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National Priorities: Defunding the Military

Airs at: Mon, 07/27/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier interviews Ashik Siddique, a research analyst for the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, working on the federal budget and military spending, and examining how militarized U.S. domestic and foreign policy threatens efforts ... Read more

Paul Susi

Airs at: Tue, 07/28/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features Paul Susi, an educator, a social services professional, an arts administrator, an activist, and a theater artist who was born and raised in Portland. A trained classical actor, Paul has also focused on bringing art to communities in need. Currently he is... Read more

Portland Protest Demands and the Fund The People Coalition in Washington County

Airs at: Mon, 07/27/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
This week on Prison Pipeline, the demands of the Portland protesters and information on a coalition forming in Washington County focused on Defunding the police.   We speak to Jahdi Portland based, Rapper, Visual Artist, Organizer, and Hooper who has been active in the... Read more

Wyden's Union Problem

Airs at: Mon, 07/27/2020 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Oregon's multi-millionaire senator Ron Wyden and his wife Nancy Bass-Wyden own the Strand Bookstore, an iconic independent retailer in New York City.  Host Jamie Partridge interviews Melissa Guzy, shop steward at the bookstore, who explains how the Wydens raked in Covid-... Read more

Squirrels Know on 07/24/20

Airs at: Fri, 07/24/2020 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Squirrels Know
I discuss the issue of The Portland Protests, and their clash with the Department of Homeland Security. The possibly unlawful mandate to maintain DHS presence in the city, as well as poor Federal leadership are noted. Show dedicated to George Floyd, the BlackLivesMatter ... Read more

July 31- Webinar- The Long and Twisted Tale of Jordan Cove LNG

Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Salem Progressive Film Series in collaboration with KBOO Community Radio and the Media Project, is presenting The Long and Twisted Tale of Jordan Cove LNG, a slideshow that accompanies Part Two of Barbara Bernstein's "Holding the Thin Green Line” radio documentary se... Read more

IPR Director Ross Caldwell

Airs at: Fri, 07/24/2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  Portland’s primary police oversight system is overseen by the City Auditor’s Independent Police Review Division (IPR). IPR was founded in 2001 after a citizen-led initiative to overhaul the twenty-year old system then in place. Since then, it has both been touted as o... Read more

Cafe Lafeyette Virtual Disco Party 2020 with DJ Ellie D.

Airs at: Fri, 07/24/2020 at 12:00am - 3:00am
.   Rebroadcast of the live stream of DJ Ellie D playing at the virtual Cafe Lafeyette Disco Party for Oregon Country Fair 2020 NOCF   YouTube pulled the video immediately but I recorded the audio and now you can enjoy her sick beats! Brief interview with Sherry Fishe... Read more

Damon Motz-Storey of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility talks about the dangers of tear gas exposure

Airs at: Wed, 07/22/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
  As demonstrations against police brutality continue across Portland, the Portland Police Bureau and federal agents continue to indiscriminately tear gas large crowds of protesters. KBOO's Nat Moon sits down with Damon Motz-Storey to talk about the dangers of chronic ... Read more

Making Polluters Pay for Clean Up

Airs at: Mon, 07/27/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The fossil fuel industry is a very risky business, and often these risks materialize. Think of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, the 2016 oil train derailment in Mosier, Oregon, and the 2017 gas pipeline explosion in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood. It might seem logical... Read more