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Kirk Bloodsworth, Death Row DNA Exoneree

Airs at: Mon, 05/16/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Kirk Bloodsworth, Death Row DNA Exoneree In 1985, Kirk Noble Bloodsworth was sentenced to die in a Maryland penitentiary for the brutal rape and murder of 9 year old Dawn Hamilton. A crime he did not commit.  He had witnesses who could place him at home at the time of the ... Read more

Jim Wallis, America's Original Sin

Airs at: Sun, 04/17/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners, is an evangelical Christian with a social conscience. He speaks and writes about ethics and public policy. His latest book is called America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to A New America. He has bee... Read more

Century Of Lies for May 8 2016

Airs at: Sun, 05/08/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we bring you sounds from the first annual cannabis Cultivation Classic in Portland, Oregon, including interviews with US Representative Earl Blumenauer, author Robert C. Clarke, and activist Madeline Martinez. Read more

Documentarian Frederick Wiseman - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 04/28/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  In this extended version of our interview with attorney turned filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, Jenn Chavez asks Mr Wiseman about the subjects that inspire him, his detached style of filmmaking, and his success in producing and distributing films outside the studio system. ... Read more

Mother's Day Special

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Incarceration separates families. Holidays like Mother's Day can bring this separation into sharp relief for mothers whose children are in prison and for mothers who are in prison without their children. This separation from social life is one of the aims of incarceration. ... Read more

Century Of Lies for May 1, 2016

Airs at: Sun, 05/01/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: more from the recent UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs, the UNGASS. We speak with Adam Eidinger with DC Marijuana Justice; author, journalist, and hemp advocate Doug Fine; and radical journalist and drug policy reformer Enrico Fletzer. Read more

Teressa Raiford's Attorney Matt McHenry Speaks with KBOO's Joe Meyer

Teressa Raiford's Attorney Matt McHenry Speaks with KBOO's Joe Meyer. On April 21st, Ms Raiford was found non-guilty of disorderly conduct. Today, McHenry and Meyer review the trial including:  the several motions to dismiss; inconsistency of police testimony; selective p... Read more

Prison Pipeline Hosts - Spring Fundraiser Edition

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join hosts Amy Johnson, Adam Carpinelli, Emma Lugo and others for this special Spring Fundraiser Edition of Prison Pipeline.  Prison Pipeline is hosted on KBOO community radio, 90.7 Fm and KBOO needs your support to maintain operations.  Unique community programming like Pr... Read more

KBOO and the Center for Intercultural Organizing Criminalization Podcast

The Center for Intercultural Organizing and KBOO Community Radio, with support from Oregon Humanities, has created a podcast that focuses on addressing the questions of how our communities define “crime” and “criminals”, the effects of labeling communities as “criminal”, an... Read more

Documentarian Frederick Wiseman

Airs at: Thu, 04/28/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  Frederick Wiseman is an attorney turned filmmaker who has spent half a century offering audiences intimate views of institutions and communities, from state legislatures to boxing gyms to public housing and schools.  His first film Titicut Follies (1967) documented abuse... Read more