History

Trump: "You think our country is so innocent?"

Airs at: Thu, 02/16/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

"There are a lot of killers. We have a lot of killers," Trump said. "Well, you think our country is so innocent?" From the Guardian: Forty years after the murder of the Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba, evidence has emerged in Washington that President ... Read more

Black History Month Women

Airs at: Tue, 02/14/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Join Dmae for a one-hour membership drive Black History Month special focusing on three Portland productions about or by strong women. First off we'll visit with three actors from In the Blood by noted African-American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks produced by Portland Act... Read more

Anarquismo, Insane Music for Insane People #19, Agog

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/11/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: La Ruleta

Join us this Friday evening continuing our membership drive to listen to more Insane Music for Insane People from the Belgium Label Insane, as well as the recording Anarquismo, which includes pieces by the band Antorcha (Las Antorchas), and much more! Read more

Michelle Alexander: Race & Caste in the U.S.

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Michelle Alexander is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar. As an associate professor of law at Stanford Law School, she directed the Civil Rights Clinics and pursued a research agenda focused on the intersection of race and criminal justic... Read more

Susan Quinn author of Elanor and Hick

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Deeply researched and told with great warmth, Eleanor and Hick is a vivid portrait of love and a revealing look at how an unlikely romance influenced some of the most consequential years in American history. In 1932, as her husband assumed the presidency, Eleanor Roose... Read more

Michael Eric Dyson in Portland with his Sermon for White America

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Michael Eric Dyson is an academic, author, and radio host. He is a professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "a Princeton Ph.D. and a child of the streets who takes pains never to separate the two", Dyson has authored or edited... Read more

Getting Smart: Bikes in Culture

Airs at: Wed, 02/01/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Bike Show

Since their birth in the early decades of the 19th century bicycles have captured the imaginations of artists, musicians, writers and filmmakers. H.G. Wells, Mark Twain, Simone de Beauvoir, Samuel Beckett, Naguib Mahfouz, Iris Murdoch, Charlie Chaplin, and Stephen King are ... Read more

Beyond Vietnam: Martin Luther King Jr

Airs at: Tue, 01/31/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Martin Luther King Jr.’s charismatic “I Have a Dream” speech is emblazoned in our historical memories. But another address to a much smaller audience on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York is no less significant. There King demonstrated his deep understanding o... Read more

Anti-Oppressions Study & Action Group Resources

Collating resources here from past and future Anti-Oppressions Study & Action Groups for easy reference by community members and KBOO Volunteers and Staff This is a work in Progress More recent resources will be listed near the top Take action to Resist If you... Read more

Michael Eric Dyson visits KBOO

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Georgetown University Sociology Professor, pundit, activist and author Michael Eric Dyson visits the KBOO studio to speak with Celeste Carey about his new book Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE | NAMED A BEST/... Read more