Government/Politics

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The Times They Are A-Changin'

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: The Times They Are A-Changin’ – we discuss the recent White House statement on marijuana law reform. Plus we hear from Dr. Joao Goulao, a Portuguese physician and the current national drug coordinator for Portugal, Dr. Penny Hill, founder of St... Read more

Portland Commissioner candidates Hardesty and Gonzalez on housing and homelessness

Airs at: Wed, 10/05/2022 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Portland City Commission Position 3 candidates Jo Ann Hardesty and Rene Gonzalez spoke to Street Roots about how they would like to address the affordable housing and homelessness crisis in Portland.  KBOO's Althea Billings speaks to K. Rambo, Editor-in-Chief at Street R... Read more

2022 Oregon governor candidates debate education funding

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Oregon has a remarkable three way governor race on the ballot in November 2022. Current governor Kate Brown is term limited, so the candidates are Democrat Tina Kotek, Independent Betsy Johnson and Republican Christine Drazan. The candidates met in a debate this week, mo... Read more

The Importance of Local Government with Harry Curtin

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Civic Cipher
  On today's show, we are joined by city council candidate for Phoenix's district 6, Harry Curtin. We spend the first half of the show discussing the importance of local government and citizen engagement. We also examine the scope of work at different levels of local gover... Read more

Florida after Hurricane Ian's climate-change-fueled devastation - Brazil's elections - Italy's new neofascist leader

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Rising Up With Sonali
  This week, we'll go to Florida to speak with Representative Anna Eskamani, a progressive lawmaker who is working to rebuild her state after Hurricane Ian's climate-change-fueled devastation. Then, we'll take a look at Brazil's elections where former President Lula won th... Read more

The Gap: Mingus Mapps' Charter Alternative and things you didn't invent actually

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea cover some recent news, national and local. We discuss Biden's federal marijuana reform, dyeing a waterfall for a gender reveal, and we go deep on Portland midterm election news. City Commissioner Mingus Mapps has revealed his... Read more

Interview with Tanawah Downing

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us on Monday, October 10th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Tanawah Downing.   Downing files cases and does work challenging life without parole and speaks out about the roots of the US prison system in the fugitive slave ac... Read more

Celebrating Indigenous Voices: Struggle and Resilience Across the World

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Code Pink Radio
  In this episode, Indigenous voices across the world are sharing their stories of struggle and resilience in the face of militarism and war economy. We are hearing from Julian Aguon of Chamorro about the militarization of Guam, Matias Benno Rempel from the Conselho Indige... Read more

Code Pink Radio

  CODEPINK is a women-led grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs. Founded in fall 2002 as a grassroo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 10, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Flag of Chinookan People, via Wikimedia Commons. Roben White hosts this episode of the Old Mole, in recognition of Indigenous People’s Day. Free the Snake: Nimiipuu Mole Julian Ankney speaks with Julian Matthews, founder of Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment, coordinat... Read more