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Lies, and the Concept of a Post Truth World

Airs at: Fri, 09/16/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Have you dear listener been having trouble believing what you hear or read lately, or wondering why some of our fellow citzens are lapping up  what seems to be impossible and contradictory stories as truth? Well, Ari Rabin-Havt and Media Matters wrote a book, Lies Incorpora... Read more

Interview with Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble

Produced for:  Beloved Community
Truthout calls Sarah Jaffe's new book, Necessary Trouble: Americans In Revolt, "one of the most essential books of the year."  John Shuck, host of the new KBOO program, Beloved Community, talks with Jaffe about her description of a new activism that has arisen since the cra... Read more

Necessary Trouble with Sarah Jaffe

Airs at: Fri, 09/09/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
Truthout calls Sarah Jaffe's new book, Necessary Trouble: Americans In Revolt, "one of the most essential books of the year."  John Shuck, host of the new KBOO program, Beloved Community, talks with Jaffe about her description of a new activism that has arisen since the cra... Read more

Move-out day along the Springwater Corridor

Produced for:  Between Us
Today was the first day of scheduled evictions of houseless people who have been living along Portland Oregon's Springwater Corridor Trail for more than a year.  After delayed for a month, police and community advocates began moving along the 21-mile trail moving the indige... Read more

Old Mole Variety August 29th 2016

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris host this episode of the Old Mole which includes Laurie Mercier talks with Michael Shannon Executive Director Oregon Fair Trade Campaign. Shannon joins the Old Mole to talk about Fair trade and the Campaign to stop the TPP. Bill Resnick interviews Joseph... Read more

Ex-Offenders & Employment after Banning the Box

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Oregon’s “Ban the Box” law, H.B. 3025, went into effect in January 2016.  Oregonians no longer have to check the box on job applications that asks about previous convictions.  Last year President Obama "banned the box" on federal-government employment applications and almos... Read more

US Postal Service - Crisis and Resistance

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2016 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Host Fernando Gapasin interviews retired letter carrier and organizer with Communities and Postal Workers United, Jamie Partridge.  Partridge describes the battles of the past four years to resist the dismantling and privatization of a national treasure, the US Postal Servi... Read more

Class and Country Music

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
"Anything but country" is a common answer to the question "What music do you listen to?", reflecting not just a musical taste but a class bias against the audience for country music. Dean Hubbs, Professor of Music and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, is the au... Read more

“The Numbers,” Portland’s Forgotten East Side

Airs at: Wed, 07/27/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  This Live episode of Profiles explores the history of East Portland, as well as the impact of the current gentrification process on communities of color in "the Numbers" and highlights the creative efforts of residents to foster East Portland as a place where neighborhoo... Read more

Only in America: Violence from Stanford to Orlando

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel comments on America's culture of violence, and in particular how it led to the Stanford Rape case of Brock Turner and the recent mass shooting in an Orlando Florida gay nightclub:   I had been planning to talk about the Stanford rape case—you know, the one i... Read more