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  DIY, Portland
CONTAINS EXTRA WEB CONTENT!! This month's show examines educational models that encourage and even require kids to make their own choices about what and how to learn. We'll visit the the Village Free School in southeast Portland, where 40 kids ages 5-18 make day-to-day plan... Read more

Upcoming Topics

We reserve the right to change our minds, but just in case you're wondering, we are probably going to cover these topics in the next few months... and this is not in order by date or anything. --Grace Paley Birthday Celebration and Memorial Party --The Native American Occupa... Read more