Economy

30 Years of ACT UP; and Art by Tarts: a sex worker art show.

Airs at: Tue, 05/30/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

Solidarity: global and local; past and present. How do we organize to confront a crisis? We'll be talking with folks who have answered the call for community-and-activism on issues of sexuality, safety, health, and well-being. In the first half of the hour, we'll be ta... Read more

In A New York State Of Mind...

Airs at: Thu, 05/25/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: guess who's coming to radio??!!

We mentioned last time that we were moving back to NYC (the place we grew up); and yes, though we have lived on the West Coast for a very long time, we are reminded by others from time to time that the New York-ness never left... with that, we felt inspired to play some mu... Read more

Public Education Funding

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris interviews Rachel Hanes, Organizer of the May 20th Town Hall, Death by a Thousand Cuts: A Public Education Funding Town Hall.. Rachel Hanes is currently a second grade teacher and a former middle school special education teacher in Portland Public Schools. ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 22, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this membership drive episode of the Old Mole, which includes Joe Clement on Banjo and Brian Tokar talking with Bill Resnick about municipal assemblies; Huy Ong of OPAL talking with Desiree Hellegers about Protesting Trimet Policing; Rachel Hanes ta... Read more

Faith-Labor and Jobs with Justice 101

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Joe Rastatter, member of UNITE HERE local 8 and long time local labor activist, is chair of the Portland Jobs with Justice Faith-Labor committee. Drawing on pro-worker traditions in Christian, Muslim, Jewish and other faiths, Rastatter discusses past and present efforts by... Read more

Nader!

Airs at: Tue, 05/23/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

Abe & Joe welcome former Green Party Presidential candidate Ralph Nader during KBOO's Spring Membership Drive. In Breaking Through Power, Nader draws from a lifetime waging—and often winning—David vs. Goliath battles against big corporations and the United States governmen... Read more

David Barsamian joins Abe & Joe LIVE FROM KBOO!

Airs at: Tue, 05/16/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

Abe & Joe are joined in-studio by KBOO favorite David Barsamian during the Spring Membership Drive. Call in with your support at (877) 500-5266. Call in with your questions at (503) 231-8187 One of America's most tireless and wide-ranging investigative journalists, Da... Read more

Mindfulness in Education and Economics

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

What if we brought mindfulness to schools and Buddhism to economics? Clair Brown teaches at Cal Berkely and is the author of Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science. Caverly Morgan is the founder of "Peace in Schools," the first for credit high sc... Read more

Interview: Mercy Corps' South Sudan Director

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

The United Nations on Monday declared that 1 million children have fled from conflict and famine in South Sudan. According to a joint press release from the UN Children’s Fund and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, another million children are displaced within the coun... Read more