News and Public Affairs Day

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News & Public Affairs Day only happens during a Membership Drive, bringing really great speakers

 The best minds of our times. The most pertinent topics. Our most insightful programming. Brought to you as part of our Membership Drive. 

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ANGELA DAVIS! Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  From the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list to being Distinguished Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at University of California Santa Cruz, Angela Davis has remained a committed and eloquent force for communities of struggle.  Angela Davis work... Read more

Meditations in Black: Nurturing our Well-being in the Midst of Racial Trauma

Airs at: Fri, 09/23/2016 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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We'll be speaking with PreSERVE Co-chair Tiffany Kirkpatrick, keynote speaker Crystal Fleming, Ph.D, and Jeff Proulx, Ph.D.,about trancending the difficulties of being Black in a racist society. The Meditations in Black event will take place Saturday September 24th at 2pm ... Read more

In our lifetimes - working to end white supremacy and racial oppression

Airs at: Fri, 09/18/2015 at 10:00am - 4:00pm
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KBOO's News and Public Affairs Day - Fall 2015 Call or click to #SupportKBOO during our Fall Membership Drive! 877-500-5266 (KBOO) Tune in all day for this special program featuring locally-recorded talks, panels and interviews with people working to address and confront th... Read more

Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements

Airs at: Fri, 09/18/2015 at 12:00am
Whenever we envision a world without war, prisons, or capitalism, we are producing speculative fic-tion. Organizers and activists envision, and try to create, such worlds all the time. Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown have brought 20 of them together in the first a... Read more

Winona LaDuke "Economics for the Seventh Generation"

Airs at: Fri, 05/15/2015 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Vine Deloria Jr. Lecture Series: Winona LaDuke, "Economics for the Seventh Generation: The Environment, Economics, and Thinking Beyond Empire" The 2015 Vine Deloria Jr. Lecture Series at Reed college hosted Winona LaDuke as its keynote speaker. LaDuke is a member of the Mis... Read more

Bill Moyers - "What's the Situation?"

Airs at: Fri, 05/15/2015 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
From the World Affairs Council of Oregon's 2015 International Speakers Series One of the most trusted and beloved figures in American journalism, Bill Moyers has been both observer and participant in the most important social movements of our times.   As Special Assistan... Read more

Economics of Happiness Plenary - Real Wealth

Airs at: Fri, 05/15/2015 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Featuring Helena Norberg-Hodge: The Economics of Happiness John De Graaf: From GDP to Happiness and Well-being Vicki Robin: Beyond Individualism: Community as Currency Charles Eisenstein: Beyond Growth: Intimacy and the Qualitative Part of KBOO's 2015 News and Public Affair... Read more

Economics of Happiness Plenary - New Structures for a New World

Airs at: Fri, 05/15/2015 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Featuring Michael Shuman: A World Without Wall Street Richard Heinberg: The Post Growth Economy Carol Black: Alternatives to Schooling Janelle Orsi: Law and the Next Economy This audio was recorded by KBOO volunteer Andrew Geller, more can be found on his... Read more

PM News

Airs at: Tue, 01/13/2015 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
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Interview with Cathy McMullen, Denton Drilling Awareness Group

Airs at: Mon, 12/01/2014 at 12:00am
The city of Denton Texas passed a ban against hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on November 4th. Despite being overspent 10 to 1 in campaign funding, the anti-fracking initiative passed by a wide margin of 18%, which included a majority of both Democratic and Republican voter... Read more