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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Airs at: Fri, 05/05/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  Exclusive Special Programming for MMIW - Produced by Carmen Garnica - Edited by Ruth Parra         Read more

Rule of Law in the Balance

Airs at: Wed, 05/22/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Rule of Law in the Balance. Since late during the Duterte presidency and continuing under President Ferdinand Marcos Junior, extrajudicial drug war killings in the Philippines have continued at the rate of about one per day. Arrest warrants in ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 27, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which features a re-broadcast of Against the Grain. Hope and Utopia: Of what use is utopian thinking? Is hope something we need to cultivate, or rediscover? CS Song speaks with author Jon Greenaway, who looks at how the ... Read more

Interview with Former Apache Helicopter Factory Worker

Airs at: Fri, 05/17/2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Today we are going to hear from a person who worked in a factory fabricating parts for Apache helicopters. The Apache helicopter is a twin-engine army attack helicopter first developed by McDonnell Douglas, which was purchased by Boeing corporation. These helicopters are b... Read more

Freeman's Challenge with Robin Bernstein

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us on Monday, May 20th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Robin Bernstein about the release of her new book. “Freeman’s Challenge" is a provocative, robust, and rigorously researched interrogation of the historical meaning of ... Read more

GLAAD it's Queer Awards Season

Airs at: Sat, 05/18/2024 at 10:00pm - Sun, 05/19/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Queery
May 2024 saw the 35th GLAAD Media Awards and the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, providing a lot of opportunity to explore up and coming queer artists!    The GLAAD Media Awards began in 1990, representing content created in 1989. It is the longest running US awards show fo... Read more

Medical Cannabis in the Time of Corporate Legalization

Airs at: Wed, 05/15/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Medical Cannabis in the Time of Corporate Legalization. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Anthony Taylor, co-founder and Legislative Director of Compassionate Oregon. Read more

We Fight, We Hide, We Unite

Airs at: Wed, 05/15/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: We Fight, We Hide, We Unite. The Eurasian Harm Reduction Association recently hosted a discussion entitled Tenacity in the shrinking civic spaces: challenges and response of the organizations and activists working on drug policy and health in C... Read more

Expanding Access to Treatment

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Expanding Access To Treatment. According to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, among people in state prisons, 40% met the criteria for having a drug use disorder and 21% met the criteria for having an alcohol use disorder in the 12... Read more

How to Grow a Movement for Peace in the Middle East

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
How to Grow a Movement for Peace in the Middle East: Students at Portland State university are among the thousands of campus activists across the country mobilizing against US complicity in Israel's war on Gaza. On Monday April 29, Students United for Palestinian Rights (SU... Read more