Erin Yanke

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Life During Wartime, Oregon Community Media, International Women's Day / Women's History Month Specials, Randomonium, Special Programming: Public Affairs , Special Programming: Music, Roots of Rock and Roll, Special Programming: Other, Swing 'n' Country, The River Signal

Erin Yanke is a KBOO Community Radio contributor and a co-founder of the station's Punk radio program, Life During Wartime, which began in 1995. Erin is also a co-creator and producer of the well known historical podcast, It Did Happen Here, which addresses the history of combatting racism by direct action in Portland, Oregon.

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Erin Yanke

Life During Wartime on 12/23/20

Airs at: Wed, 12/23/2020 at 10:00pm - Thu, 12/24/2020 at 12:00am

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Episode Six - House Defense

Airs at: Fri, 12/18/2020 at 7:45am - 8:00am

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In this episode, members of the Coalition for Human Dignity (CHD) describe defense strategies. Working together with ARA, SHARP, individuals and families under threat from racist skinhead violence they co-developed the support strategy they called House Defense; they al... Read more

Episode Five - They Thought We Were Everywhere: Portland Anti Racist Action

Airs at: Fri, 12/11/2020 at 7:15am - 7:30am

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In this episode we return to the Rose City as Portland punks solidify an anti-fascist stance and square off. No more mingling with spiky-haired punks one night and racist skinheads the next; the chronic bypassing of casual racism becomes confrontational. We hear from pun... Read more

Life During Wartime on 12/09/20

Airs at: Wed, 12/09/2020 at 10:00pm - Thu, 12/10/2020 at 12:00am

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Episode Three - Building Community Defense

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2020 at 7:00am - 7:15am

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In this episode we learn about the initial formation of the Coalition for Human Dignity and its subsequent development into an effective organizing tool for self defense. Featured in the episode are community organizer and racial justice scholar Scot Nakagawa, community... Read more

Life During Wartime on 11/25/20

Airs at: Wed, 11/25/2020 at 10:00pm - Thu, 11/26/2020 at 12:00am

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Episode Two - The Murder of Mulugeta Seraw

Airs at: Fri, 11/20/2020 at 7:00am - 7:15am

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Late one night in November 1988 racist skinheads attacked a group of Ethiopian immigrants in the working class Kerns neighborhood of Southeast Portland. 28-year-old Mulugeta Seraw died from his wounds inflicted by a baseball bat and multiple kicks from the steel-toed boo... Read more

Episode One - Setting the Scene - Portland, OR

Airs at: Fri, 11/13/2020 at 12:00am - 12:15am

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In the late 1980s, Portland was a known haven for racist skinheads. They roamed the core of Portland unhindered. This episode is about Portland back then, in the before, when Portland was a skinhead stomping ground. Show Notes - https://itdidhappenherepodcast.com/sh... Read more